Haiti Observatory News
The creation of a virtual library
A virtual library of bibliographic references related to the topics we work on in Haiti is now available on the Haiti Observatory Website, in the ‘What we do’/’Resources’ section.
Evaluations and evaluation support in Haiti
Groupe URD conducts a number of activities related to evaluation in connection with its Haiti Observatory: Methodological support, Project evaluation, Training courses, Sharing lessons.
New publications on Haiti from Groupe URD
Lessons learnt
How does one become the owner of a plot of land in Canaan?
 | The Corail-Cesseless housing project, where Canaan is located, was declared a public utility area in March 2010 as part of the State relocation program for some of the displaced population after the earthquake of January 12th 2010. Shortly after this declaration, the occupation of the land, which until then had been very limited, took on another aspect. In addition to people displaced by the earthquake, the area is now occupied by other categories of people looking for housing or looking to engage in financial speculation. The land, which was supposed to be managed by the Government, has thus increasingly become the object of commercial transactions. |
Communities and the community-based approach in Haiti
 | The term, “community-based approach”, is widely used by humanitarian and development organisations in Haiti, but this concept refers to very different realities depending on the organisation and depending, even more, on the perception of the communities themselves. Defining what a community-based approach means in Haiti and analyzing what the community-based concept refers to in urban environments make it possible to improve understanding of the participation of communities in the different phases of the project cycle. |
Participatory planning in urban and rural areas
 | Three years after the disaster, now that we are in the phase of reconstruction - which will not be possible without the involvement of local people - it seemed useful to highlight the inclusive approaches developed as part of commune and neighbourhood planning. Participatory planning tools exist in urban environments and rural environments and have been reinforced since the earthquake. |
Security in Haiti: an impossible dialogue?
 | Security in Haiti is amongst the subjects which creates the most controversy and disagreement within and between international organisations. Perceptions of insecurity vary diametrically from one actor to the next, which raises the question of what these views of violence and crime are based on, and of the appropriateness of the measures put in place in response to this feeling of insecurity. |
