Link to the National Chamber of Architects and/or Professional Associations:
https://www.arhitekti-hka.hr/hr/
https://uha.hr/

Link to the Competition and Procurement Platforms:http://javnanabava.hr/default.aspx?id=3987

Link to the main ADCs Regulations:Rulebook on tenders in the field of architecture and urban planning (Official Gazette 85/14)

Short description of the legal framework based on Study 0:
The binding legislative framework governing Public Procurement and compulsory Architectural and Design Contests (ADCs), as mandated by the Municipal Spatial Plan, is the Public Procurement Act (Official Gazette 120/16, 114/22). Additionally, the CCA (Croatian Chamber of Architects) & Croatian Architects’ Association provides voluntary guidelines for the organization of ADCs in the Ordinance on ADCs (Official Gazette 85/14). Notably, the City of Zagreb, the City of Split, and the City of Dubrovnik have adopted the Ordinance on ADCs by the CCA & Croatian Architects’ Association as mandatory within their respective jurisdictions.

Definition of Architectural Competition:
Architectural Design Competitions are a procurement method of architectural design services based on quality of conceptual design. The same term is also used to indicate competitions in the fields of urban and spatial planning, landscape design, and interior design.

Professional Qualification Criteria:
Professional access in Croatia requires a completed Master’s Degree in Architecture, which is listed in Annex 5 of the EU Professional Qualifications Directive which lists the notified EU diplomas that fulfil the minimum requirements of the Directive. After the degree, two years of practical training and a professional exam are required. To practice the profession, registration in the Croatian Chamber of Architects is required.

• Academic degree | Master’s Degree in Architecture according to Annex V of Professional Qualification Directive
• Practical experience | 2 years
• Professional Exam
• Membership in an architects chamber

According to the Ordinance on Competitions in the Fields of Architecture, Urban Planning, Interior Design, and Landscape Design of the Croatian Chamber of Architects (Official Gazette no. 85/14) the minimum qualification to participate in a public ADC is a Master of Architecture or professional authorization of one member of a competition team. Usually, the ADCs require professional authorization of one member of a competition team. The check will take place after the jury decision, nevertheless the qualification needs to exist already for the participation deadline.

ADCs are followed by negotiated procedures without prior publication, during which suitability criteria must be fulfilled. Suitability criteria are listed in the ADC announcement and usually require: suitability to pursue the professional activity, and technical and professional ability.