Our projects in Haiti

Bi-national action to implement changes in Haiti and the Dominican Republic

To promote greater coordination between Haiti and the DR, at local and national level, in order to address common issues and ensure that policies and programmes are implemented which safeguard human rights and promote development opportunities.

Duration: 3 years
Start date: 2010
End date: 2013

Principal local partners:

Haiti:
Jesuit Service for Refugees Haiti
GARR (the support group for Haitian refugees and deportees)
8 municipalities

Dominican Republic:
Bono Centre and Jesuit Service for Refugees and Migrants (SJRM), including the new office in Jimani
Women and Health Collective
Scalabrinian Association at the Service of Human Mobility (ASCALA)
Centro Puente
Inter-institutional Committee of Dajabon (CID)
Cross-border Inter-municipal Committee (CIT)
Dominican Federation of Municipalities (FEDOMU)
12 municipalities

Principal funder(s):
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)
Canadian Fund
French Embassy

RICA objectives*:

Theme 1: Participation and effective governance
Goal: Poor and marginalised people, especially women, will have greater influence on decisions and policies which affect their lives in order to reduce their poverty.

Objective 1.1 Influencing local government plans and policies.
To empower and promote the voices of poor and marginalised communities, especially women, in order to increase local government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to those communities.

Objective 1.2 Influencing national government plans and policies
To empower and promote the voices of poor and marginalised communities, especially women, in order to increase national government transparency, accountability and responsiveness to those communities.

Expected results:

At counterpart level:

Result 1: Increased capacity of civil society organisations regarding monitoring, advocacy and communications related to bi-national issues.  

Result 2: The capacities of civil society organisations and local authorities have been institutionally increased in areas such as the design and management of projects, participatory budgeting, and development planning, leading to better promotion of economic opportunities and local development with an inclusive, democratic, gender approach.

Result 3: Joint actions are carried out in Haiti and the DR to promote cooperation and bi-national coordination to generate economic opportunities and to safeguard the observance of human rights and gender equality on issues such as: migration policies, nationality legislation, access to documentation, bi-national markets, institutional strengthening, and local/municipal development.

At community level:

Result 4: The Janot Sikse bi-national network has acquired monitoring and communication tools and techniques to safeguard the human rights of immigrants. 

Result 5: The municipalities on both sides of the border have improved the regulations and procedures for the development of bi-national markets. 

Result 6: Immigrants have better and greater access to information about legal matters and the safeguarding of human rights.

Result 7: Three bi-national committees have been set up, which draw together the local civil society organisations and other stakeholders in three border points (North-East/Dajabon, Élias Piña/Central Plateau and Jimaní/Ganthier). These committees meet regularly to discuss bi-national issues and common advocacy plans.

Approx. cost p.a. (pounds sterling): £389,000

* RICA (Regular Impact and Capacity Assessment) is our monitoring and evaluation framework. You can read more about how we use this to measure progress and outcomes in our accountability framework. You can also read the ‘route map’ showing the impact and outcomes we are striving to achieve across all of our work, and the indicators and means of verification that we will use to measure our progress.