Founding Act of the Southern Economic Zone of the Southern Peninsula
Summary: Act by which the 59 communes of the southern peninsula create the Forum Économique de la Péninsule as a regional public-private establishment, accept a Peninsula Development Authority with five components and set up a Southern Economic Zone made up of the 59 municipalities. The recitals cite the 1987 Constitution, the 2006 decentralization decrees and the manifesto of November 3, 2022.
Key Findings
- The 59 communes of the peninsula, grouping the Région des Palmes and the Nippes, Grand'Anse, Sud-Est and Sud departments, create the Forum Économique de la Péninsule as the first regional public-private establishment.
- Each member commune accepts the Forum's operation in its territory and commits to five components of a Peninsula Development Authority: a finance agency, an economic development commission, an industrial parks company, a small business agency and an industrial zoning commission.
- The Southern Economic Zone is defined as the 59 municipalities, and the act states that this intercommunal arrangement would let the peninsula avoid Haiti's negative rating when seeking sub-national loans.
- The Forum is to propose legislation on the Authority, the Zone, public-private partnerships and financial-market reform, including a National Financial Markets Authority and a Haitian securities exchange.
- The act is adopted by the presidents of the communal commissions of the 59 member municipalities.
How to cite
Forum Économique de la Péninsule du Sud (FEPS), 2023, Founding Act of the Southern Economic Zone of the Southern Peninsula, https://www.peninsulesud.ht/acte-de-creation-3/
- Rights holder
- Forum Économique de la Péninsule du Sud (FEPS)