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Since 1992 the primary objective of the Haiti Support Group has been to amplify the voices of civil society organisations (CSOs) demonstrating an alternative vision of development in Haiti. Such CSOs are often ignored in official decision-making processes leading to policies with dire consequences for the Haitian poor.

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Secondly, we carry the views of Haitian CSOs to decision-makers in local and foreign governments, NGOs, IGOs, the media and the public. We aim to ensure that the experience of Haiti's poor are heard in the corridors of power and among those who can influence them as activists, voters and reporters.

To that end the HSG has joined the Brussels-based advocacy platform Coordination Europe-Haiti as well as the Haiti Advocacy Working Group in Washington.

HSG on the ground

Thirdly, we build links between CSOs in Haiti and their equivalents in the developed world. To that end, we work with trade unions, church groups, women's organisations, and many others. In this way we help build a public lobby for a pro-poor development vision based on the experience of our Haitian CSO contacts. 

We are also linking Haitian CSOs with each other, to encourage more effective advocacy on the ground, through our Haitian correspondent.

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EU's Foreign policy chief urged to support democracy and aid accountability

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Photo: EU Foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton - © EU

The Coordination Europe-Haiti (CoEH), a platform of 15 European NGOs and CSOs, has written to Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the EC following increasing concerns about the deterioration of the political situation in Haiti.

The HSG which is an active member of the CoEH raised these concerns with the Platform which sent a letter that urges the EU to

- raise with the Haitian government its concerns about the recent wave of violence, which includes the perceived targeted assassinations of figures seen as critical of the government, intimidation of journalists and parliamentarians and to

- support a reconstruction process which is led by the Haitian government (as opposed to any successor of the failed Interim Haiti Recovery Commission), whilst insisting on proper accountability for aid spending to its citizens and international donors.

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New Internationalist issue on Haiti

Beyond Relief Beyond Belief is the lead article in the analysis/special feature section of the January/February edition of the New Internationalist (No. 449), written by HSG’s senior consultant Phillip Wearne. The issue, which focuses on Haiti under the front cover title: “Haiti, Two Years On” includes an article by Nick Harvey, Where did all the money go? and cartoon introduction to life in the IDP camps, by Jean Phares Jerome and Chevelin Pierre. New Internationalist is the world’s leading magazine on world poverty and inequality aiming to “bring to life the people, the ideas and action in the fight for global justice.” Check out their website at www.newint.org where you will also find a podcast featuring Haiti’s leading civil rights lawyer Mario Joseph, HSG’s visitor to Britain and Brussels in January 2012, with Anne McConnell, HSG co-ordinator and Phillip Wearne.

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HSG Briefing No. 69 (in French and English) deconstructs the reconstruction and asks whether aid to Haiti has changed since the earthquake.

UK/Europe visit by Haitian human rights lawyer: put Haitians in charge of their own development

The second anniversary of the earthquake of 12 January 2010 marked the start of an 18-month HSG campaign to persuade the EU (and other international donors) to change their approach to development aid in Haiti so that he country will be given a chance to take control of its own destiny.

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The Haiti Briefing, published in English and French,  is the key publication of the Haiti Support Group. Published quarterly, since 1992, it provides our members, Haiti watchers and decision-makers with analysis of Haiti's development issues, reflected through the voices of popular organisations on the ground. Back issues (except for the last two which are available exclusively to HSG members) are available in our archive. 

To download - the latest issue (no. 70) traces the responsibility for the UN to introduce cholera to Haiti and to react responsibly - please click here. This number is - as an exception, given the need to campaign on this widely - free for all to download!