Eurobaromètre (document en anglais)

The report looks at views held generally across the EU, how these views vary from

country to country, significant variations by gender, age, education and other sociodemographic

variables.In recent years, there have been a number of major natural and man-made disasters

which, through global media coverage, have brought extreme images of suffering into

people’s homes around the world.

Just a few months ago, on 12 January 2010, shortly before the fieldwork for this

current report was started, a 7.3 Richter magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, which

triggered a large global aid response. Images of this disaster would still have been

fresh in the minds of citizens when polled between 26 February and 17 March.

This special Eurobarometer looks at four major issues:

♦ Awareness of humanitarian aid: this section looks at respondents’

awareness of organisations that provide the actual aid at the scene of a

disaster, as well as at the bodies who provide the finance to fund these aid

activities.

♦ Knowledge and information on EU humanitarian aid activities: this section

examines EU citizens’ knowledge of EU involvement in such activities and

assesses whether citizens believe they have enough information.

♦ Importance of EU humanitarian aid activities: EU citizens are asked

whether they consider the EU’s activities in these areas to be important.

♦ Common or national approach to humanitarian aid: citizens of the 27 EU

Member States were polled as to whether they believed it would be more

efficient if aid were provided by Member States on an individual basis or

provided by the EU through the European Commission.

The report looks at views held generally across the EU, how these views vary from

country to country, significant variations by gender, age, education and other sociodemographic

variables.

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