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Haiti - FLASH : Summary of the United States' next 10-year Strategic Plan for Haiti (official) 27/03/2023 09:09:57
Summary of the Strategic Plan for the next 10 years for Haiti : "The United States is committed to helping Haiti become a safer, more stable, and democratic country, reflecting the deep people-to-people ties between our countries. Haiti faces a uniquely challenging moment in its history — in July 2021, President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. Since early September 2022, a dramatic deterioration in security has paralyzed the country. Criminal gangs– many backed by corrupt political or economic actors– took control of vital strategic installations, including the Port International de Port-au-Prince and the country’s main fuel terminal (Varreux) for two months. The blockage of the fuel terminal has brought critical services such as water distribution and sanitation, garbage collection, electricity, and health centers to a virtual stand-still. This acute situation is further exacerbated by Haiti’s extreme vulnerability to environmental shocks. International diplomatic and assistance efforts have achieved mixed results, and their impact has been the subject of scrutiny and debate. Gender-based violence (GBV) and severe gender inequality threaten to undermine stability in Haiti, and women and girls suffer disproportionately from climate change, violence, lack of rule of law, and food insecurity in the country. In April 2022, President Biden announced the U.S. government would focus on Haiti as a priority country for advancing the U.S. Strategy to Prevent Conflict and Promote Stability (SPCPS). Haiti’s selection was based on its strategic relevance and proximity to the United States and the need for a more coordinated long-term approach to address drivers of instability in the country. The security situation in Haiti continues to significantly deteriorate, which only underscores the urgency to take a long-term approach to buttress and integrate U.S. diplomacy, development, and security-sector engagement in Haiti. This plan provides a framework and sequenced approach for U.S. efforts, which can be scaled and sequenced based upon political and security openings in the country. This plan was developed through an embassy-led interagency process. Thorough consultations with over 230 individuals representing Haitian government and civil society, multilateral and bilateral organizations, the private sector, academia, Haitian diaspora, and experts and practitioners shaped the plan, as did broader U.S. interagency policy deliberations on Haiti outlining a long-term strategic vision for Global Fragility Act (GFA) efforts in country. This working group will continue as a coordination mechanism during its implementation. The plan supports and will inform all U.S. government diplomatic and foreign assistance strategies for Haiti, including the U.S. Department of State Integrated Country Strategy ( https://www.state.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ICS_WHA_Haiti_Public.pdf ) and the 2020-2024 USAID/Haiti Strategic Framework ( https://www.usaid.gov/documents/strategic-framework-haiti ). The plan seeks to orient and align U.S. efforts over time toward a long-term goal: that Haiti’s citizens and government advance a shared vision and a permissive environment for long-term stability. This goal envisions that government institutions become more capable and responsive to the basic needs of Haitians, and at the same time, Haitians develop sufficiently increased trust in public institutions to participate in Haiti’s civic and political processes. Under this plan, United States will marshal diplomatic engagement and assistance over time to support two overarching objectives: Objective 1 : Advancing responsive and accountable governance and security. Objective 2 : Supporting an engaged and prosperous citizenry. The plan envisions a phased approach, prioritizing security and justice sector efforts at the outset in light of Haiti’s current context. During this first phase, U.S. government efforts will engage and leverage partners among Haitian civil society and the Haitian National Police (HNP) to inform and implement programming to strengthen citizen security and the rule of law, while ensuring the protection and promotion of human rights and accountability. Initial efforts will focus on key high-crime and high-violence neighborhoods and key transportation and economic hubs. Following the targeting of security and justice needs under Phase I, Phase II will begin addressing root causes of instability, building on justice sector reform while addressing civic engagement and economic opportunity. Phase III will help expand Haitian-owned systems to have sustainable impact and fundamental institutional change. Phasing will enable the U.S. government to adapt to changing circumstances on the ground, including capitalizing on targets of opportunity. The plan places a strong emphasis on partnering with Haitian leaders and stakeholders. To ensure greater sustainability and impact, the U.S. government will encourage local direction and ownership of all efforts envisioned under this plan. Cognizant of the ongoing challenge of engaging with the government amid the current crisis, the United States will seek and engage reform-minded leaders at both national and local levels. This plan outlines a local partnership approach to engage as wide a representation of stakeholders as possible, ensuring that Haitians are protagonists in shaping and implementing their country’s development path. It also includes a strategic communication plan to ensure U.S. government-funded efforts are effectively amplified throughout the country. This plan acknowledges that despite best intentions and having invested significant resources to date, U.S.-led and other international diplomatic and assistance efforts in Haiti have not always achieved their aims or resulted in inclusive, equitable outcomes. In line with SPCPS’s goals, the U.S. government is committed to promoting innovative and evidence-based approaches. The plan will respond to and incorporate lessons learned from decades of interventions in Haiti and elsewhere: that lasting results require whole-of-government collaboration, a more holistic, systems approach to address Haiti’s drivers of instability and a planning horizon that extends beyond traditional funding cycles. In addition to working with Haitian government actors where possible, the U.S. government will deepen engagement with Haitian civil society, including religious groups and NGOs, as well as other international donors, Haitian diaspora organizations, and multilateral organizations to advance this plan. Specifically, the U.S. government is committed to advancing the following areas of innovation through this plan :
The plan explicitly acknowledges and seeks to address many risks inherent to the approach which, unmitigated, could hinder achievement of the objectives. This includes the overall political and security situation in Haiti. U.S. government efforts are intended to be able to adapt to the changing environment on the ground. Where opportunity exists for greater impact, the U.S. government will scale up support, and where efforts are less successful, will scale back or terminate programming or alter approaches. Rigorous monitoring, evaluation, and learning (MEL) will be central to the success of this plan. We will ensure we learn lessons from prior efforts in Haiti and feed these into program and policy development, both in the design phase and through real-time adaptation." HL/ HaitiLibre
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