Mission Statement
The mandate of the Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti (HRIC) is to perform strategic planning and coordination and implementation of the resources of bilateral donors and multilateral agencies, nongovernmental organizations and the business sector, with full transparency and full accountability required. The HRIC has to work to make the best investment and contributions from those entities.
The HRIC will spot as the development and well development plans for Haiti, the assessment of needs and gaps and the establishment of investment priorities. T HRIC accept proposals according to their consistency and their coordination with the Haiti Action Plan. Although the commission is able to develop and seek projects that fall within the priorities of the Action Plan Haiti, he will decide on the admissibility of external demands.
The HRIC shall operate within the laws of the state of emergency. Therefore, it has the powers necessary to conduct its business. It ensures the timely implementation of development projects and priorities, including facilitating the issuance of deeds and permits for the construction of hospitals, electricity generation systems, ports, and other development projects economy.
To facilitate rapid implementation and effective priorities and projects approved by the HRIC, the departments concerned will appoint the members of their staff to work in the HRIC. With the critical and immediate identification and mobilization of funds for the purpose of relocating the displaced people, building long-term housing and schools, and job creation, persons appointed for that purpose by Ministry of Economy and Finance will be given the authority to review applications and issuing land titles requested by the HRIC in 15 working days.
The HRIC shall provide the departments concerned with international technical assistance they need to strengthen their capacity to fulfill their mandate to the priorities and projects effectively and quickly.
Read the Statutes of the Commission interim recovery of Haiti (IHRC)
See Council members IHRC
Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti was established for a period of 18 months. It is composed of Haitian officials and members of the international community.
The Commission will be co-chaired by the Prime Minister Bellerive and former President Bill Clinton. These co-chairs are assisted by an Executive Secretariat responsible for managing daily operations.
The Commission is composed of voting and non-voters.
The voting members of the Commission will be:
2) In performing their official duties, members of the Council must act in the interests of efficiency, diligence and transparency. Council members must put public interest before their own or before any private interest, perform their duties in accordance with the laws of Haiti and the Rules of the HRIC amined and ethical standards, integrity and the highest professionalism.
3) When making decisions, members of the Council must act lawfully and exercise their discretionary powers impartially, taking into account only relevant matters. In exercising all their duties, all members of the Council must be guided by public interest, not private interest or allegiance to a party.
2) Council members must avoid conflicts of interest or appearance of conflict of interest. If a conflict of interest would be present in practice, Council members must recuse themselves and refrain from taking part in the affair or the decision involved in the conflict of interest.
3) No Council members to use their official authority to unduly favor their own personal or financial interests or those of their respective connected parties.
4) Board members are prohibited from engaging in any transaction whether or acquire any position or any function whatsoever (including outside employment) nor to have any financial interest, commercial or other comparable whatsoever that is inconsistent with their functions and duties within the HRIC or enforcement of these obligations.
5) It is forbidden for members of the Council to engage in financial transactions based on non-public information of the HRIC or allow the improper use of such information, from whatever source, to support of any private interest.
6) Council members who have ceased to serve in this body will not take undue advantage of the role previously held by them in their capacity as member of the Council.
2) No Board members to solicit or accept, for their own account or on behalf of others, including related parties, knowledge, companies or organizations with which they are which these members could be involved, any gift, gratuity, favor, any loan, gift, hospitality, anyway avoid loss or any other similar benefit which would make the members in question vulnerable or susceptible to improper influence or its appearance in the exercise of their functions.
3) Council members have the right to accept token gifts or modest or trademark ordinary hospitality, and the extent to when these actions are in accordance with custom and they do not create conflict real interest, potential or apparent.
4) Council members have the right to accept gifts or donations, in the exercise of their official activities on behalf of HRIC and / or the Government. Such gifts will be delivered to the HRIC and they must be included in the inventory maintained by the latter.
2) Each Board member must notify the Office of Performance and Anti-corruption any breach of this Code which he would realize that it is committed by other members of the Council or by itself.
3) Council members who have questions about the applicability of the Code or are not sure that provisions have been violated must seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-corruption agent responsible for issues Ethics by HRIC.
4) The HRIC will establish procedures for investigation, which will be administered by the Office of Performance and Anti-corruption in order to determine if a Board member violated this Code, and in strict compliance with due process and all applicable laws.
5) Council members whose breaches of this Code have been discovered through the procedure may be imposed discipline among the following, in addition to sanctions provided by law also:
2) A "family member" means, with respect to any member of the Council, any person with whom the Board member has a direct or indirect relationship by blood or through marriage, civil union or adoption.
3) "Government" means the Government of Haiti.
4) "Haiti" means the Republic of Haiti.
5) A "private interest" means, with respect to any person, benefits, privileges and / or benefits of any kind, material or otherwise, returning to such person or parties related.
