Project profile — Support to Local development and governance in the Nord-Est (AL-GNE)

The objectives of this project are to contribute to the reduction of poverty in a sustainable way by supporting local governance and by increasing agricultural productivity, while respecting the environment. Through environmental rehabilitation activities and by improving infrastructures, the goal of this project is to consolidate local development and governance actions undertaken in 4 communities and extend these to an additional 4 of the Nord-Est Departement in Haiti. The project aims to improve the living conditions of the population living in these four communities of the Nord-Est Department supported by the UNDP/UNCDF since 2000. By consolidating these actions, a stronger more durable process will be enabled and the capacity of local actors will be strengthened in participative planning and good governance, through the restoration and appreciation of the environment in the production zones, economic diversification and improvement of basic infrastructures. Finally, the replication of this model to an additional four communities will enable the project to cover the entire coastal front of the Haitien side of the Nord-Est Department.

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Results achieved by this project, which ended in June 2012, include: the improvement of local governance and of the living conditions in the six Nord-Est communes through the creation of community development plans. The rehabilitation or building of infrastructures, including 15 primary schools, one vocational school, eight health centres, six administrative complexes, seven communal section administrative offices, 33.5 km of secondary roads, and six potable water supply systems. Over 65 small projects were undertaken, such as processing of agricultural products, animal husbandry, rehabilitation of small irrigation systems, and garden production. More than 250 jobs were created. These activities have benefitted 358,277 people, including 178,766 women. These results have contributed to strengthening the development planning for the area and enhancing economic development opportunities.