The Community will host the Court of Auditors at the beginning of October

The Community will host the Court of Auditors at the beginning of October, as part of the preparation of a thematic report on post-Irma crisis management

Under the presidency of Gérard Terrien, the joint training associating the Court of Auditors and the territorial chambers of accounts of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, will carry out from October 10 to 17, 2020 a thematic mission on crisis management and the reconstruction of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy, after the passage of Hurricane Irma, in September 2017.

In the same way as the COM of St Barth and the State services, the Collectivity of Saint-Martin will therefore receive a delegation from the Court of Auditors , next week, responsible for hearing administrative executives and elected officials on the partnership relationship between institutions and the implementation of public crisis policies after the passage of Hurricane Irma.

The immediate management of the crisis, the reconstruction of the territory, the effectiveness of the aid announced and the monitoring of decisions taken by the Interministerial Committee for Reconstruction, public procurement, the action of the departments directly involved in crisis management and that of the satellites (EEASM, Port, Airport, Semsamar), the role of AFD as well as compliance with the provisions of the State / COM Protocols of November 6 and 21, 2017, are all themes that will be addressed during this mission. A fundamental step aimed at clarifying the means with which the State and the Community were able to equip themselves to deal with this major natural disaster.

The Community of Saint-Martin stands with all of its directors and services at the entire disposal of the Court of Auditors in order to transmit all the resources and useful documents to the members of the mission to carry out this report which will focus on crisis management by the State and by the COM of cyclone Irma and its consequences.