6) The "best interests public "means the interests and objectives of the Haitian people.
7) A "Related Party" means, with respect to a member of the Board, (i) any family member of such member of the Board or (ii) any entity in which such member of the Board (or any member of his family ) has a beneficial interest (other than holdings of less than five percent (5%) in a publicly owned company listed on a national stock exchange) or (iii) any entity for which such member of the Board (or a member any of his family) acts as an executive officer or member of the Board of Directors of the entity or on which the member of the Board (or any member of his family) has or has other means of decisive importance.
2) When making decisions, employees of the HRIC should act lawfully and exercise their discretionary powers impartially, taking into account only relevant matters. In exercising all their duties, all employees of the HRIC should be guided by public interest, not private interest or allegiance to a party.
2) Employees of the HRIC shall: (1) be fair and impartial toward all other employees of the HRIC, (2) treat all other employees of the HRIC with dignity and respect and refrain from encouraging damages to colleagues, and (3) refrain from all forms of harassment, abuse or intimidation at work personal, sexual or otherwise, or any violence in any form whatsoever.
3) Employees of the HRIC shall treat discriminatory or preferential any person or entity, including members of the public, based on criteria of race, gender, ethnic or social origin, color of skin, orientation or the 'sexual identity, age, disability, religion, affiliation or tribal family, political beliefs, membership or allegiance to a political party, conscience, belief, to culture, language or other similar factors.
2) Employees of the HRIC shall avoid conflicts of interest and, if such a conflict arises, they are required to immediately notify the Office Performance and Anti-corruption and comply with policies in the HRIC to reduce or eliminate conflicts of interest.
3) No employee of the HRIC to use their official authority to unduly favor their own personal or financial interests or those of their respective related parties, whatever.
4) Employees the HRIC have no right to engage in any transaction whether or acquire any position or any function whatsoever (including outside employment) nor to have any financial interest or other similar business that is incompatible with their functions and duties within the HRIC or enforcement of these obligations.
5) No employee of the HRIC to engage in financial transactions based on non-public information of the HRIC or allow the improper use of such information in support of a any private interest.
6) Any employee of the HRIC shall disqualify himself in any proceeding official could influence the success of a private company would be personally owned or owned by a related party that would be used.
7) Employees of the HRIC shall not possess or control or manage any business that is regulated, licensed, supervised or otherwise managed by HRIC, nor work for such companies (as an employee, consultant, d agents, trustees or in any similar capacity) unless express permission of the Executive Committee of the HRIC.
8) Employees of the HRIC and their respective related parties should be party to any contract, whether or not granted by tender, on the type of projects submitted for review and approval of HRIC, unless express permission of the latter, or have any financial interest in the matter.
9) Any employee of the HRIC should recuse himself when it comes to making decisions in matters of employment concerning any member of his family or any person with whom he has an intimate relationship, including in respect of hiring, delegation of functions, evaluating performance, granting compensation based on merit and any other action inherent in labor relations. In case of uncertainty, employees should seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC.
10) Employees of the HRIC shall not give preferential treatment or privileged access to book the Commission the benefit of anyone, including but not limited to the benefit of former public officials.
11) Employees of the HRIC should contact the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC any direct or indirect, or any other direct or indirect interest in a company or other business ventures, whose activities relate to any manner whatsoever to the work of the HRIC. Employees of the HRIC are not allowed to work for another employer or business ventures without first obtaining approval from the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC. Any such interest in a company or business ventures other than the HRIC, or any work for this type of business or commercial operation, should have no relation to the HRIC or be affected by it or the affect in any manner whatsoever and there shall no longer have any connection with the performance of the employee of the HRIC in question or the exercise of its functions to the latter.
12) Employees of the HRIC (or persons exchanged lent or leased to the HRIC) who leave their jobs within the Commission will not take undue advantage of the functions previously performed by them in connection with the HRIC.
2) Each employee of the HRIC shall declare and disclose any business interest, financial or commercial activity of this nature undertaken by him or by any party connected with him, for a profit which could give rise to a possible conflict of interest.
2) No employee of the HRIC to solicit or accept, for their own account or on behalf of others, including related parties, knowledge, companies or organizations whatsoever with which such employees may be involved, any gift, gratuity, favor, any loan, gift, hospitality, any way to avoid a loss or any other similar benefit which would make employees vulnerable or likely an improper influence or its appearance in the exercise of their functions.
3) Employees of the HRIC shall have the right to accept token gifts or modest or trademark ordinary hospitality, and the extent to when these actions are in accordance with custom and they do not create conflict real interest, potential or apparent. An employee the HRIC is not safe to have the right to accept a certain advantage must consult their supervisors or the Office of Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC.
