A working session between Pierre Josué Agénor Cadet, the Minister of National Education (MENFP), officials of the Ministry and a delegation of the Organization internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), was held around the Francophone Initiative For Distance Learning of Teachers (IFADEM).

Cooperative actions between Haiti and the OIF were reviewed during the exchanges, particularly concerning the IFADEM, which benefited some 1,600 teachers and whose experimentation was completed in Haiti and which should lead to other projects between the OIF and the Ministry for the benefit of teachers.

It should be recalled that 16 countries are currently beneficiaries of IFADEM, which originally concerned only 4 countries, including Haiti. The representatives of the OIF, whose Director of the regional office in Haiti confirmed their willingness to continue to support Haiti and wished to accelerate the final stages to be completed within the framework of the Project.

Minister Cadet welcomed the partnership with the OIF for the benefit of Haitian teachers and expressed his determination to move forward for the implementation of other steps within the framework of this cooperation.

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