Final Evaluation of Sub-Component A.2 of the PAST Project: Establishment of a Park Management Authority (AGP)

Sub-component A.2 of the Heritage Preservation and Tourism Sector Support Project (PAST), funded by the World Bank, planned the creation of a Park Management Authority (AGP) for the Citadelle, Sans-Souci, Ramiers national historic park, which lies in four communes (Milot, Dondon, Plaine du Nord and Grande Rivière du Nord). The evaluation covers October 2018 to July 2022 and uses document analysis, focus groups, interviews and surveys of the park's stakeholders. It reviews the project's logical framework and action plan and lists the activities of the AGP.

The evaluation concludes that the project reached its objective of giving the park a provisional management structure, and that stakeholders see the AGP as the project's main success. It lists constraints reported by the AGP: no counterpart funding from the State, unstable leadership at the Ministry of Culture, the weight of the World Bank in project management, a closed bureaucracy at the Technical Execution Unit (UTE), and key actions not carried out, namely the seismic strengthening of the Citadelle and Sans-Souci and park security.