Rebuilding and Changing Neighborhoods: Capitalization Synthesis
Summary: Summary of the lessons of the European Union's PARAQ program for reconstruction and planning of neighborhoods in Port-au-Prince, 2012 to 2016. In 11 pages it follows six steps (institutional diagnosis, social mapping, urban diagnosis, programming, design, works), with results, points of attention and figures for the nine neighborhoods, such as 170,000 residents who benefited and 1,000 homes reinforced or rebuilt.
Key Findings
- The program produced 9 neighborhood planning schemes (Baillergeau, Martissant, Delmas, Christ-Roi, Grand Ravine, Carrefour, Petit-Goâve, Haut Turgeau/Debussy and Desprez).
- About 170,000 residents benefited, and 1,000 homes were reinforced or rebuilt.
- More than 15,000 people were trained in safe construction, including more than 1,300 building professionals and more than 5,800 families.
- 60 businesses were created, benefiting nearly 900 people.
- The planning schemes and the inter-agency Technical Committee that validates them are the important legacy of the program, and following up the schemes remains a major challenge for local institutions.
- Assisted self-reconstruction is the Haitian government's preferred way to produce housing, and the program added technical, administrative and financial assistance to it.
- The funders box lists EUR 74.5 million for the European Union, EUR 10.5 million for the Agence Française de Développement and EUR 8.2 million for the operators.
How to cite
European Union, 2016, Rebuilding and Changing Neighborhoods: Capitalization Synthesis, accessed via HaitiDocs, https://www.haitidocs.org/doc/ue-paraq-synthese-capitalisation-diagnostic-institutionnel
- Rights holder
- European Union