As part of its "Thursdays in Technical Workshop" program, the General Management of the National Old-Age Insurance Office (ONA) met with officials from the Business Control and Verification Department (DCVE).

This workshop brought together, in the General Directorate conference room, ten (10) executives from the institution: three (3) members of the cabinet, Mr. Rodrigue Polyte, Professor Wilfrid Jean Baptiste, Mr. Julien Maxon, and seven managers of the DCVE, Désir David Thed, First Director Raymond Yvener second director, Massillon Féguens, Assistant Director, Louis Chanel, Assistant Director, Julien Carlo, Assistant Director, Joseph Jean Robert, head of department, Joseph John Chénier, assistant head of department.

Professor Wilfrid Jean Baptiste, member of the Cabinet, underlined the vision of the General Management which, he said, tends to make the ONA a financially healthy institution, respectful of its mission and its accountability to stakeholders.

Wilfrid Jean Baptiste drew attention to the fact that companies in the subcontracting sector are leaving the country. This reduces the Institution's revenue and forces ONA to engage in an institutional resilience strategy.

In a document presenting the Directorate of Control and Verification of Companies, Désir Jean Thed, first Director, detailed the problems relating to his Directorate. He highlighted the difficulty of accessing the database of companies affiliated with the ONA.

The majority of affiliated companies of Municipal Offices and Annexes, writes the Director, are not controlled and verified according to the mission of the DCVE. Access to Payroll Tax (TMS) documents is limited. The DCVE has a very small workforce compared to the number of companies affiliated with the ONA. The DCVE does not have the logistical means to meet its obligations.

As a solution, the head of the DCVE recommends that the Directorate of Operations and Networks (DOR) require Inspection and Screening Services. He asks the DOR to force the Municipal Offices and Annexes to regularly submit to the DCVE information relating to companies in a late and refractory state.

At the end of this meeting, the cabinet members developed an action plan to address the problems. The General Management decides to provide the DCVE with the policies and procedures necessary for its proper functioning, to prepare an organizational plan which provides for the workforce as well as the necessary profiles. The firm is considering putting in place a recruitment plan on behalf of the DCVE and a training plan for staff.

HL/ HaitiLibre