Synergies in favor of Haiti.

• Author: Cattivelli, Adrian
• Position: OAS

GAS ASSISTANT Secretary General Albert R. Ramdin has called for stronger synergy and better coordination in the work of hemispheric organizations in regional cooperation with Haiti.

In his capacity as president of the Haiti Working Group, Ramdin recently led a joint meeting of the OAS, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA), the Pan-American Development Foundation (PADF), and the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), in which existing mechanisms for cooperation with Haiti were analyzed.

The Assistant Secretary General emphasized that the five inter-American organizations have already taken steps to create synergies for more effective collaboration and implementation of projects towards achieving a lasting impact on Haiti. These efforts to strengthen collaboration are aimed at the creation of an Inter-American Program for Haiti, which would include the development and implementation of joint project proposals.

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"From my point of view, it is of critical importance that we strengthen collaboration among inter-American institutions, not only in Washington DC but also on the...