Haiti Public Procurement Law

Circular on creating Central Unit of PPP's management

Regulation on the National Commission of Public Procurement

The PHARES program is developed by the Government of Haiti in close collaboration with the IDB and the WB and aims to increase the access of rural and peri-urban communities to solar energy and in particular to provide access to affordable, accessible sustainable and high quality electricity, through sustainable energy services, through mini-grids using renewable energy, storage and conventional generation units (if necessary), developed and operated by private sector operators.

The main objective of PHARES is to increase the access of rural and peri-urban communities to solar energy and in particular to provide access to affordable, accessible sustainable and high quality electricity, through sustainable energy services, through mini-grids using renewable energy, storage and conventional generation units (if necessary), developed and operated by private sector operators. In this mix, at least 50% of the energy produced and consumed must be generated from renewable energy sources.

Before the 2010 earthquake, only one in three Haitians had a mobile phone, and fewer than one in 100 had access to the internet. Now, the mobile phone is ubiquitous, with many Haitians using it to access the internet and build their businesses.

On April 29, 2010, the Central Bank of Haiti (Banque de la République d’Haïti or BRH) signed an agreement with Vietnam’s largest mobile telephone opera- tor, Viettel, to significantly expand telecommunications services in the earth- quake-ravaged country. The public-private partnership is expected to mod- ernize Teleco, help improve the company’s technical and financial capacities, modernize its infrastructure, and provide new services to its customers.

In 2009, Haiti’s national telecom company – Teleco – was rapidly losing market share and nearly $1.5 million a month in public funds. IFC helped the Government of Haiti and Viettel form a partnership that has turned around the fortunes of the company. Today, the new company – Natcom Haiti – has gone from 75,000 customers to 1.8 million and is turning a profit for both Viettel and the government.

Brault, Jean-Martin, Zael Sanz Uriarte, and Bruno Julien Le Bansais. 2015. Delivering Water Supply and Sanitation Services in Fragile States: Professionalizing drinking water service delivery in small towns of Haiti. Water and Sanitation Program Field Note. Washington, DC: World Bank Group. [#4388]

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