Friday Pradel Henriquez, the Minister of Culture accompanied by his Director of Cabinet Dithny Joan Raton, Myriam Jean, Minister of Tourism, Patrick Durandis Director General of the Institute for the Safeguarding of the National Heritage (ISPAN) held a working meeting in videoconference with Mrs. Pilar Alvarez, the Representative of Unesco in Haiti and Pierre-Michel Joassaint, the Executive Director of the Technical Execution Unit (UTE) of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

The aim of this working meeting was to examine the level of implementation of the "Heritage Preservation and Support to the Tourist Sector" project (PAST), launched in December 2014 and financed by the World Bank to the tune of 45 million US dollars. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12654-haiti-heritage-official-launch-of-the-project-past.html ; the progress made and the major constraints and difficulties encountered in order to identify other necessary guidelines and make recommendations for progress.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-18243-icihaiti-tourism-tour-in-north-of-past-project.html

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-14134-icihaiti-culture-evaluation-of-the-cultural-heritage-preservation-project.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13743-haiti-tourism-connecting-artisans-to-tourists-in-the-north.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-13418-haiti-culture-reactivation-of-the-interministerial-committee-of-management-of-national-historic-park.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-12654-haiti-heritage-official-launch-of-the-project-past.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11212-haiti-tourism-grant-of-$45m-to-support-tourism-in-northern-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-10359-haiti-economy-projects-for-central-artibonite-and-north-of-haiti.html

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