Roadmap for the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad (Stéphanie Auguste)
Summary: A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Stéphanie Auguste at the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad. 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
- Assigns a bill enshrining the active participation of diaspora members in the country's political life, which is the political half of a mandate otherwise framed economically.
- Sets a numeric return target: incentive arrangements to bring at least 30 percent of young Haitians graduating abroad back to work in the country each year.
- Assigns a diaspora investment attraction strategy to be drafted with the finance and commerce ministries, and mechanisms and financing to facilitate diaspora investment particularly in housing.
- Asks that the investment code's fiscal and customs advantages be extended to any diaspora investor making investments of a certain size in their zone of origin, in order to avoid double taxation, which ties the incentive to the investor's home area.
- Assigns a policy for integrating qualified diaspora professionals into the public administration, and return programs for retired Haitians wishing to resettle and invest.
- Treats the diaspora as a strategic asset for promoting Haitian products abroad and for attracting capital, technology and intellectual expertise, and encourages highly skilled Haitians with experience in Western firms and laboratories to return and help reshape Haitian technology and define strategies for winning external markets.
- Includes securing the success of the Champions de la Diaspora program and mechanisms for transmitting the diaspora's professional know-how.
Full Description
A roadmap sent on 29 March 2017 by Prime Minister Jack Guy Lafontant to Stéphanie Auguste at the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad. 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 Haitians Living Abroad (Stéphanie Auguste), http://www.sgcm.gouv.ht/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/3-Feuille-de-route-du-Ministre-des-Ha_tiens-Vivant-_-l_Etranger.pdf