4) Employees of the HRIC has the right to accept gifts or donations, in the exercise of their official activities on behalf of HRIC and / or the Government. Such gifts will be delivered to the HRIC and must be included in the inventory maintained by the latter.
2) No employee of the HRIC to make public statements on behalf of HRIC, unless specifically authorized to do so in accordance with applicable policies of the Commission. In addition, employees of the HRIC should avoid public statements or actions that might compromise or appear to compromise the performance of functions or harm the reputation of the HRIC.
3) Employees the HRIC should preserve and protect all property and other resources of the Commission, including official documents. Employees of the HRIC shall not use or permit the use, property or other resources of the Commission, except in accordance with the purposes authorized by it and applicable law.
4) The HRIC will develop a policy on transparency and aim to make it easily accessible and publicly available its policies, processes and decisions and agreements between the HRIC and the Government, subject to the requirements of applicable law and the requirement of confidentiality.
5) Employees the HRIC should not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information made in connection with their position in the HRIC.
2) Every employee shall report to HRIC Office Performance and Anti-Corruption CIRHtoute violation of this Code which he would realize that it is committed by other employees or by itself.
3) Employees of the HRIC issues that arise on the applicability of the Code or are not sure that provisions have been violated must seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption CIRHou agent in charge of ethics by HRIC.
4) Employees of the HRIC shall report to the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC any evidence, allegation or suspicion of illegal activity, criminal or improper unethical that they would read in part or Following their jobs. An investigation into the facts disclosed will be conducted by the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC. HRIC employees who believe need to be forced to act an illicit manner, improper or unethical, or in a manner which involves maladministration or is otherwise inconsistent with this Code, shall disclose such circumstances without delay to the Office of Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC .
5) The HRIC, its Bureau Performance and Anti-corruption including, must ensure that anyone who reports an act or activity under this Code and for reasonable and good faith will suffer no prejudice nor will subject to reprisals or discrimination. Any adverse action, retaliation or discrimination taken against him constitutes a violation of this Code.
6) The HRIC establish procedures for investigations, which will be administered by its Office Performance and Anti-corruption in order to determine whether a Commission employee has violated this Code, and in strict compliance with due process and all applicable laws.
7) Members of the HRIC that breaches of this Code have been discovered through the applicable procedures may be imposed discipline among the following, in addition to sanctions provided by law also:
2) A "family member" means, with respect to any employee of the HRIC, any person with whom that employee has a direct or indirect relationship by blood or through marriage, civil union or an adoption
3) "Government" means the Government of Haiti.
4) "Haiti" means the Republic of Haiti.
5) An "employee of the HRIC" means (i) any person employed by the HRIC itself and (ii) any person who performs work for the HRIC under an exchange agreement, lease or loan or similar agreement with any person or entity.
6) The "private interest" means, with respect to any person, benefits, privileges and / or benefits of any kind, material or otherwise, returning to such person or parties related.
7) The "public interest" means the interests and objectives of the Haitian people.
8) A "related party" means, with respect to an employee of the HRIC, (i) any member of the family of the employee or (ii) any entity in which such an employee (or any member of his family) has a interest beneficiary (other than holdings of less than five percent (5%) in a publicly owned company listed on a national stock exchange) or (iii) any entity to which such employee (or any member of his family) acts as a senior officer or member of the board of directors of the entity or on which such employee (or any member of his family) or by other means exerts a decisive influence.
Bios Co-Chairs
Former President Bill Clinton
Founder, William J. Foundation
Clinton 42nd President of the United States
William Jefferson Clinton was born August 19, 1946, to Hope, Arkansas. As a youth delegate to the organization "Boys Nation while in high school, he met President John Kennedy in the Rose Garden of the White House. The encounter led him to enter a life of public service. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968 and won a Rhodes Scholarship to complete his studies at Oxford University. He graduated in law from Yale University in 1973, shortly after he entered politics in Arkansas.
is losing out in his campaign to represent the Third Congressional District in Arkansas in 1974. The following year he married Hillary Rodham, a graduate of "Wellesley College and Yale Law School. In 1980, Chelsea, their only child, was born. Clinton was elected Attorney General of Arkansas in 1976 and won the governorship in 1978. After losing the election for a second term, he regained the office four years later and served until 1992, the year of his candidacy for the presidency of the United States.
Elected President of the United States in 1992 and again in 1996, President Clinton was the first Democratic president to win a second term in six decades. Under his leadership, the United States experienced the strongest in a generation and the longest economic expansion in American history. The core values of President Clinton consolidation of communities, creating opportunities, and demanding responsibility resulted in unprecedented progress for the United States, including reduced public debt from record deficits to such surpluses that had never known and the creation of more than 22 million jobs, more than any other administration, low levels of unemployment, poverty and crime and the highest levels of home ownership and actual enrollment in universities in American history.
accomplishments of President Clinton at the White House include increased investment in education, tax relief for working families has facilitated millions of Americans out of welfare to the world work, expanding access to technology, encouraging investment in underserved communities, protecting the environment, fight against the threat of terrorism and promoting peace and strengthening democracy worldwide.
