The relations ALBA-Haiti concerns the Foreign Affairs Committee to Washington

While the President Martelly was on official travel to Venezuela in search of new funds, in U.S. Congress, Washington DC, the Senator Simon Dieuseul Desras, President of the Haitian Senate, said he learned the concern of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives, on the relationship between Haiti and the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA), a structure that opposed to the United States... The Senator Desras stated that, even if Haiti needed money "we can not accept funds from any source to risk jeopardizing our democratic gains and disrupt relations in the Americas." For his part, the Prime Minister, Dr. Garry Conille assured that Haiti has only an observer status in the ALBA and that only a long history of friendship with the peoples of Cuba and Venezuela tied Haiti...

New Municipal Palace to Fond-des-Nègres

The Minister of Interior, Me Thierry Mayard-Paul, works hard to bring public services in all departments and municipalities in the country. In this context, he announced the imminent opening of a municipal palace to Fond-des-Nègres, common of department of Nippes. The new Municipal Palace, will foster the rapprochement between the people of this community and the authorities of the Ministry and will allow more direct access to services that citizens are rightfully entitled.

The decentralization of public services becomes a reality

As part of decentralization advocated by the government of Haiti, Me Thierry Mayard-Paul, the Minister of Interior and Local Authorities announced the opening of three offices of Immigration in Jeremie, Les Cayes and Cap-Haitien. This initiative will allow people in these cities and other neighboring towns to get their passports on the spot.

Visit to UQTR of Secretary of State for Higher Education of Haiti

The University of Quebec to Trois-Rivieres (UQTR) was visited by a Haitian delegation headed by Jean-Claude Francis, Secretary of State for Higher Education. Provide specific support to the sector of higher education by strengthening training and research, especially in the field of science of education, is among the priorities of the Government of Haiti.

It is to answer this priority and at the request of the Ministry of National Education and Vocational Training (MENFP) of Haiti, that an inter-university consortium is being formed to develop a project in science of education. This project aims to develop and implement an action plan to improve the quality of university education and to strengthen institutions of higher education by the national rollout of a program of training of Haitian teaching staff in pre-university education in close collaboration with the local actors of sector. A draft of the project of support to the training of secondary school teachers has been prepared as part of the partnership between the MENFP and academic institutions in the consortium. Critical exchange must continue to initially identify mechanisms to strengthen institutional effort to promote more effective management of the project by the national bodies concerned.

The Treasury provides $11 million U.S. dollars to private schools

The Ministry of Education and Training (MENFP) informs the private schools involved in the Universal Schooling Program, Free and Compulsory (PSUGO) that the checkbooks expected for the financial operations at he level of these schools are available in eight academic departments (Nippes, North East, North, Northwest, Central, South, Southeast and Grand Anse). As for the West and Artibonite, the treatment is in progress and the checkbooks will be available shortly. School officials concerned are advised to contact the Banque Nationale de Credit (BNC) in their area to remove their checkbook. 7.500 non-public schools on more than 8,000, have an account in the BNC, already fueled by a first tranche of 452,280 560.40 gourdes [± 11 million U.S. dollars] disbursed by the State from the funds of Treasury. The MENFP, also informed that the call center to collect the grievances of concerned, will be operational shortly. The toll will be *788...

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