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Haiti - Social : First colloquium on the fight against extreme poverty
03/11/2012 11:08:29
Marie Carmelle Rose-Anne Auguste, the Delegate Minister of Human Rights and the fight against poverty, announced this week, the holding the first Colloquium on extreme poverty in Haiti, around the theme "Think and fight against extreme poverty". This 4-day colloquium, which runs from November 6 to 9, in the room Franck of the Hotel Montana, will bring together all stakeholders involved in the fight against poverty: development experts, representatives of civic organizations, international agencies and donors.
The objective of the Colloquium is to provide a space for intense dialogue and discussions on the best strategy and interventions to be undertaken in the context of the fight against extreme poverty. It should allow to explore new forms of action, closer to vulnerable populations and more concerned of their active involvement in order to lead Haiti, in 2016, to a reduction of the poverty of 51.1%, currently at 40%.
The Colloquium will be an opportunity to put the citizen mobilization at the heart of the actions and programs against poverty and discuss of strategies for reconstruction of our economy, by the adoption of new forms of support, of promotion and of revaluation of domestic production, both in terms of trades, than at our most promising sectors and engage the country in this great battle against extreme poverty, which constitutes a serious handicap to the reconstruction and to the economic and social development of country.
The opening ceremony will be marked by the official speeches of Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, the former Dominican President, Leonel Fernández, the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe Salvador and the President Michel Martelly.
The Colloquium will include three components :
- A presentation of the state of affairs and knowledge on extreme poverty, its measurement and indicators in Haiti : Think extreme poverty
- A perspective of the fight against extreme poverty by foreign specialists and Haitians
- Workshops on various topics related to the fight against extreme poverty and social exclusion
After the Colloquium a declaration in the form of resolution could be adopted as a solemn commitment to the fight against extreme poverty.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
- Opening Ceremony
- Welcoming of Special Guests
- Artistic expression
- Intervention by Officials
- Welcome Address by Ms Marie Carmelle Rose-Anne Auguste, Minister Delegate for Human Rights and the Fight Against Extreme Poverty (MCDHLCPE)
- Speech by Dr Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank
- Speech by Leonel Fernández, former President of the Dominican Republic
- Speech by Laurent Lamothe, Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and External Cooperation
- Speech by Michel Martelly, President of Haiti
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
- Opening of the Conference by Ms Marie Carmelle Rose-Anne Auguste
- Projection of a pre-recorded video of India Economist, Mohammad Yunus
- THINK AND FIGHT EXTREME POVERTY
SPEAKERS :
1- Freedoms, Rights socio-economic capacity and the Fight against Poverty : Paul Farmer (confirmed)
2- Draft guiding principles on extreme poverty and human rights A/HRC/21/39 du 18 juillet 2012 : Mr. Michel Forst, UN Independent Expert on the situation of Human Rights in Haiti (confirmed)
3- Struggle against Poverty in the World: Current Situation and Lessons Learned : Ms. Louise Cord (confirmed)
4- The model of Social Protection of Ecuador in the Fight against extreme poverty : Doris Soliz Carrion, Francisco Enriquez Bermeo (confirmed)
5- Eliminate Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean : The Challenge of the XXI century : Ruben Dario Molina of the CELAC
DEBATES
- CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF THE FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND SOCIAL EXCLUSION
History and Poverty in Haiti: MHAVE, Sociologist Daniel Supplice (confirmed)
The extreme poverty in the "Lakou" in Haiti : Hérold Josué, Director of the Bureau of Ethnology of Haiti (confirmed)
Result and perspectives for the Fight against Poverty and Social Exclusion in Haiti : ONPES, Dr Alrich Nicolas (confirmed):
The PSDH and the Exit Strategies of the Poverty (Lead MPCE : Yves Robert Jean, Director General of MPCE (confirmed)
Territories and poverty in Haiti: contributions and challenges of mapping : CNIGS, Kelogue Therasme, PhD (confirmed)
Ms. Marie Carmelle Rose-Anne Auguste: Why Haiti needs a law against Extreme Poverty ? (confirmed)
DEBATES
Thursday, November 8, 2012
- LFIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND SOCIAL PROTECTION
Table 1 : Cash Transfers and Social Programs (Ti manman Cheri, Kore Fanmi/FAES) - Food insecurity: New Trends and New Challenges : CNSA/ "Aba Grandou" / Dr. Jean Robert Brutus and Ms. Suzana Gamez of Solidaridad of the Dominican Republic (confirmed)
Table 2 : Program for the Fight against Poverty, Resource Mobilization and Aid Coordination : Donor Engagement (Lead PNUD/MCPE : Philippe Chichereau (confirmed)
Table 3: Macroeconomic Policies and Poverty Impacts : Ms. Marie Carmèle Jean Marie, Minister of Economy and Finance (confirmed)
Table 4 : Mobilization and Citizen Participation in the fight against extreme poverty : Jude Cénatus (confirmed)
Table 5 : Fight rural poverty: Minister Mimose Félix, Office of the Minister Delegate in Charge of promoting the peasantry (Lead Ministry of Agriculture)(confirmed)
Table 6 : Reform of the social protection system and its contribution to the fight against extreme poverty (Klaus Eberwein and the Minister Marie Carmèle Rose Anne Auguste: FAES) (confirmed)
Table 7 : Towards the creation of a National Statistics System as an aid to decision (Lead IHSI)
Table 8 : Culture: An instrument for the Fight against Poverty (Lead Ministry of Culture /MCDHLCPE/ONPES)
Table 9 : The Problem of Demography and the Fight against Poverty (IHSI/ONPES)
DEBATES
Friday, November 9, 2012
- Thematic Workshops
Workshop I: Youth and Poverty (Lead ONPES and MJSAC)
Workshop II: Women and Poverty (Lead ONPES and MCFDF)
Workshop III : Sectoral Policies, Basic Social Services and Extreme Poverty (Lead MAS/MSPP/Education)
Workshop IV : Poverty in Precarious Neighborhoods (ONPES/MDCDHLCPE (confirmed)
Workshop V : What mobilization and how to organize the citizen participation in the fight against extreme poverty, the Quebec experience: Vivian Labrie (confirmed)
Workshop VI : Out of Poverty and Reconstitution of the economic structure / recovery of domestic production (CDES)
- RESTITUTION OF RESULTS OF WORKSHOPS
- RESOLUTION AND CLOSURE
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