Roadmap for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Antonio Rodrigue)
Summary: A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Antonio Rodrigue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
Key Findings
- Instructs the ministry to regroup diplomatic representations according to the nation's higher interests, which is a network rationalization rather than an expansion.
- Ties diplomatic careers to commercial results, requiring that the foreign direct investment rate or the market each mission opens to Haitian firms abroad be assessed and taken into account in personnel progression.
- Requires rigorous competitive recruitment for diplomatic and consular staff, and asks that embassies and consulates become real marketing and promotion agents for the country's cultural and artistic wealth and its products.
- Assigns the Dominican relationship two ways at once: supporting the competent ministries toward a global agreement for calm and equitable economic and commercial relations, and having calm relations while intelligently and firmly defending Haitians on Dominican territory.
- Asks for innovative strategies on migration and border questions rather than restating existing positions.
- Includes building research and training programs with partners in organic agriculture, biotechnology, health and education, and reviving North-South and South-South cooperation while strengthening Haiti's place in international and multilateral organizations.
Full Description
A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Antonio Rodrigue at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship. It refers back to the general policy statement he put to the Senate on 14 March 2017 and to the Chamber of Deputies on 20 March 2017, then sets out what the ministry is to undertake over the five-year term.
How to cite
Office of the Prime Minister of Haiti, 2017, Roadmap for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship (Antonio Rodrigue), http://www.sgcm.gouv.ht/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/4-Feuille-de-route-du-Ministre-des-Affaires-Etrang_res-et-des-Cultes.pdf