PRODEPUR

PRODEPUR Urban Community Driven Development Project

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By strengthening the capacity of community institutions, PRODEPUR is able to improve the effectiveness of community interventions.

(Top) World Bank President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and PADF Country Director Nadia Cherrouk visit project sites to see the impact that development programs are having on local communities.

(Above) Women enrolled in a culinary arts program in CitĂŠ Soleil gain important skills that will improve their access to better jobs.

(Right) A growing cement block manufacturing business in Delmas 32 is creating jobs and giving local residents access to building products that

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are more affordable and of better quality.

Background Throughout Haiti’s long, proud, and troubled history, certain zones have become incubators for conflict and violence. Due to a combination of demographic and socioeconomic risk-factors, as well as institutional policies, these zones’ lack of security have actively undermined Haiti’s political stabilization process, perpetuating conflict and adversely affecting the efforts of reconstruction and national development.

In order to reverse this trend of conflict and chaos, the Government of Haiti, in partnership with the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF), started the Urban Community Driven Development Project (PRODEPUR) in 2009. With $8.8 million in funding from the World Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank, PRODEPUR actively works to build the capacity of community organizations, encouraging them to define their own local priorities and assisting them in implementing critical inventions in the areas of health, education, micro-enterprise, and infrastructure. In this respect, PRODEPUR fosters accountability and transparency while building a social capital that alleviates the problems of violence and conflict that have previously hampered development.

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The Methodology: PADF’s Community Driven Development (CDD)

must support community needs. Committee

PADF has been implementing the

representatives must defend the plan, or the choice

Community Driven Development

of priority projects to the wider community. Once

(CDD) methodology in Haiti since

endorsed, local officials and technical experts are

2004, in rural communes in the

brought into the process to add technical and/

South and South East of Haiti, and in

or resource support, as well as to ensure that

the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area

recurrent costs can be met. Thereafter, an open

through an urban community driven

tendering process is conducted and overseen

approach.

by the committees. Project implementers are

decide on community development plans that outline priority projects against pre-defined budgets. A call for project is then issued to local CBOs. Projects submitted for consideration

This methodology strengthens the community-based decision-making processes and systems that form the foundation of local governance and economic development. CDD is

selected and the project award is issued to the winning CBOs. Project implementation is monitored by the COPRODEP with technical and administrative assistance from PADF. Part of the CDD strength lies in

implemented in a series of consultations,

the implementation of processes which

and prioritization discussions conducted

are designed to ensure that the views

with local populations to analyze the context, community dynamics, and general community needs for any given action.

Community based organizations (CBOs) in a specific location participate in the initial consultations; the population then elects, through a secret ballot, representative committees at the local level. In Haiti, these committees named COPRODEPs under the PRODEPUR Program, are typically comprised of leaders from civil society organizations, community groups, and municipal governments.

The elected representatives consult with their constituents, review context analyses and

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of women and vulnerable groups are addressed. NGOs supporting CDD projects’ role is to provide all technical and capacity-building support to the COPRODEP.

Community Interventions PRODEPUR works in Cité Soleil, Bel-Air, Martissant, CarrefourFeuilles, Simmonds-Pelé, and Delmas 32. Each zone has a management council (COPRODEP), which works with PRODEPUR to manage and implement community projects.

These COPRODEPs and PRODEPUR actively engage with the community, including over 900 representatives of community based organizations (CBOs) as well as municipal councils, government officials, and other development entities. This gives everyone a stake in the development process, allowing for transparency and inclusive decision-making.

As of June 2013, PRODEPUR has implemented more than 260 projects through partner CBOs, as well as six larger communitywide interventions. Thirty (30) of these projects are funded by the Caribbean Development Bank.

Furthermore, PRODEPUR has

(Above) Women improve their hairdressing skills in a training program taught at a local women’s center in Cité Soleil.

been at the forefront of disaster

(Below) The merchants in Simmonds-Pelé, a neighborhood in

response in the slums, and was

Port-au-Prince, can now work in the new Marché de la Solidarité,

one of the first-line responders

a revitalized market that has improved facilities where they can sell their goods.

when the earthquake and cholera hit Port-au-Prince in 2010.