Policies Economic his Administration have promoted the greatest economic expansion in peacetime history. President Clinton previously served as governor of Arkansas, chairman of the board of directors of the National Governors Association and Attorney General of Arkansas. As a former chairman of the board of the "Democratic Leadership Council," it is one of the original architects and leading advocates of the Third Way movement.
Since 2001, President Clinton devoted himself to philanthropy and continued to work in public service through the William J. Clinton, who is focused on finding practical solutions and measurable to meet the pressing challenges faced by the United States and worldwide. In addition to his work at the Foundation, President Clinton was joined by former President Bush to help with relief and rehabilitation after the tsunami in the Indian Ocean, and to lead a fundraising effort to scale National in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. It was also the UN special envoy for tsunami reconstruction from 2005 to 2007.
Jean-Max Bellerive
Prime Minister and Minister of Planning and Cooperation External
Republic of Haiti
Born in 1958 in Port-au-Prince (Haiti), Jean-Max Bellerive, son of a doctor, a senior official of the World Health Organization (WHO), he left his country home from an early age to begin his primary, secondary and university in Switzerland, France and Belgium. Graduated in Political Sciences and International Relations, he returned to Haiti in 1986.
He made his debut in the private sector to the position of Coordinator Aquinois, a fishing cooperative funded by the European Union in the south.
In 1988, He joined the Ministry of Interior and Local Authorities as Assistant Chief of Analysis and Policy Perspectives, he left that position in 1990 with the title of Director of the Unit Organization and Methods and interim CEO.
In 1990, with a few friends in the Civil Service, he founded Sibel Consult, a management agency and preparation of draft development. As such, it collaborates with public institutions including the Secretariat of State for Tourism, the National Port Authority, Banque Populaire Haiti, the Provisional Electoral Council and the Ministry of Haitians Living Abroad and several private companies.
After a brief stint at the Provisional Electoral Council in 1999-2000 where he served as Chairman of the Electoral Office of the West, from 2000 to 2006, he became successively the posts of Head of Cabinet of Prime Minister Jean-Marie Chérestal, Chief Technical Advisor of Prime Minister Yvon Neptune and Coordinator of the Coordination and Monitoring of Public Policies (CCS), funded by UNDP and attached to the Office of Prime Minister Gerard Latortue.
In 2006, he was called to join the Preval-Alexis Government as Minister of Planning and Cooperation External, and extended the same position in the Government Preval - Duvivier Pierre-Louis. Designed by President Préval October 30, it is ratified by Parliament 11 November 2009 and became Prime Minister. Jean-Max Bellerive
is married with two children.
About Council
Read the statement of June 17, 2010 board meeting HRICRead the Statutes of the Commission interim recovery of Haiti (IHRC)
See Council members IHRC
Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti was established for a period of 18 months. It is composed of Haitian officials and members of the international community.
The Commission will be co-chaired by the Prime Minister Bellerive and former President Bill Clinton. These co-chairs are assisted by an Executive Secretariat responsible for managing daily operations.
The Commission is composed of voting and non-voters.
The voting members of the Commission will be:
- The two co-chairmen;
- Two representatives nominated by the Executive;
- Two representatives nominated by the judiciary;
- Two representatives appointed by local authorities;
- A representative appointed by the Senate;
- A representative appointed by the Chamber of Deputies;
- A representative appointed by the unions;
- A representative designated by the business community;
- A representative of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- A representative of each of the bilateral and multilateral donors have been offered a seat on the Board, and has promised to contribute at least U.S. $ 100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars) to rebuild Haiti as a gift over a period of two consecutive years or at least U.S. $ 200,000,000 (two hundred million U.S. dollars) in debt relief;
- One representative, on a rotating basis, bilateral donors and multilateral do not meet the criteria in section X of this article.
- A representative appointed by the Organization of American States (OAS);
- A representative designated by the national NGO community;
- A representative designated by the international NGO community;
- A representative designated by the Haitian expatriate community.
Code of Conduct for the Council of the HRIC
I. Introduction
Commission Acting for the Reconstruction of Haiti (the "HRIC) is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and transparency. The Council of the HRIC (the "Board") is the highest governing body of this commission and is responsible for guiding the direction and management of the HRIC, to provide funding consistent with its mission to enforce the highest standards of ethical conduct and facilitate transparency and corporate accountability, including with regard to the development of protocols for assessing the results of the HRIC in relation to its mission, the establishment reporting in this area and ways to make improvements. All persons who serve on the Council hold a position of responsibility and trust, and it is their duty to serve the citizens of Haiti and to act at all times in the public interest. The Council members must embody the standards of accountability and high ethical.II. Scope of the Code
This Code of Conduct ("Code") applies to all Council members.III. Standards of Conduct
1) Being named Council is an honor, and Council members are required to submit to high standards of honesty, integrity and impartiality.2) In performing their official duties, members of the Council must act in the interests of efficiency, diligence and transparency. Council members must put public interest before their own or before any private interest, perform their duties in accordance with the laws of Haiti and the Rules of the HRIC amined and ethical standards, integrity and the highest professionalism.
