Special Report No 24/2012: The European Union Solidarity Fund’s response to the 2009 Abruzzi earthquake: The relevance and cost of operations

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Series Details No.24, 2012 (February 2013)
Publication Date 2012
ISBN 978-92-9241-071-1
ISSN 1831-0834
EC QJ-AB-12-023-EN-C
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Abstract:

Following the earthquake in the Abruzzi region in April 2009, the European Union Solidarity Fund co-financed with the amount of €494m the emergency assistance to the population and the construction of temporary houses and schools.

The European Court of Auditors analysed the relevance and cost of the operations and in particular of the CASE project. It concludes that the EUSF regulation did not envisage solutions such as the CASE project, which erected permanent houses in order to provide temporary accommodation to the earthquake-affected population. Furthermore, the Court found that these houses responded to many immediate needs of the population, although with insufficient capacity, and that there were shortcomings in the planning and in ensuring economy in the implementation of the project

Source Link Link to Main Source http://dx.publications.europa.eu/10.2865/53557
Related Links
ECA: Press Release, ECA/13/05: Audit leads EU to rethink “temporary accommodation” rules after natural disasters http://eca.europa.eu/portal/pls/portal/docs/1/21044769.PDF
European Commission: InfoRegio: Regional Policy: The Funds: Solidarity Fund http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/funding/solidarity-fund/
ECA: Special Report No 24/2012: The European Union Solidarity Fund’s response to the 2009 Abruzzi earthquake: the relevance and cost of operations [PDF] http://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/SR12_24/SR12_24_EN.PDF

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