Ischia brought its post-earthquake and post-landslide reconstruction work to the national forum "Oltre l'emergenza – Governare il dissesto, dalle crisi alla prevenzione" in Catania. The event took place from 12 to 14 November 2026, according to Il Golfo 24 and the Casa Italia Department.
The Ischia Commissarial Structure took part at the request of Minister Nello Musumeci and the Casa Italia Department, according to Il Golfo 24. Its delegation presented material on reconstruction after the island's earthquake and landslide.
Commissioner Marcello Feola was listed as a speaker in two round tables, according to Il Golfo 24. One addressed reconstruction governance and the other addressed the national plan against hydrogeological instability.
The Catania programme was promoted by Musumeci and the Casa Italia Department, which said its framework was knowledge, prevention and reconstruction. ANSA reported that Musumeci described the same three themes — "conoscere, prevenire, ricostruire" — as the focus of the event.
Musumeci said the forum brought together 75 speakers from scientific, academic, professional and public-institutional fields, according to ANSA.
Casa Italia also used the Catania event to present the first volume of its "Quaderni per Conoscere, Prevenire, Ricostruire" series. The department said the volume concerns granular national measurement of seismic risk.
For Ischia, the discussion had direct practical relevance. The island was approaching the fourth anniversary of the Casamicciola landslide, while reconstruction and risk-reduction decisions remained active.
That ongoing work includes planned demolitions of buildings considered unrecoverable, alongside case-by-case attention to affected residents, according to Il Mattino. Feola reaffirmed that reconstruction would continue, including the demolitions, while stressing attention to affected families.
The Catania event therefore linked Ischia's local reconstruction decisions with the wider national debate on moving from intervention after emergencies to prevention of hydrogeological and seismic risk.
