A delegation of 9 members, two of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) and 7 of the World Bank (WB) is on a mission to Haiti from 14 to 18 March 2016 to take stock of the education sector financing strategy in support of the Project Education for All (EPT). More specifically, it is to assess progress made since the implementation of actions taken as part of educational reforms underway including the Operational Plan and the 12 measures in connection with provisional license to teach and the School Identification Card (CIE) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-11781-haiti-education-exam-results-disappointing-the-minister-manigat-announced-a-package-of-measures.html as well as Operational Plan.

Monday, the first working session, chaired by the Minister Nesmy Manigat took place with representatives of the mission, officials of the EPT project, the Director General, Rénold Telfort, of members of the cabinet of the Minister and the technical directors of the Ministry of National Education.

The Minister took the opportunity to recall that despite this particular political situation, it is important to ensure continuity in the provision of educational services, but also to continue efforts to mobilize the international community around the reform educational. He stressed the importance of the National Office of Learning Partnership (ONAPE) as a key tool to boost partnership in the sector but mainly to serve as channel for dialogue to facilitate not only the implementation of the ongoing reforms but also to follow up them.

For Ludovic Signarbieux, senior education specialist (Benin, Cameroon, Haiti, Togo) for the GPE, which coordinates the mission in Haiti, the main task is to "follow up on the financing in collaboration with all partners and the government first of all [...] and support the Haitian Government in all matters concerning the development and monitoring of its education policy whether through technical assistance or funding for activities aimed at strengthening the sector [...]"

The mission will have to go on the field to meet the subsidized schools, but also those who participate in the National Program of School Canteen. It is also for the mission of verifying how unfold among other schools accreditation issues, the strengthening of the supervision of the latter, the collection of data relating to the sector etc... to better assess the progress that has been made regarding the implementation of the EPT project to the different components financed by the Bank and the global Partnership.

Note that the GPE signed to date with Haiti financing agreements totaling an amount of US $46 million whose latest funding dated November 2014, is valued at $24 million.

See also :

https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-16734-icihaiti-education-tribute-evening-to-nesmy-manigat.html

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-16651-haiti-education-nesmy-manigat-appointed-president-of-a-committee-of-global-partnership-for-education.html

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