Out of all the decisions granted (more than 28.000 in June 2005), only around 10.000 have then been implemented. Why?
There are two main reasons for the disproportion between the number of claims decided and the number actually implemented: 1) About 50% of successful claimants have not reached a final decision on what they want to do with their property. This trend manifested itself significantly after the March 2004 violent events. Effectively in these cases a decision has been granted and the Directorate is ready to implement it but, for different reasons that are often connected with regional political and economic conditions, the claimant does not inform us about what s/he intends to do. (For details on options open to successful claimants, please refer to the FAQ entitled claimants options after a decision?’). 2) Successful claims are often the subject of reconsideration request filed by an unsuccessful party to a claim and this effectively means that the claim has to be reopened. Like any other institution of its sort, and in accordance with basic principle of fairness of procedures and the rule
