The OECD's Public Governance Reviews are conducted by the Governance Reviews and Partnerships Division, headed by Martin Forst, Head of Division, in the Public Governance Directorate, under the responsibility of Elsa Pilichowski. The mission of the OECD's Governance Directorate is to help governments at all levels design and implement innovative, evidence-based strategies to strengthen public governance, respond effectively to diverse and disruptive economic, social and environmental challenges and achieve their stated targets, including public governance reforms.
This review of public governance in Haiti was led by Adam Ostry, Head of the Public Governance Reviews Unit and Senior Project Manager, and coordinated by Emma Phillips, Policy Analyst in the same unit. Meghan Hennessy, Events Coordinator, Public Governance Review Unit, and Patricia Marcelino, Research Officer, Public Governance Review Unit, provided valuable administrative assistance to the project coordination team. Editorial work and quality control was provided by Ciara Muller, Communication Coordinator, Public Governance Review Unit, who also prepared the manuscript for final publication.
Chapter 1, which presents the contextual factors influencing public governance reform in Haiti, was written by Marion Tolboom, with the assistance of Arnault Pretet, Analyst, Public Governance Reviews Unit, under the direction of Emma Phillips and Adam Ostry. Chapter 2, on coordination by the centre of government in Haiti, was written by Emma Phillips under the direction of Adam Ostry. Chapter 3, which discusses the link between strategic planning, the use of evidence and budgeting, was written by Claire Salama, Analyst, Performance and Results Unit, Public Management and Budgeting Division, and Alexandre Leroy, Analyst, Financial Management Reporting Unit, Public Management and Budgeting Division. Emma Phillips wrote Chapter 4 on multi-level governance with advice from Adam Ostry. Donal Mulligan, Analyst, Public Employment and Management Unit, Public Management and Budgeting Division, and François Villeneuve, Analyst, Public Employment and Management Unit, Public Management and Budgeting Division, wrote Chapter 5 on strategic human resource management. Carla Musi, Analyst, Open Government and Civic Space Unit, Open and Innovative Government Division, Emilie Cazenave, Analyst, Open Government and Civic Space Unit, Open and Innovative Government Division and Emma Cantera, Analyst, Open Government and Civic Space Unit, Open and Innovative Government Division, wrote Chapter 6 on Open Government and Government Communication.
This review also reflects the contributions and assistance of a number of participants from across the Haitian government, without whom this review would not have been possible and to whom the team is grateful. Special thanks to:
Mr. Jean Roudy Aly, General Coordinator, Office of Management and Human Resources, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti, and his predecessor Mr. Josué Pierre Louis;
Mr. Élie Jean-Philippe, Coordinator of the Technical Secretariat, Office of Management and Human Resources, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti;
Mr. Henri Boucicaut, Coordinator, Office of Management and Human Resources, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti;
Mr. Pierre-Eugène Géraldy, Coordinator, Office of Management and Human Resources, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti;
Mr. Thomas Wisner, Coordinator, Office of Management and Human Resources, Office of the Prime Minister, Republic of Haiti;
Mr. Georges Garnier, Coordinator, Unit for the Coordination of Delegations and Vice-Delegations, Ministry of the Interior and Territorial Collectivities, Republic of Haiti;
Mr. Ricardo Germain, Head of Department, Minister of Planning and External Cooperation, Republic of Haiti;
Mrs. Léonne Prophète, Director of Economic and Social Planning, Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation, Republic of Haiti.
The OECD team would like to thank the seven peer reviewers who contributed to this review through their extensive knowledge and experience of public governance:
Mr. Jean-Marc Chneider, Head of the Office of European and International Foresight and Expertise, Directorate-General for Administration and the Civil Service, France;
Mr. Ahmed Khalid Benomar, Coordinator of the unit in charge of economic policy and investment, Head of Government Office, Kingdom of Morocco;
Ms. Sarah Lamrani, Director of Studies, Communication and Cooperation, Department of Administration Reform, Kingdom of Morocco;
Mr. Djiby Diagne, Deputy Director General, Operational Monitoring Office,Republic of Senegal; and
Mr. Baye Gueye, Operational Monitoring Office, Republic of Senegal.
Mr. Mondher Bousnina, President of the Body for Foresight and Support of the Decentralisation Process, Republic of Tunisia;
Ms. Danièle Lamarque, President of the European Evaluation Society.
The review team would also like to thank the local OECD coordinator, Mr. David Alexandre, as well as Mr. Kesner Pharel, CEO of Group Croissance and his team, for their support during the fact-finding missions and the sounding board mission. The OECD also thanks Mr. Tony Cantave for sharing his knowledge with the project team through a background report.
The review has received ongoing support from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), led in Haiti by Mr. Chris Cushing, USAID's head of mission in Haiti. In this regard, the review team would like to extend special thanks to Mrs. Régine Dupuy, Senior Governance Advisor, USAID Haiti, and her team for their active contribution to the Public Governance Review process in Haiti. Finally, the OECD would like to thank her predecessor, Mr. Alphonse Nkunzimana, former Senior Governance Advisor, USAID Haiti, for his support in the definition and implementation of the project.