Evaluation of the Implementation of the Drinking Water and Sanitation Sector Reform in Haiti and Preparation of the Action Plan: Diagnostic Report

This diagnostic report, prepared by the Office International de l'Eau and dated February 2016, is the first phase of the update of Haiti's 2008 strategic plan for the drinking water and sanitation sector. It asks how far the reform launched with the framework law of 25 March 2009 has been carried out.

The report sets the context: only 10 percent of households have a piped connection at home and 28 percent use improved unshared toilets, according to the JMP figures it cites for 2015. The reform created DINEPA, its regional offices (OREPA), rural water committees (CAEPA) and urban technical operating centers (CTE), but the 2010 earthquake and cholera epidemic pulled DINEPA into emergency response and delayed the plan. An update attempted at the end of 2010 was never validated.

The analysis covers the sector's organization and staffing, coordination with NGOs, the sanitation and drinking water strategies, the operation of rural and urban systems, delegated management, DINEPA's operating indicators, investment by partners against what the 2008 plan foresaw, state financing, operating revenue, and DINEPA's accounting.

It concludes that the reform produced real advances, among them the OREPA, the first fecal sludge treatment sites and a first delegated management contract at Saint-Marc, while the OREPA lack means and clear procedures and the national observatory ONEPA is hampered by its budget. An annex details DINEPA's action plan from July 2014 to December 2015.