3) When making decisions, members of the Council must act lawfully and exercise their discretionary powers impartially, taking into account only relevant matters. In exercising all their duties, all members of the Council must be guided by public interest, not private interest or allegiance to a party.
IV. Duties of Council members
4) Members of the Council must always act in accordance with the principles of the law of the HRIC.V. Conflict of interest disclosure and disqualification
1) In addition the principles contained in the Rules of the HRIC, the Council members are required to disclose to the Co-Chairmen of the HRIC and the whole Council, in accordance with applicable laws and policies of the HRIC, any interest or any approach in connection with any matter whatsoever of which the Council or any of its committees would be seized, including any business interest, financial or commercial activity for profit company that could give rise to a conflict of potential interest.2) Council members must avoid conflicts of interest or appearance of conflict of interest. If a conflict of interest would be present in practice, Council members must recuse themselves and refrain from taking part in the affair or the decision involved in the conflict of interest.
3) No Council members to use their official authority to unduly favor their own personal or financial interests or those of their respective connected parties.
4) Board members are prohibited from engaging in any transaction whether or acquire any position or any function whatsoever (including outside employment) nor to have any financial interest, commercial or other comparable whatsoever that is inconsistent with their functions and duties within the HRIC or enforcement of these obligations.
5) It is forbidden for members of the Council to engage in financial transactions based on non-public information of the HRIC or allow the improper use of such information, from whatever source, to support of any private interest.
6) Council members who have ceased to serve in this body will not take undue advantage of the role previously held by them in their capacity as member of the Council.
VI. Gifts and other improper influences
1) Members Council should never be placed in a situation where they would be forced to return service to any person or organization whatsoever. Council members must avoid any behavior in public or in private, that can make them vulnerable or susceptible to improper influence.2) No Board members to solicit or accept, for their own account or on behalf of others, including related parties, knowledge, companies or organizations with which they are which these members could be involved, any gift, gratuity, favor, any loan, gift, hospitality, anyway avoid loss or any other similar benefit which would make the members in question vulnerable or susceptible to improper influence or its appearance in the exercise of their functions.
3) Council members have the right to accept token gifts or modest or trademark ordinary hospitality, and the extent to when these actions are in accordance with custom and they do not create conflict real interest, potential or apparent.
4) Council members have the right to accept gifts or donations, in the exercise of their official activities on behalf of HRIC and / or the Government. Such gifts will be delivered to the HRIC and they must be included in the inventory maintained by the latter.
VII. Privacy
1) During his tenure and after, any member of the Council must maintain the confidentiality of any information in connection with the HRIC and / or with its duties and responsibilities of HRIC, including, but not limitation, any information received from anyone (including, without limitation, any agency or department of Government), unless the information is provided with the written approval of its public disclosure. However, members of the Board may disclose information that is publicly available (except the information that is made known to the public subsequent to revelations made by a Council member in violation of the principles of this Code). In addition, HRIC may make exceptions to the restrictions set forth in this Section VII, if the requirements of national legislation, implementation of the duty or the needs of justice determines otherwise.VIII. Application
1) All members of the Council must take all necessary steps to understand the provisions of the Code, and any amendment, and to comply.2) Each Board member must notify the Office of Performance and Anti-corruption any breach of this Code which he would realize that it is committed by other members of the Council or by itself.
3) Council members who have questions about the applicability of the Code or are not sure that provisions have been violated must seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-corruption agent responsible for issues Ethics by HRIC.
4) The HRIC will establish procedures for investigation, which will be administered by the Office of Performance and Anti-corruption in order to determine if a Board member violated this Code, and in strict compliance with due process and all applicable laws.
5) Council members whose breaches of this Code have been discovered through the procedure may be imposed discipline among the following, in addition to sanctions provided by law also:
- Action corrective or remedial
- verbal or written reprimand
- temporary or permanent loss of privileges or advantages
- Termination of appointment
- Loss of opportunity employment or future contracts with the HRIC
- Any combination of the above measures or in combination with other sanctions
IX. Definitions
1) A "conflict of interest" means any benefit or any direct or indirect benefit, monetary or nonmonetary, enjoyed a Council member and has a potential conflict in the exercise of his duties as a member of the Council.2) A "family member" means, with respect to any member of the Council, any person with whom the Board member has a direct or indirect relationship by blood or through marriage, civil union or adoption.
