Public aid has been created to make it easier for people and companies to develop projects, but the reality is different, as indicated by fandit. This financing, sustained with public aid, often does not end where it should. Why? Does the aid fulfill its real purpose?
For Peter RoblesCEO of Fandit, “in the world of aids, there are too many pirates. We have to get them to be a minority, so they don’t pay just for sinners “.
In recent weeks, we have read several very illustrative examples. A few days ago, the Public Prosecutor requested a prison sentence of six years and one month for a man accused of taking 32,075 euros that were intended to deal with the damages of the 2011 Lorca earthquake.
The defendant, president of his Community of Owners, he would have used the money to carry out works in his own home. In addition, he hid the granting of aid from his neighbors and would have kept a B accounting for his personal enrichment.
Another case in line is that of the dismantling of a network in Vizcaya that used 62 false identities to collect grants. This criminal network obtained more than one million euros for the Complementary Housing Benefit (PCV) and the Income Guarantee Income (RGI) with this technique.
Thus, fraud means that aid does not reach people who really need it and ends up in the wrong hands. There are other reasons why the aid does not end up reaching its recipients:
- confusing communication. Normally, aid is announced with margins of at least several months for political reasons. These notices so far in advance do not help applicants, rather it misleads them.
- Diversity. Few grants look alike. Therefore, the fact of successfully asking for one does not ensure that you will do well in the next one.
- Language. On too many occasions, its writing is inaccessible to the average citizen. Multi-line subordinate clauses and a technical vocabulary mark a high level of entry.
- Impossible deadlines. The calls do not adjust to the reality of the applicants. It can be difficult to keep up with the pace required by the administrations when carrying out procedures for aid.
- digitization. Many people lack the technical equipment and skills necessary to apply for a grant.
Modernizing the grant ecosystem to achieve real accessibility has become a necessity. The aid ends up reaching real people -FANDIT has distributed a million and a half euros in Spain-, but many times it is not easy to access them.
According to Pedro Robles, “The applicant has a great challenge. He must find out if there is help, when it opens, etc. Once he has presented it and won, he has to know how to manage it correctly so as not to have to return the money ”.
