Haiti January 12 Earthquake

Haiti January 12 Earthquake

World Bank Group Response

OUTLINEEarly Response & Key Initial ActionsHaiti Emergency Earthquake ProjectNew Trust Fund ActivitiesPortfolio RestructuringMoving Forward

Cross-sectoral Bank team on the ground 5 days after quake

• 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

Mission Statement

A NUMBER OF EARLY RESPONSE AND KEY ACTIONS WERE TAKEN DURING THE FIRST WEEKS

• 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

• 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;

PROJECT PREPARATION ADVANCE : FIFTEEN MILLION USD PROCESSED IN TWO WEEKS

• Procurement of 50,000 lanterns – 12, 000 already distributed

• Nutrition and health services to affected population (through WFP & PAHO)

Support to affected populations

Rehabilitation and assessment of infrastructure

Support to government

• Detailed transportation infrastructure damage assessment (SNC Lavlin)

• Cleaning of critical drainage canals and emergency road rehabilitation (UNOPS)

• Temporary offices procured for the Ministry of Finance and Crisis Secretrariat

• Technical assistance to the Inter-ministerial Committee on Land Use Planning (CIAT)

Early Response & key initial actionsHaiti Emergency Earthquake ProjectNew Trust Fund ActivitiesPortfolio RestructuringMoving Forward

OUTLINE

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

OUTLINEEarly Response & key initial actionsHaiti Emergency Earthquake ProjectNew Trust Fund ActivitiesPortfolio RestructuringMoving Forward

NEW TRUST FUND RESOURCES MOBILIZED SINCE JANUARY 12Post-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).

OUTLINEEarly Response & key initial actionsHaiti Emergency Earthquake ProjectNew Trust Fund ActivitiesPortfolio RestructuringMoving Forward

THE WAY FORWARD: FROM RESPONSE TO RECONSTRUCTION

Post Disaster Needs Assessment

Big questions:

• Political/Legal Framework

• Decentralization

• Rebuilding the state

• Multidonor Trust Fund

• Reconstruction Agency

Santo Domingo Technical Conference

March 17

Reconstruction Strategy

New York Donor Conference

March 31

Re-foundation of Haiti