Decentralisation indicates the type of organisation by which governance is transferred from the central authorities to the lower. So these lower organs have less or greater autonomy in the organization of business and the way they perform the work. In stable societies, there is a greater decentralisation of organizations, in times of wars and earthquakes of the organization tend to be a strict hierarchy. Decentralisation is the common name for a series of measures aimed at preventing too much concentration of the population and economy in one or several centres, leaving large parts of the country without population and weaker economic development. Decentralisation represents a limitation of political power and a model of increasing the efficiency of public administration. There are several divisions of decentralisation, and the highest level of territorial decentralisation is local self-government. There are two forms of decentralisation in the Republic of Croatia: local and regional self-government as a form of decentralised government and active participation of citizens in public affairs decisions, and local government as a form of decentralisation of administrative services in order to approach citizens and more efficiently organize the administrative system of the state.