On the sidelines of the presentation in municipal plenary session of Jérémie's project for the Development, Extension and Beautification of the City (PAEEV), funded by the European Union, the Ambassador of the European Union, Vincent Degert, visited Jérémie to see the results of this participative process led by Mayor Claude Harry Milord, accompanied by UN Habitat and Expertise France "We have been working with all our partners for 2 years to ensure that in Jérémie and Les Cayes we have cities that are more resilient," recalled Ambassador Degert during his visit.

With the Ambassador and the Representative of the Office of the National Authorizing Officer, Mayor Milord reviewed the learning of this urban planning process, as well as the main issues in the planning of the city (new streets, new public spaces), possibility to protect the natural areas of the entrance of the city with a new park etc...) "All the concerned were invited to participate to give us their opinion, their needs, their recommendations," underlined the mayor of Jérémie to these interlocutors.

In Jérémie , in the neighborhoods that have been prioritized, such as the area of ​​Makandal by the sea and the seaside city center, each intervention will be made by the competent institution : the Ministry of Public Works for drainage works and road developments, the City Hall for public spaces and equipment and the communities of Jeremiah accompanied by the NGOs Goal and CARE, which will make community arrangements and will also support the town hall to improve access to basic services and economic development. The town hall will also have a technical support given by the Ministry of the Interior and by Expertise France to be able to fully play its role of conductor.

The €20 million component on Jérémie and Les Cayes is part of the Post-Matthew strategy of the European Union. In these two cities, the program will finance structuring infrastructure, interventions on public spaces and community projects, the main theme of which is the development plan (PAEEV) presented during the visit to Jérémie.

The first micro-project identified in the plan : an intervention of approximately 100 meters improving the drainage, access and servicing of public spaces in the Mackendal neighborhood, this will be the first visible realization of the program, while preparatory studies for structuring works are launched. This micro-project will be implemented by the neighborhood communities, under the supervision of the Irish NGO GOAL.

Recall that the financing of the PAEEV by the European Union is carried out within the framework of the urban development program "Urbayiti", financed to the tune of 52 million euros, including a first phase of 36 million. This program, which has a national scope through the accompaniment of the Haitian government for the preparation of its national policy of the city, also has local actions in Port-au-Prince.

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