As part of the support Expertise France for the implementation of the program "Urbayiti" https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26411-haiti-politic-launch-of-urbayiti-a-42-billion-gourdes-program.html , a delegation led by Ralph Youri Chevry the Mayor of Port-au-Prince recently went on a mission to Paris and Marseille for a sharing of experience in urban management. The objective of the mission was to strengthen the capacity of the Port-au-Prince City Council through field visits and exchanges with the services of the cities of Paris and Marseille.

During its stay, the Haitian delegation met the heads of services and institutions and visited the following projects : School of Cleanliness (Paris), the eco-district of Batignolles (17th arrondissement of Paris), the Parisian workshop of urban planning, the incineration plant SYCTOM (Issy-les-Moulinaux), the Directorate of participatory democracy, citizens and territories and the participative budget of the city of Paris, the Resilience Mission of the city of Paris, the Euro-Mediterranean operation and the Agglomeration Agency of Marseille (AGAM).

Each of these visits and meetings gave rise to exchanges on the targeted themes, namely: territorial planning (urban renewal housing, precarious neighborhoods), participatory governance, relations with civil society and resilience and solid waste management (policy, tools , implementation, etc ...).

The Euro-Mediterranean operation still in progress, is without a doubt the successful experience that has most marked the Haitian delegation by its magnitude and the similarity with Port-au-Prince of the problems it tries to solve and the institutional set-up adopted.

The Mission was also a good opportunity to strengthen Port-au-Prince as the capital of Haiti and to consider the establishment of a decentralized cooperation with the City of Paris on the themes of waste management, resilience urban development, citizen participation and metropolitan governance.

In addition, serious lines of cooperation with the AGAM and the Euro-Mediterranean management structure were explored, for technical support to the management of urban development operations by the Port-au-Prince town hall.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-26411-haiti-politic-launch-of-urbayiti-a-42-billion-gourdes-program.html26411

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25556-haiti-politic-end-of-a-mission-of-expertise-france-in-haiti.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25316-haiti-call-for-tenders-planning-consultation-mission-for-the-metropolitan-area.html

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