Recent and ongoing projects

Mission:

Insuco has been working with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) since 2022 to provide technical support to the Permanent Committee for Amicable Acquisition (CPA), the public institution responsible for expropriations, with a view to improving and optimizing the processes for acquiring the land rights necessary for the implementation of the road projects it finances in Haiti. This project is a second phase of support that began in 2024 and focuses on the following actions:

• Dissemination of the illustrated expropriation guide (produced during phase I) and organization of a workshop on resettlement and expropriation issues with staff from the Ministry of Public Works, Transportation and Communications (MTPTC) to promote a broader understanding of expropriation procedures in Haiti and the functioning of the CPA;
• Revision of the compensation scale (applicable to the RD501, RN1 and RN5 roads) and proposal for a calculation tool that can be used in the long term;
• Improvement of the archiving pilot (produced during phase I) and support for key CPA staff to facilitate its adoption and use;
• Production of a good practice guide and toolkit for CPA staff containing practical resources, templates and procedures to facilitate their daily work.

Results:

Insuco carried out the following activities:

• A documentary review;
• Support for the printing/distribution of the expropriation guide and the organization of a workshop on resettlement and expropriation issues for MTPTC staff;
• Quantitative surveys (land and infrastructure) at the RN5, RD501 and RN1 levels for the revision of the price scale;
• Interviews and focus groups with various stakeholders (CPA staff, PAPs, local institutions involved in the expropriation process such as notaries, justices of the peace, tax authorities);
• Close technical support to CPA staff to improve their archiving process by refining the pilot project according to their needs.

Insuco provided the following deliverables:

• Deliverable 1: Kick-off report;
• Deliverable 2 including: An updated price matrix, an Excel price calculation tool with a methodological guide for updating price scales;
• Deliverable 3: Improved archiving pilot accompanied by a revised user manual;
• Deliverables 4 and 5: Toolkit including collection tools and a best practice guide.