Response to the earthquakes in Albania



Contract partner: MIE - Ministry of Infrastructure and Energy Country: Albanien Funding amount: € 1.050.000,00 Project start: 01.12.2019 End: 30.04.2023

Short Description:

Overall goal


The aim of the intervention is to improve the living conditions of the families affected by the earthquakes in 2019 through the rebuilding/reconstruction of the damaged houses.

 


Expected results


• Improve living conditions for at least 126 people (poor households, women, children) affected by the earthquake by enabling the rebuilding of houses with the support of the project

• At least 35 houses that satisfy the requirement of good living conditions are rebuilt in the selected areas affected by the earthquake and handed over to the affected families/owner of the houses.

 


Target group / Beneficiaries


The main beneficiary of the project is the affected community from the earthquakes located in the municipality of Mirdita. At least 35 families/ 126 people will benefit from this project. 50 % of the beneficiaries are women. Also, people with disabilities are beneficiaries.


Activities


The Intervention focuses on the rebuilding/reconstruction of the houses. This intervention includes the entire process starting from assessment of the situation, design of the houses, procurement, and rebuilding of the houses.


Context


Albania is vulnerable to natural disasters. During the last two years various disasters have occurred: floods in some regions of the country during November 2017, January and March 2018; with blockages from heavy snow in northeast counties during January-February 2018 as well as with the earthquake in Diber region during August 2018.

The most difficult situation was faced this year with three earthquakes on 1 June 2019 (a 5.3 magnitude earthquake in Korca district in southeast of the country), on 21 September 2019 with a magnitude 5.8 of the Richter scale as well as on 26 November 2019 with a magnitude of 6.4 in Durres and Tirana municipalities. The earthquakes claimed the lives of 25 Albanians, injured 800 persons and caused damage to several hundred homes and infrastructure.


Based on a Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA), a report prepared from UNDP in collaboration with the Government of Albania, the Municipality of Mirdita has a total estimation of EUR 4,3 million damages in the housing sector. The affected population from the housing sector damages are in total 2.080 inhabitants, 811 out of them with disabilities.

The scope of this project is to support the Municipality of Mirdita to provide shelter and better living conditions to the citizens and families directly affected by the earthquake who lost their homes.


This project is co-funded by the principality of Liechtenstein with EUR 50,000.

project number 2754-00/2019
source of funding OEZA
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Maßnahmen zum Wiederaufbau und Rehabilitierung nach Katastrophen
tied 0
modality Project-type interventions
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  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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