Capacity Building and Technical Assistance PRODEPUR actively seeks to strengthen the capacity of community organizations and development bodies. In that vein, PRODEPUR has trained the COPRODEPs, as well as over 40 representatives

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of CBOs, in financial management, accounting, project management, micro and small enterprise development. Using the project management technique of SWOT (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities, and Threats), PRODEPUR works with the COPRODEPs to improve the project implementation process. By facilitating exchanges of experience and sharing of accumulated knowledge between COPRODEPs, PRODEPUR allows for best practices to be established and community interventions to be improved.

Furthermore, PRODEPUR facilitates interactions between COPRODEPs, CBOs, the private sector, and the government to build strong partnerships that allow for a truly effective development process. This additionally strengthens the capacity of elected officials to perform their duties and responsibilities in communities targeted by PRODEPUR.

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Impact and Results By strengthening the capacity of community institutions, PRODEPUR is able to improve the effectiveness of community interventions, implementing projects that are effective, durable, and sustainable.

Already, PRODEPUR has seen an improvement in the provision of basic social services and higher incomes for people in the project’s target zones.

Additionally, communities are now able to better organize themselves to address their needs in a cohesive atmosphere. As PRODEPUR continues to work with these communities, the democratic foundations for local development, good governance, and transparency and civic responsibility will continue to be reinforced and strengthened.

direct

Beneficiaries

indirect

Beneficiaries

“We are ready to work. We are ready to take any opportunity that comes our way. Thanks for making this possible.”

– Ginette Jeudy Sewing student Centre Professionnelle Communautaire Phare de AFFCS Cité Soleil, Haiti

266 658

community

Projects

community

Based

organizations

78,821 427,040

“This project has helped residents of this community buy quality cement blocks at a better price and within their neighborhood without having to travel far. Thank you to everyone who has helped us.”

– Nicholas Chevelon Cement block factory owner Usine Fabrication de Blocs (FINAD) Delmas 32, Haiti PADF-PRODEPUR

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Results PROJECTS

CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (CDB)FUNDED PROJECTS

CDB FUNDEDPROJECT BENEFICIARIES

PRODEPUR PROJECTS

PRODEPUR BENEFICIARIES

11 roads / 825 meters

16,500

22 roads / 1,650 meters

33,000

17

3,400

190

388,640

2

300

54

5,400

30

20,200

266

427,040

Road Construction and Rehabilitation Community Infrastructure Environmental Sustainability, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change

Total

Additional Financing by CDB INFRASTRUCTURES

BEL-AIR

MARTISSANT

PORT-AUPRINCE

TOTAL

Sanitation / Food Vouchers Sanitation / Drainage Latrine Installation

1

School Repair

1

1 1

2

Waste Management School Rehabilitaton / Social Housing Construction

4

Rehabiliiation of Market Centers

1

Canalization

9

5

1 1

1

2

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Rehabilitation of Water Access Points Ravine and Bank Protection

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Electrification

2

1

Construction and Rehabilitation of Roads

5

5

1

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Delams 32

Cite Soileil

Carrefour-Feuilles

Bel-Air

ZONE

44

30

84

30

40

# PROJECTS

Financing by CDB & World Bank

Martissant

3

29

Mairie De Cite Soleil

3

Simmonds Pele

Mairie De Delmas

3

266

Mairie De Port-Au-Prince

Total

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INFRASTRUCTURES

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Small Businesses for a Big Problem “Cholera hit us hard,” said Lounes Eugene, gesturing to the sweltering slum behind him.

