Through request of the Haitian Government, the OAS has proposed the Project of the OAS|RILCH in which objectives are to enforce the capacities of the relevant institutional actors of Haiti, including the civil society, to prevent and fight against the corruption in Haiti.
The Project for Institutional Strengthening in the Fight against Corruption in Haiti (RILCH - its acronym in French) was the materialization of the request for support made by the Government of Haiti to the General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) to strengthen anti-corruption infrastructure in the country.
In 2019, the Government of Haiti requested support and technical assistance to combat corruption. The OAS proposed institutional strengthening by improving existing institutional anti-corruption systems and processes, in close coordination with Haitian institutions.
During OAS/RILCH’s execution, its aim was to ensure that officials of these institutions attained the capacities necessary to prevent and combat corruption on an ongoing basis.
Another OAS/RILCH contribution was the formulation of draft legal and institutional reforms to improve how corruption and impunity were addressed in the country.
The OAS/RILCH mandate also included support for the government’s plans for better use of information and telecommunication technologies in the context of its e-government policy, including open data, in combating corruption.
The final project objective was to build capacities among civil society organizations to monitor the anti-corruption efforts of government institutions that combat corruption in the country.
The OAS/RILCH execution period was four years, and it should be noted that the project was autonomous and independent, in both political and financial terms. It did not report to the Government of Haiti. It was funded through international cooperation contributions.
Its background was the experience of the Mission to Support the Fight against Corruption and Impunity in Honduras (MACCIH) and the International Commission against Impunity in El Salvador (CICIES).