Haiti Building Standards Development Project

Overview

From May 15^th to May 24^th 2005, the OAS undertook a Mission to Haiti in order to initiate the process for establishing the institutional framework for the development of building norms for Haiti. This framework will be made up of a Building Norms Technical Unit (BTNU) and a Building Norms Steering Committee (BNSC), and will define the roles and responsibilities of the Ministry of Public Works (MTPTC), the Permanent Secretariat for Disaster Risk Management (SPGRD), and the Direction for Civil Protection (DPC).

Following that mission, it has been agreed that the Ministry of Public Works, assisted by local expertise, would outline the process for establishing the Building Norms Technical Unit (BNTU) and the Building Norms Steering Committee and make recommendations of their functioning. All the necessary technical and managerial Terms of References for undertaken the necessary activities have been developed by the DSD.

The particularly unstable political situation which has been prevailing in Haiti since beginning of June 2005 has temporally interrupted this activity. However, the proposal for developing the standards phase has been fully developed and waiting to be implemented pending funding. 

Contact Information:

Technical Coordinator: Jean Marc Racine

Tel: (202) 458-3228 | Fax (202) 458-3560 |

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