Tuesday at the Crowne Plaza in Santo Domingo, Charles Jean Jacques, the National Authorizing Officer of the European Development Fund (EDF) in Haiti and the Officer of the Dominican Republic, Ambassador Antonio Vargas Hernandez opened the 5th meeting of the Joint Committee Coordination (CCC), a space for analysis, of 3 days of evaluation and discussions on the binational Program funded by the European Union to the tune of 50.1 million Euros.

Charles Jean Jacques in his opening intervention recalled "[...] The 5th meeting of the CCC is intended to strengthen the binational approach in the implementation of the Programme. It will alloz to share experiences, strengthen the achievements and formulate a strategy to identify the different components and the orientation of the new Binational Cooperation Program [...]"

Besides the two National Authorising Officers were also present at the main table, Ambassador Roberto Martinez Villanueva, Executive Secretary of the Joint Commission of the Dominican Republic and Florence Van Houtte, of the Delegation of the European Union.

During the first two working days were analyzed the main studies that have been done in the commercial component; accompanying measures to the binational market; the Joint Committee and the binational Observatory. The program components were also reviewed.

The second day at the Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) operators have shared their recommendations. Sixteen (16) of these recommendations are of punctual character, while seven (7) others are strategic.

It was a very important exercise for the Binational Program, because the majority of projects come almost to their end, it's time to share lessons learned and identify the mechanisms that can help to make them even more effective projects for the beneficiary communities.

At the close of CCC Charles Jean Jacques, the EDF National Authorising in Haiti warmly thanked "all the technicians who produced an extraordinary work of reflection in order to achieve a real change in the living conditions of the beneficiaries of two nations of the island."

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-17938-haiti-dominican-republic-continuation-of-informal-bilateral-meetings.html

SL/ HaitiLibre