The Our Border Program seeks to bridge the Haitian-Dominican divide by creating economic opportunities and creating possibilities for bi national cooperation

1. Improving socio-economic conditions along the Haitian – Dominican border through strenghtening local organizations, building “bridges” and mitigating conflicts. By: Cesáreo R. Guillermo, program’s Regional Director for the Dominican Republic. cguillermo @ padf.org ; mobile: (809) 918-5416 Santo Domingo, R. D. August 2006

2. MISION: “ Increase the opportunities for the disadvantaged in Latin America and The Caribbean”. PANAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION (PADF) FUNDACION PANAMERICANA DE DESARROLLO (FUPAD) / 1962 Private Sector OAS

3. DCHA/PVC-ASHA/PDM NGO Sector Strengthening Program Cooperative Agreements

4. A “COMPLEX” BORDER ZONE Poverty Prostitution Inadequate access to vocational and professional education Drugs trafficking, etc,… Environmental degradation Migration Issues HIV / AIDS Abuses (army, …) Lack of control Institutional weaknesses Smuggling / Vandalism Ethnics stereotypes

5. The dominican border’s been defined: 7 provinces

7. Sign at the military fortress of Pedernales

8. Border Ouanaminthe – Dajabón, 1984. Dajabón Ouanaminthe

9. Border Ouanaminthe – Dajabón, 2004. Dajabón Ouanaminthe

10. There are opportunities, though…

11. Haiti is DR’s second commercial partner

12. The are 8 commercial banks on both sides of the Ouanaminthe / Dajabón border (4 on each side)

13. A USD$ 10 MM dominican investment in Haiti Ouanaminthe

14. Dominicans buying goods from Haitians in Dajabón

16. Components: Capacity Building and Transborder interchanges Networking Monitoring & Evaluation Defining Development Priorities for the Border Subgrants

21. Of the Program Organization Cesáreo R. Guillermo, Regional Director for the Dominican Republic cguillermo @padf.org Joseph Félix, Regional Director for Haiti jfelix @padf.org Daniel J. O’Neil, Program Director & Country Representative doneil @padf.org Mobile: (809) 224-8307

22. Of the main activities

23. ANSE-A-PITRES Y PEDERNALES IDENTIFYING PARTNERS

25. DAJABON Y OUANAMINTHE

27. Diagnostic of Border NGOs

28. Subprojects Cyber-Café in Ouanaminthe (GIPTO) Program funds: $5,750 Cost-share: $16,114

29. Technical Assistance

30. Training Manuals

31. Networking A virtual community for both countries!! Workshop seeking for sinergies with project CONECTA, an HIV/AIDS innitiative of USAID-DR Workshop with the Peace Corps of both countries, Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Volunteers have been pretty helpful with some of the local NGOs along the border. Workshop on reproductive health for young women. On the picture, governors of both, the Sud-Est (Haiti) and Barahona (DR) departments, along with the representant of the OAS in the DR.

32. Raising Funds for the Border

33. Preliminary study on perceptions

34. Some success stories

35. Identifying border priorities Workshop in Anse-a-Pitres, Haiti. Workshop in Pedernales, DR, to define development priorities.

36. Identifying border priorities

37. Identifying border priorities

38. José A. de la Rosa, from CAUCA, exposes the pre-defined development priorities for Dajabón to president Fernández.

39. Amarilis Castillo, from FUCAS, exposes the pre-defined development priorities for Elías Piña to president Fernández.

40. Jean Batiste Fresnel, representing haitian organizations, exposes the haitian vision of a well-developped border to president Fernández.

41. Creating bridges along the border

42. 1 st & 2 nd Binational Fairs Fonds Parisien, Haiti & Dajabón, Rep. Dom.

43. Mitigating local conflicts: the Fishermen Associations of Pedernales and Anse a Pitres Membership of the Pedernales association was increased by 800%

44. Mitigating local conflicts: the ranchers of Ouanaminthe and Dajabón

45. Mitigating local conflicts: the beekeepers of Ouanaminthe and Dajabón

50. A “real” bridge: leveraging complementary funds for the development of the border. President Fernández did the ground-breaking. Also on the picture, Daniel O’Neil, PADF’s program director, and Kurt Low, USAID’s program official.

51. A “real” bridge: leveraging complementary funds for the development of the border.

52. Leveraging complementary funds for the development of the border: the case of the beekeepers association in Dajabón

53. Leveraging complementary funds for the development of the border: the case of the beekeepers association in Dajabón AFTER BEFORE

54. Leveraging complementary funds for the development of the border: the case of the beekeepers association in Dajabón Today Tomorrow $200,000 € from EU MANAGEMENT COUNCIL NEW BEEKEEPERS COOPERATIVE

55. Strengthening Women´s Groups in Pedernales Carmen Matos, Campo de Aviación Nuevo . Grameen Methodology; USD$100 539 women granted with s-loans; 1,348 indirect beneficiaries. 1,703,500 s-loans given for: agriculture; livestock raising & micro-businesses. Trainings (leadership, accounts, HIV-AIDS –youngsters network –, …) Margarita Nolasco, Barrio Savica

57. Reaching different stakeholders An interesting visit to Grupo M, Ouanaminthe National seminar on Human Rights and Democracy at the DR’s Foreig Affairs Ministery, with participants from both countries and international especialists provided by the OAS. Workshop with the media from both countries. We aimed at improving their relations, access to info & showing a “better side” of the Haitian – Dominican relations. Pretty interesting… First official meeting of potencial members of a “Task Force” for the development of the border. Workshop with PMR2 (EU), DGDF and NGOs from the border. They were taught how to access EU funds. PADF provided the required technical assistance and some NGOs have already started to tap into new funding sources for their very first time. Opening of the beekeepers new office in Dajabón, DR. On the picture, the Haitian Ambassador in the DR (Fritz Cineas); the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS (Albert Ramdin) and John Sanbrailo (PADF’s Executive Director in Washington) With the Mayor of Ouanaminthe, during an official visit to the border with PADF’s Board, including high OAS officials. The presentation of the 2006 Inter American Leadership Award to President Fernández

58. AS FINAL WORDS…

61. Thank You.