“In Haiti, the EU will mobilize, in consultation with the Haitian government, the funds that were still available from the bilateral program portfolio. This will include support to the Ministry of Health for the implementation of the Covid-19 crisis response plan. In addition to this funding, we will also increase our urgent and humanitarian response through ECHO. The global package of new or redirected actions to support efforts in response to the crisis may total up to 165 million euros, “the European Union said on Wednesday 29 April 2020.
“But beyond these resources, what is important is to give together impetus to a robust, coordinated and multilateral response. The health crisis knows no borders between regions or between countries. The challenge is just beginning, “said the European Union, warning that the global economic crisis will increase inequality and affect the most vulnerable the hardest.
The mobilization of these funds for Haiti is therefore part of the more general decision of the European Union to redirect its technical and financial cooperation programs with Latin America and the Caribbean to respond to this pandemic, with an amount of 918 millions of euros. Continue reading. https://lenouvelliste.com/article/215556/lunion-europeenne-annonce-165-millions-deuros-pour-soutenir-la-reponse-dhaiti-au-covid-19