3) "Government" means the Government of Haiti.
4) "Haiti" means the Republic of Haiti.
5) A "private interest" means, with respect to any person, benefits, privileges and / or benefits of any kind, material or otherwise, returning to such person or parties related.
6) The "best interests public "means the interests and objectives of the Haitian people.
7) A "Related Party" means, with respect to a member of the Board, (i) any family member of such member of the Board or (ii) any entity in which such member of the Board (or any member of his family ) has a beneficial interest (other than holdings of less than five percent (5%) in a publicly owned company listed on a national stock exchange) or (iii) any entity for which such member of the Board (or a member any of his family) acts as an executive officer or member of the Board of Directors of the entity or on which the member of the Board (or any member of his family) has or has other means of decisive importance.
Code of Conduct for Employees of the HRIC
I. Introduction
The Interim Commission for the Reconstruction of Haiti (the "HRIC) is committed to the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and transparency. All persons who work for the HRIC in positions of responsibility and trust, and is their duty to serve the citizens of Haiti and to act at all times in the public interest. Employees of the HRIC should be to embody the standards of accountability and high ethical. This Code of Conduct ("Code") sets forth the basic principles of good governance to promote public confidence in the impartiality and the effective operation of the HRIC and ensure that it provides a framework positive, productive and motivating.II. Scope of the Code
Code legally binding applies to all persons employed directly by the HRIC as well as everyone exchanged, loaned or rented to any entity HRIC so they work for the Commission and under his direction. A separate Code of Conduct applies to members of the Council of the HRIC.III. Standards of Conduct
1) In exercising their duties, employees of the HRIC should act in the interests of efficiency, diligence and transparency. HRIC employees must put public interest before their own or before any private interest, perform their duties in accordance with the laws of Haiti and the Rules of the HRIC and work for the sake of integrity, ethics and professionalism.2) When making decisions, employees of the HRIC should act lawfully and exercise their discretionary powers impartially, taking into account only relevant matters. In exercising all their duties, all employees of the HRIC should be guided by public interest, not private interest or allegiance to a party.
IV. Conduct in the workplace and non-discrimination
1) Employees of the HRIC shall at all times behave in a manner that preserves and enhance public confidence and faith in the integrity, impartiality and effectiveness of the HRIC and promote a professional work environment.2) Employees of the HRIC shall: (1) be fair and impartial toward all other employees of the HRIC, (2) treat all other employees of the HRIC with dignity and respect and refrain from encouraging damages to colleagues, and (3) refrain from all forms of harassment, abuse or intimidation at work personal, sexual or otherwise, or any violence in any form whatsoever.
3) Employees of the HRIC shall treat discriminatory or preferential any person or entity, including members of the public, based on criteria of race, gender, ethnic or social origin, color of skin, orientation or the 'sexual identity, age, disability, religion, affiliation or tribal family, political beliefs, membership or allegiance to a political party, conscience, belief, to culture, language or other similar factors.
V. Conflicts of interest and inability
1) The HRIC will establish the necessary procedures to address conflicts of interest pursuant to this Code.2) Employees of the HRIC shall avoid conflicts of interest and, if such a conflict arises, they are required to immediately notify the Office Performance and Anti-corruption and comply with policies in the HRIC to reduce or eliminate conflicts of interest.
3) No employee of the HRIC to use their official authority to unduly favor their own personal or financial interests or those of their respective related parties, whatever.
4) Employees the HRIC have no right to engage in any transaction whether or acquire any position or any function whatsoever (including outside employment) nor to have any financial interest or other similar business that is incompatible with their functions and duties within the HRIC or enforcement of these obligations.
5) No employee of the HRIC to engage in financial transactions based on non-public information of the HRIC or allow the improper use of such information in support of a any private interest.
6) Any employee of the HRIC shall disqualify himself in any proceeding official could influence the success of a private company would be personally owned or owned by a related party that would be used.
7) Employees of the HRIC shall not possess or control or manage any business that is regulated, licensed, supervised or otherwise managed by HRIC, nor work for such companies (as an employee, consultant, d agents, trustees or in any similar capacity) unless express permission of the Executive Committee of the HRIC.
8) Employees of the HRIC and their respective related parties should be party to any contract, whether or not granted by tender, on the type of projects submitted for review and approval of HRIC, unless express permission of the latter, or have any financial interest in the matter.
9) Any employee of the HRIC should recuse himself when it comes to making decisions in matters of employment concerning any member of his family or any person with whom he has an intimate relationship, including in respect of hiring, delegation of functions, evaluating performance, granting compensation based on merit and any other action inherent in labor relations. In case of uncertainty, employees should seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC.
