The State University of Haiti (UEH) and the Ministry of Culture and Communication (MCC) jointly signed on June 27, 2023 a partnership agreement relating to actions for cultural development, enhancement of Haitian cultural heritage, communication and digital.

This agreement is entered into for a renewable period of 3 years and takes effect on the date of its signature. In addition, the Ministry undertakes to subsidize each year the various projects and activities falling within the scope of this partnership.

In this agreement, the MCC and the EUH undertake to collaborate in order to develop knowledge, projects and actions in several areas, among others:

- Scientific reflection on collaborative/participatory governance and public policies relating to culture and communication through the production of knowledge, publications, training; the development of decision-making and planning support tools (mapping, permanent systems for collecting and processing statistics, sectoral strategies, etc...), the establishment of financing and market development mechanisms for goods and services cultural;

- Safeguarding and conservation of cultural heritage and its enhancement through the production of inventories and safeguarding plans for ICH elements; interpretive and operational management plans for elements of tangible cultural heritage and sites of memory; civic heritage education; the publication of a guestbook on the different areas of Haitian cultural heritage; the development of guidance documents for the management of heritage sites and elements; the search for mechanisms for promoting cultural heritage;

- Territorial cultural development and management through research, publications, capacity building training for cultural services and cultural institutions of local authorities;

- The development of Cultural and Creative Industries (CCI) effective through the strengthening of the human and organizational capacities of public institutions and civil society organizations, necessary for development at local and regional levels for the economic development of the national territory;

- The development of communications and digital technology and its integration into the cultural environment and heritage through research, the design of management and governance systems; publications; the organization of conferences, symposiums, forums; carrying out training and building the human and organizational capacities of public institutions and civil society cultural organizations and strengthening media and information literacy;

- Taking into account the issue of gender in culture and communication through scientific research, publications, the organization of conferences and symposiums, forums; conducting training and human and organizational capacity building sessions for public institutions and civil society organizations;

- Reflection on artistic and cultural higher education through the production of statistics, the carrying out of research on training needs, graduation, artistic and cultural employability, the marketing of new resources, cultural entrepreneurship.

HL/ HaitiLibre