Delegated cooperation Haiti
URBAYITI
URBAYITI
In 2018, in Port-au-Prince, the agreement between the EU and AECID was signed for the implementation of the URBAYITI: Water and Sanitation action, amounting to a total of 3.5 million euros, 500,000 euros of which being donated by Spain under the Water Fund Programme and the other three million coming from delegated funds from the EU.
The objective of this action is to improve access to basic services for the most vulnerable populations in the target area, the Martissant neighbourhood, one of the most vulnerable in Port-au-Prince. It is expected that initially 6,000 people will benefit from new access to drinking water and approximately 2,000 from new access to sanitation. It includes planning and rehabilitation works and construction of sanitary blocks in collective facilities in public spaces (schools, markets, health centres, etc.). A project for the rehabilitation of the Titanyen excreta plant is also expected.
In 2020, progress was made in Urbayiti, with the definition of the social engineering strategy to be implemented by the Directorate for Disadvantaged Neighbourhoods (DQD) of the National Directorate for Drinking Water and Sanitation (DINEPA) in the Martissant neighbourhood, where the intervention is taking place. In addition, during the last quarter of the year, the first visit was made to define the 10 public sites where the sanitary blocks planned in the programme will be built.
