This is the second such donation this year.
Speaking at a ceremony at the Police Academy, Interior Minister Ranko Ostojic said Croatia had already submitted to the relevant European commissioner a statement on its readiness for the Schengen Area. He voiced hope that Croatia would be able to pass the required technical evaluation early next year.
Ostojic said the preparations for the Schengen area did not depend on technical equipment but respect for the rule of law, compliance with all standards, information systems, and particularly the training of border police officers.
He recalled that Croatia had been implementing the Schengen protocol and preparing for the area since 2013. Entering the area is a political decision which follows the technical evaluation, he said.
Of the EUR 120 million envisaged in the Schengen facility Fund, about EUR 8 million has been spent "and we have tenders for about EUR 102 million and there's no doubt that we will spend the money by 1 July 2016," Ostojic said.