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Haiti January 12 Earthquake

Haiti January 12 Earthquake. World Bank Group Response. OUTLINE. Early Response & Key Initial Actions Haiti Emergency Earthquake Project New Trust Fund Activities Portfolio Restructuring Moving Forward. Mission Statement. Establish contact and support the GoH in any way possible

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Haiti January 12 Earthquake

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  1. Haiti January 12 Earthquake World Bank Group Response

  2. OUTLINE Early Response & Key Initial Actions Haiti Emergency Earthquake Project New Trust Fund Activities Portfolio Restructuring Moving Forward

  3. Mission Statement • Establish contact and support the GoH in any way possible • Establish contact and conduct rapid capacity and needs assessment of PIUs and key ministries • Mobilize of resources from existing projects to respond to emergency (CDD, EFA, ERDMP) • Assess broader needs and prioritize immediate interventions Cross-sectoral Bank team on the ground 5 days after quake

  4. A NUMBER OF EARLY RESPONSE AND KEY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE FIRST WEEKS • MEF • Check control systems before transferring $12.5m in budget support and $7.75m from CCRIF : payment was made by Jan. 25 and was the first major disbursement received by GoH following EQ • Retrieval and reinstallation of the salary & pension payment system with staff from Economy and Finance; • MTPTC - Assessment of key infrastructure and prioritization of immediate interventions; installation of new offices and strengthening of the information system of Civil Protection; • Ministry of Education - Mobilization of school feeding programs (EFA) organized by the Ministry of Education (30,000 meals per day); • BMPAD - Reorganization and mobilization of the PRODEP network of more than 1,000 community based organizations for small grant. • DPC - Installation of Civil Protection in temporary offices with back-up support

  5. PROJECT PREPARATION ADVANCE : FIFTEEN MILLION USD PROCESSED IN TWO WEEKS Support to affected populations • Procurement of 50,000 lanterns – 12, 000 already distributed • Nutrition and health services to affected population (through WFP & PAHO) Rehabilitation and assessment of infrastructure • Detailed transportation infrastructure damage assessment (SNC Lavlin) • Cleaning of critical drainage canals and emergency road rehabilitation (UNOPS) Support to government • Temporary offices procured for the Ministry of Finance and Crisis Secretrariat • Technical assistance to the Inter-ministerial Committee on Land Use Planning (CIAT)

  6. OUTLINE Early Response & key initial actions Haiti Emergency Earthquake Project New Trust Fund Activities Portfolio Restructuring Moving Forward

  7. HAITI EMERGENCY EARTHQUAKE PROJECT • Negotiations completed on February 19 • Full Board presentation on March 18 • $65 million in total • Reinstate basic operational functions of GoH • Rehabilitate/rebuild select damaged infrastructure • Support GoH’s crisis governance framework & mid/long term recovery & reconstruction planning $15m Project Preparation Advance (OP/BP8.0)Under implementation by the SD, HD & PREM teams

  8. OUTLINE Early Response & key initial actions Haiti Emergency Earthquake Project New Trust Fund Activities Portfolio Restructuring Moving Forward

  9. NEWTRUST FUND RESOURCES MOBILIZED SINCE JANUARY 12 Post-Disaster Needs Assessment: Comprehensive assessment of the impact to provide guidance for recovery & reconstruction ($0.4 million) Building Structural Assessment: Working with Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC) to establish a Technical Unit for Building Assessments and Construction Norms ($1.3 million) Multi-Hazard Assessment: Rapid multi-hazard assessment of the affected areas, accounting for seismic, geotechnics and hydro-met hazards & urban risks ($1.0 million) Crisis Secreatariat: Crisis Secretariat designed to (i) Gather & synthesize information (i) Support PM and President during crisis, (iii) Help arbitrate decisions. Vulnerability Reduction TA: TA to the Ministry of Planning (MPCE) in establishment of national framework for vulnerability reduction ($1.9 million). Martissant Livelihood Recovery: Tied into existing CDD project, providing transitional housing, community infrastructure and facilitating community level reconstruction ($5 million).

  10. OUTLINE Early Response & key initial actions Haiti Emergency Earthquake Project New Trust Fund Activities Portfolio Restructuring Moving Forward

  11. THE WAY FORWARD: FROM RESPONSE TO RECONSTRUCTION Post Disaster Needs Assessment Santo Domingo Technical Conference March 17 Reconstruction Strategy • Big questions: • Political/Legal Framework • Decentralization • Rebuilding the state • Multidonor Trust Fund • Reconstruction Agency New York Donor Conference March 31 Re-foundation of Haiti

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