Since the advertisement of a tender inviting healthcare institutions to apply for EU grants, there have been 60 applications, most of which refer to the university clinical centres, general hospitals and local health centres.
Croatia will be able to use money from the European Solidarity Fund (ESF) for earthquake relief until June 2023, which is one year longer than the initial 18 months.
When it comes to urgent post-quake reconstruction, the applications refer to works, valued HRK 4.2 million, and to date, outlays have been disbursed to cover HRK 584,000 of that amount.
For instance, the damage caused by the tremor to the University Hospital Centre (KBC) Zagreb is estimated at HRK 1.1 billion.
The City of Zagreb administration plans to submit 20 projects of the reconstruction of local health institutions for grants.
(€1 = HRK 7.5)