Notably absent at the fifteenth Francophonie Summit

President Michel Martelly and Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe have not participated in the fifteenth Francophonie Summit being held since Saturday in Dakar, Senegal. At the summit members of the OIF, officially designated today as Secretary General Michaëlle Jean. Ms. Jean was in competition against 4 African Pierre Buyoya, Henri Lopes, Augustin Nze Nfumu and Jean Claude de l’Estrac. She takes over from the Senegalese Abdou Diouf. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12624-haiti-politic-michaelle-jean-succeeds-to-abdou-diouf-at-the-head-of-the-oif.html

Safety and investments

On Wednesday, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Haitian-Canadian (CCIHC) under the patronage of the National Society of Industrial Parks (SONAPI), organized an important conversation breakfast on "Safety, an essential element for investments in Haiti". "The objective was to present the various efforts of the National Police of Haiti (PNH) and the United Nations Police (UNPOL) in order to maintain a level of security favorable to investment," indicated Nathalie Pierre-Louis Laroche, President of CCIHC.

Training session for construction firms

As part of construction projects of 20 schools, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the quality control unit of the Fund for Economic and Social Assistance (FAES) organized a training session for construction firms and supervision. This training focused on the presentation of the prototype of buildings of the Ministry of Education, which will be used for the construction of these schools.

Wilson Laleau speaker

Saturday, Wilson Laleau, the Minister of Trade and Industry (MCI) was the guest speaker for a training seminar in the conference room of the Ministry on the topic "autonomy of labor", organized by the group of young students "Top Vision Group".

Inauguration of a vocational school in Rivière Froide

The Vocational school Gallaghe Mark (named in memory of Sergeant Gallagher of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)) died during the earthquake of January 2010 was inaugurated by the Ambassador of Canada and members of the Gallagher family. Located in Rivière Froide (commune of Carrefour), the school will be administered by the Little Sisters of St. Therese and will host more than a hundred students, girls and boys in five programs: secretarial, agriculture, masonry, tiling and carpentry. This project of nearly $1.3 million has been financially supported by the Government of Canada and the generous donations of Canadians.

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