HAITI / HIGH LEVEL VISIT

A high level delegation visit chaired by UNDP Administrator Helen Clarke, including Emergency relief Coordinator Valerie Amos and Justine Greening, United Kingdom Secretary of State for International Development visited Haiti this weekend. MINUSTAH 

• Categories: News & Features / News Stories / Unifeed
• Video Length: 00:02:02
• Production Date: 22 April 2013
• Asset Language: Original
• Corporate Name: UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME - UNDP
• Subject Topical: HUMANITARIAN RELIEF; DISASTER PREVENTION; DISASTER PREPAREDNESS; DISASTER RELIEF
• Geographic Subject: HAITI
• MAMS Id: U130422g

Description

STORY: HAITI / HIGH LEVEL VISIT
TRT: 2.02
SOURCE: MINUSTAH
RESTRICTION: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / CREOLE / NATS

DATELINE: 21, 22 APRIL 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Shotlist

21 APRIL 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

1. Wide shot, arrival of high level delegation
2. Wide shot, Helen Clark and delegation walking
3. Various shots delegation crossing ravine in rehabilitated area “Jean Baptiste” at risk
4. Various shots, governmental representative showing rehabilitated area to Helen Clarke and delegation
5. Med shot, Valerie Amos shaking hands with children
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clarke, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
"It knows the topography and it has ideas about how it wants its future should be, and so getting the community involved is really basic for getting for a successful recovery and successful disaster risk reduction."
7. Various shots, delegation meeting with local community
8. SOUNDBITE (Creole) Gay Borgella, Member of Community Platform of Jean Baptiste: "The community is organized in focal groups. And they are identifying its needs to be written in the form of projects. So that when NGOs or partners are coming, they can have a precise idea of the community's needs and how to finance the projects."
9. Wide shot Jean Baptiste area

22 APRIL 2013, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

10. Various shots, press conference
11. Wide shot, Helen Clarke and Minister of Haitian Finance Wilson Laleau talking to press
12. Med shot, journalist
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clarke, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
"In the new coordination infrastructure agreed between the government and the development partners, it's been agreed that there will be a thematic table around disaster and risk management. And we very much hope that the work of that round table will be working closely to align the development partners' efforts together with those of the Government that can be prioritized."
14. Med shot, press

Storyline

During their two-day visit in Haiti, the Political Champions for Disaster Resilience group visited the Jean Baptiste neighbourhood in Port-au-Prince, a precarious area now undergoing strategic rehabilitation.

Established in 2012 and consisting of high-ranking officials from leading international and national institutions, the Group delegation was chaired by UNDP administrator Helen Clark, United Nations Humanitarian coordinator Valerie Amos and UK Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening.

While visiting the work done in the Jean Baptiste area, Clark insisted that aid should be driven by local community’s initiative.
SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clarke, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
"It knows the topography and it has ideas about how it wants its future should be, and so getting the community involved is really basic for getting for a successful recovery and successful disaster risk reduction."

Gay Borgela is a member of the Community Platform, an official group of local representatives set up by the community and trained by the Government-led project to help identify risks and define rehabilitation priorities.

SOUNDBITE (Creole) Gay Borgella, Member of Community Platform of Jean Baptiste: "The community is organized in focal groups. And they are identifying its needs to be written in the form of projects. So that when NGOs or partners are coming, they can have a precise idea of the community's needs and how to finance the projects."

On Monday, following round table discussions with the Government, donors and civil society, the Political Champions advocated for the Government to build resilience into national development plans and programmes as a crosscutting issue.

SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clarke, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator:
"In the new coordination infrastructure agreed between the government and the development partners, it's been agreed that there will be a thematic table around disaster and risk management. And we very much hope that the work of that round table will be working closely to align the development partners' efforts together with those of the Government that can be prioritized."