INCLUSIVE LOCAL GOVERNANCE SUPPORT IN HAITIAPPUI A LA GOUVERNANCE LOCALE INCLUSIVE EN HAITI

The project aims to strengthen the capacity of local populations in Haiti to participate in the development of their communities so that all women and men in urban and rural communities can benefit from decent public services and diversified economic opportunities. Project activities include (1) support and accompaniment of three ministries and organizations involved in decentralization (Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation Ministry of Interior and Territorial Collectivities and Office of Human Resources Management) (2) capacity building for steering decentralization (3) training and mentoring of women mayors (4) support to targeted local governments in the mobilization and management of tax revenues and (5) organization of consultation workshops and awareness campaigns for better integration of women's needs and concerns in local development. The activities to combat the spread of COVID 19 planned under the project are to provide personal protective equipment to the staff of the communal administrations in order to ensure the provision of services by the town halls to provide support in awareness raising materials to inform the population about the presence and spread of COVID 19 about preventive measures and about the behaviors to be adopted in order to prevent community contamination. Le projet vise a renforcer la capacite des populations locales d'Haiti a participer au developpement de leur communaute de facon a ce que toutes les femmes et tous les hommes des communautes urbaines ou rurales puissent beneficier de services publics decents et d'opportunites economiques diversifiees. Les activites du projet comprennent 1) appui et accompagnement de trois ministeres et organisations impliques dans la decentralisation (ministere de la Planification et de la Cooperation externe ministere de l'Interieur et des Collectivites territoriales et Office de Management des Ressources Humaines) 2) renforcement des capacites de pilotage de la decentralisation 3) formation et mentorat aupres des femmes maires 4) appui a des collectivites locales ciblees dans la mobilisation et la gestion des recettes fiscales 5) organisation d'ateliers de consultation et de campagnes de sensibilisation pour une meilleure integration des besoins et des preoccupations des femmes dans le developpement local. Les activites de lutte contre la propagation de la COVID 19 prevues dans le cadre du projet sont de fournir des equipements de protection individuelle au personnel des administrations communales en vue d'assurer prestation des services des mairies fournir un appui en materiels de sensibilisation informer la population sur la presence et la propagation du Covid19 sur les mesures preventives et des comportements a tenir afin de prevenir la contamination communautaire.