Official visit of the Minister of Tourism in North America

Stéphanie Balmir Villedrouin, the Minister of Tourism and Creative Industries, left the country for a one-week official travel in North America. At Mexico, on the sidelines of the III Mexico-Caribbean Community Summit (Caricom) and of 6th Summit of the Association of Caribbean States (AEC), she will participate in the meeting of the Mexican Agency of International Cooperation for Development and Promexico, in order to promote foreign investment in the tourism sector in Haiti. In the U.S., specifically Florida, Minister Villedrouin will take part on April 29 at Caribbean Hotel & Resort Investment Summit (CHRIS). On the sidelines of the Summit, meetings with organizations operating in the tourism industry including Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean are also included in his agenda.

Other announcements in Mirebalais

Saturday, within the framework of "Gouvènman an lakay ou" program which took place in Mirebalais, the National Center of Equipment (CNE) announced that it will proceed with the construction of 85 km of road in Mirebalais; the Ministry of Social Affairs is committed to opening 9 additional Community restaurants in the department of the Centre; the deputy gave a positive assessment of the multiple achievements of the Government in his constituency Mirebalais Boucan-Carré and asked his colleagues, the vote of the Finance Act, to ensure the implementation of new projects. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11027-haiti-news-some-news-here-and-there.html

University Scholarships in Mexico / Launching of competition

Monday morning the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe began his day at "Lycée des Jeunes Filles" and launch the Competition of University Scholarships in Mexico "To move forward on the road of progress, we need a youth educated and trained. Start by opening the doors of equal opportunity, by offering the opportunity for those who are talented, but which not have the means to pay for study abroad."

The ERRF was relaunched

The ERRF was relaunched in the second half-year of 2013 through the mobilization of new funds. After the governance structures implementation in September 2013, 6 projects were approved for a global amount of US$ 1,097,719.37. However, 5 projects have already received funding for a total of US$ 945,244.37.

Tour of Joël Lorquet

As part of a sociocultural tour Joël Lorquet will be in Port-de-Paix on 3 and 4 May.

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