10) Employees of the HRIC shall not give preferential treatment or privileged access to book the Commission the benefit of anyone, including but not limited to the benefit of former public officials.
11) Employees of the HRIC should contact the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC any direct or indirect, or any other direct or indirect interest in a company or other business ventures, whose activities relate to any manner whatsoever to the work of the HRIC. Employees of the HRIC are not allowed to work for another employer or business ventures without first obtaining approval from the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC. Any such interest in a company or business ventures other than the HRIC, or any work for this type of business or commercial operation, should have no relation to the HRIC or be affected by it or the affect in any manner whatsoever and there shall no longer have any connection with the performance of the employee of the HRIC in question or the exercise of its functions to the latter.
12) Employees of the HRIC (or persons exchanged lent or leased to the HRIC) who leave their jobs within the Commission will not take undue advantage of the functions previously performed by them in connection with the HRIC.
VI. Disclosures
1) In general, employees of the HRIC shall disclose their assets and financial arrangements under Haitian law in force.2) Each employee of the HRIC shall declare and disclose any business interest, financial or commercial activity of this nature undertaken by him or by any party connected with him, for a profit which could give rise to a possible conflict of interest.
VII. Gifts and other improper influences
1) Employees of the HRIC should never put themselves in a situation where they would be forced to return service to any person or organization whatsoever. HRIC employees must avoid any behavior in public or in private, which could make them vulnerable or susceptible to improper influence.2) No employee of the HRIC to solicit or accept, for their own account or on behalf of others, including related parties, knowledge, companies or organizations whatsoever with which such employees may be involved, any gift, gratuity, favor, any loan, gift, hospitality, any way to avoid a loss or any other similar benefit which would make employees vulnerable or likely an improper influence or its appearance in the exercise of their functions.
3) Employees of the HRIC shall have the right to accept token gifts or modest or trademark ordinary hospitality, and the extent to when these actions are in accordance with custom and they do not create conflict real interest, potential or apparent. An employee the HRIC is not safe to have the right to accept a certain advantage must consult their supervisors or the Office of Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC.
4) Employees of the HRIC has the right to accept gifts or donations, in the exercise of their official activities on behalf of HRIC and / or the Government. Such gifts will be delivered to the HRIC and must be included in the inventory maintained by the latter.
VIII. Confidentiality, use of public resources and transparency
1) During the term of his employment (or exchange, loan or lease) to the HRIC and after any employee of the HRIC shall maintain the confidentiality of any information in connection with the HRIC and / or with its duties and responsibilities of HRIC, including, without limitation, any information received from any person (including, without limitation any agency or any department of Government), unless such information is provided with the written permission of its public disclosure. However, employees of the HRIC may disclose information that is available to the public (except the information that is made known to the public subsequent to revelations made in breach of the principles of this Code). In addition, the HRIC may make exceptions to the restrictions set forth in this Section VIII if the requirements of national legislation, implementation of the duty or the needs of justice determines otherwise.2) No employee of the HRIC to make public statements on behalf of HRIC, unless specifically authorized to do so in accordance with applicable policies of the Commission. In addition, employees of the HRIC should avoid public statements or actions that might compromise or appear to compromise the performance of functions or harm the reputation of the HRIC.
3) Employees the HRIC should preserve and protect all property and other resources of the Commission, including official documents. Employees of the HRIC shall not use or permit the use, property or other resources of the Commission, except in accordance with the purposes authorized by it and applicable law.
4) The HRIC will develop a policy on transparency and aim to make it easily accessible and publicly available its policies, processes and decisions and agreements between the HRIC and the Government, subject to the requirements of applicable law and the requirement of confidentiality.
5) Employees the HRIC should not provide false or misleading information in response to a request for information made in connection with their position in the HRIC.
IX. Application
1) All employees of the HRIC shall take all measures necessary to understand the provisions of the Code, and any amendment, and to comply.2) Every employee shall report to HRIC Office Performance and Anti-Corruption CIRHtoute violation of this Code which he would realize that it is committed by other employees or by itself.
3) Employees of the HRIC issues that arise on the applicability of the Code or are not sure that provisions have been violated must seek the advice of the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption CIRHou agent in charge of ethics by HRIC.
4) Employees of the HRIC shall report to the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC any evidence, allegation or suspicion of illegal activity, criminal or improper unethical that they would read in part or Following their jobs. An investigation into the facts disclosed will be conducted by the Office Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC. HRIC employees who believe need to be forced to act an illicit manner, improper or unethical, or in a manner which involves maladministration or is otherwise inconsistent with this Code, shall disclose such circumstances without delay to the Office of Performance and Anti-Corruption HRIC .
5) The HRIC, its Bureau Performance and Anti-corruption including, must ensure that anyone who reports an act or activity under this Code and for reasonable and good faith will suffer no prejudice nor will subject to reprisals or discrimination. Any adverse action, retaliation or discrimination taken against him constitutes a violation of this Code.
