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The public authorities are working on obtaining support from the solidarity fund of the EU and the definition of an Integral Recovery Project would be financed with FEDER funds.
Lorca's mayor, Francisco Jodar has been reported that the council is working on obtaining funds from European Union aid to finance the physical and socio-economic municipality after the earthquake on May 11.
The mayor held a working meeting this morning with the Head of Unit DG Regional Policy of the EU, Andrea Mairate, and the Assistant Director of Planning of the Ministry of Finance, Esther Ortiz.
Jodar has indicated that it is a first contact to within European organizations are aware of the serious damage suffered by Lorca.
The City Council are seeking funding to get out of this delicate situation, because a disaster like the one we have beaten requires support from all government and institutional backing up.
The mayor noted that with the approval of Royal Decree, and processing as Bill, is now working on the definition of an investment plan by the Government of the Nation.
In this sense the EU financial aid is essential.
So today we have the presence of EU officials are directing us to obtain EU funds.
We are advising to define what conditions must meet our projects and how we can access them.
The head of the DG Regio of the European Union, Andrea Mairate, said that since the EU is working to find solutions to the situation that has been Lorca.
In this regard, efforts are focused on two lines:
A more immediate and direct line: access to the European solidarity fund, for which the Government of the Nation must submit a formal application before July 20.
The goal is to receive financial aid to mitigate the effects of the earthquake.
This work is coordinated between public administrations in order to obtain all the information.
A line of sustainable and continuous action: it is the rescheduling of European funds earmarked for 2007-2013.
To qualify for this line of work is to present an urban development project and full recovery of the city, which focuses on the idea that rebuilding the city will not only be physical but must extend to social and the productive fabric.
The Director General of Economy and Planning of the Ministry of Economy, Esther Ortiz, recalled that the European solidarity fund was created in 2002 following the floods that swept across Central Europe.
For Lorca, must take into account the exceptional nature of the tragedy that has occurred in accessing these funds, as set out in Regulation in these cases.
The design of the comprehensive project of recovery of the city provide for actions linked, and would be provided on the shaft 5 of the ERDF operational program.
The reprogramming to be carried out in this case must have the approval of the EU.
Ortiz is anticipated that the dossier must be submitted to the EU for funds Lorca economic aid is being prepared between the 2 administrations (CARM, City Hall and Government of the Nation).
The EU delegation has made a tour of the city by the mayor, aldermen and the Director General of the CARM, which has seen visits to the collegiate church of St. Patrick Church of Santiago, the city's castle and district of La Viña.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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