Wharf Jeremie, a zone of Cité Soleil built on

the past to implement priority community

a trash dump on the edge of Port-au-Prince,

projects, Eugene was very concerned. So

provided an ideal conduit for the bacteria.

he reached out to PADF. Immediately, the

Given the limited sanitation and crowded

Foundation began to coordinate with the Haiti

housing, the disease spread quickly through

Ministry of Public Health (MSPP) to distribute

the community, leaving more than 80 people

water, hand out more than 6,000 flyers and

stricken in just one day.

train 200 health workers to assist thousands of

As the head of the Cité Soleil community council, which had worked with PADF in

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people. This helped bring the situation under control.

Following the immediate disaster response, PADF worked with the community to build three health centers and three sanitation projects, but something was still missing.

“Many of these communities did not have access to safe drinking water. Even when water was affordable, the access points were far-away and often out of reach,” said Kerline Rock, a PADF project director. We needed a solution that addressed this critical issue, and we knew small businesses could be the answer.”

Responding to this need, PADF worked with the local community councils to

(Above) More than 400 residents in the neighborhood of Delmas 32 in Port-au-Prince can now purchase clean water at a local water kiosk.

construct 14 purified water

(Below) Water kiosks built with support from PRODEPUR not only

kiosks. In Wharf Jeremie,

provide clean water locally, but also create employment opportunities.

the water purification center and kiosk do double duty fighting the cause of cholera while providing an incomegeneration activity to one of the poorest communities in Haiti.

“The center gives us a chance to earn a living to support our families,” said Eugene. “Most of all, parents now know they have a place where they can get safe water for their children, and there is nothing more important than that.”

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Working Together for a Better Cité Soleil It all began with the trouble at the Haiti-Dominican border. “The border shut down and we couldn’t get food,” Noe Ippoloite, a resident of Haiti’s troubled Bel Air neighborhood, explains. “We realized that we had to increase local production in order to give ourselves stability.”

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As a member of the Bel Air COPRODEP, one of

producing an equivalent amount of eggs

the municipal councils that make up the heart

per day. Due to increasing demand, the

of PADF’s Urban Participatory Development

hatchery will soon double to 8,000 chickens.

Program (PRODEPUR), Ippolite worked with

As Sylvestre explains, “The project has been

his COPRODEP, as well as the neighboring Cité

received extremely well by the surrounding

Soleil COPRODEP, to come up with an effective

community, in large part because it came

intervention. A chicken hatchery, it soon

from the community. It was the community

became clear, was the obvious solution.

groups that came together and came up with

As Rose Sylvestre, a member of the Bel Air COPRODEP explains: “We know an eggproduction center would allow us to keep a durable food supply that would provide employment as well as keep costs down for the residents of some of the poorest areas

a solution to a clear and present problem that was directly affecting our ability to feed ourselves and our families. The power was put into our hands, with PRODEPUR and the Haitian government giving us the backup we needed to run a truly successful project.

of Haiti.” In that vein, the Bel Sol (Haitian

Sylvestre adds: “Cité Soleil has had a lot of

creole for “beautiful sun”) hatchery was born.

problems, problems that were often resolved

Sylvestre, already experienced in chicken

with violence. But with Bel Sol it’s different—

farming, became the farm manager. Ippolite,

we show that when we put our heads

after undergoing training, would become the

together we are able to help our

Director of Marketing.

communities and raise

Bel Sol is located on a 19-acre plain

ourselves up.”

overlooking the Caribbean Sea in Cité Soleil.

The hatchery currently has 4,000 chickens

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Through PRODEPUR, women can acquire computer literacy, a skill that is becoming increasingly important in the labor market.

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(Right) Children can access education as a result of PRODEPUR’s support for a local school and professional training center in Port-au-Prince.

(Left and Below) Students at a women’s center in Cité Soleil participate in a training program where they acquire new skills that will help them land better jobs.

As PRODEPUR continues to work with communities, the democratic foundations for local development, good governance, and transparency and civic responsibility will continue to be reinforced and strengthened.

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About PADF The Pan American Development Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, brings together many stakeholders to improve livelihoods, empower communities, strengthen civil society, support human rights, protect the environment, and respond to natural disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean. Established by the Organization of American States in 1962, PADF has worked in every country in the hemisphere.

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