6) The HRIC establish procedures for investigations, which will be administered by its Office Performance and Anti-corruption in order to determine whether a Commission employee has violated this Code, and in strict compliance with due process and all applicable laws.
7) Members of the HRIC that breaches of this Code have been discovered through the applicable procedures may be imposed discipline among the following, in addition to sanctions provided by law also:
- Action corrective or remedial
- or verbal reprimand Written
- suspension with pay, with pay or without pay reduced
- Restrictions on access to the premises of the HRIC
- Restitution, loss of salary or benefits, or loss of a retroactive increase wage
- temporary or permanent loss of privileges or benefits
- Reassignment
- Demotion or reduction of duties or responsibilities
- Reduction or loss of future salary increases
- Termination functions
- Loss of employment opportunities or future contracts with the HRIC
- Any combination of the above measures or in combination with other sanctions
X. Definitions
1) A "conflict of interest" means any benefit or any direct or indirect benefit, monetary or nonmonetary, enjoyed an employee the HRIC and presents a potential conflict in the exercise of his duties as an employee of the HRIC.2) A "family member" means, with respect to any employee of the HRIC, any person with whom that employee has a direct or indirect relationship by blood or through marriage, civil union or an adoption
3) "Government" means the Government of Haiti.
4) "Haiti" means the Republic of Haiti.
5) An "employee of the HRIC" means (i) any person employed by the HRIC itself and (ii) any person who performs work for the HRIC under an exchange agreement, lease or loan or similar agreement with any person or entity.
6) The "private interest" means, with respect to any person, benefits, privileges and / or benefits of any kind, material or otherwise, returning to such person or parties related.
7) The "public interest" means the interests and objectives of the Haitian people.
8) A "related party" means, with respect to an employee of the HRIC, (i) any member of the family of the employee or (ii) any entity in which such an employee (or any member of his family) has a interest beneficiary (other than holdings of less than five percent (5%) in a publicly owned company listed on a national stock exchange) or (iii) any entity to which such employee (or any member of his family) acts as a senior officer or member of the board of directors of the entity or on which such employee (or any member of his family) or by other means exerts a decisive influence.
These co-chairs are assisted by an Executive Secretariat responsible for managing daily operations.
The Commission is composed of voting and non-voters.
The voting members of the Commission are the following (sic):
- The two co-chairmen;
- Two representatives nominated by the Executive;
- Two representatives nominated by the judiciary;
- Two representatives appointed by local authorities;
- A designated representative by the Senate;
- A representative appointed by the Chamber of Deputies;
- A representative appointed by the unions;
- A representative designated by the business community;
- A representative from the Community Caribbean Community (CARICOM);
- A representative from each of bilateral and multilateral donors have been offered a seat on the Board, and has promised to contribute at least U.S. $ 100,000,000 (one hundred million dollars) for reconstruction of Haiti as a gift over two consecutive years or at least U.S. $ 200,000,000 (two hundred million U.S. dollars) in debt relief;
- One representative, on a rotating basis, bilateral donors and multilateral agreements that do not meet criteria set out in paragraph X of this article.
members without vote of the Commission are (sic):
- A representative appointed by the Organization of American States (OAS);
- A representative designated by the national NGO community;
- A representative designated by the international NGO community;
- A representative designated by the Haitian expatriate community.
The current composition of the committee:
I. Members of the HRIC-appointed: Voting
A: Part Haitian
HE Mr. Jean Max Bellerive, co-chairman
Lucien Francoeur (Chamber of Deputies)
Lucien Jean Bernard (Senate of the Republic)
Dr. Reginald Boulos (Business Sector)
Mr. George Henry son (Judiciary)
Gary Lissade Me (Judiciary)
Jean Claude Lebrun (labor)
Joseph G. "Billy" Louis (Local)
Raoul Pierre Louis (Local)
Ms Suze Percy Filippini (Executive Branch)
Dr. Marie George Solomon (Executive Branch)
Claude Jeudy (Executive Branch)
Dr. Jean Renald Clérismé (Executive Branch)
Jean-Marie Bourjolly (Executive Branch)
B: International Party
President William Jefferson Clinton, co-chairman
Percival J. Patterson, CARICOM
Mr. Pierre Duquesne, France
Ms. Cheryl Mills, United States of America
Cristina Barrios, Spain
M. Alexander Abrantes, World Bank
Stefano Manservisi, European Union
David Moloney, Canada
Francisco Arias Cardenas, Venezuela
Antonio Ferreira, Brazil
Helen Clark, UN
Luis Alberto Moreno, IDB
Mr. Espen Rikti-Svendsen, Norway
II .- Members of the CIHR, named: non-voting
Marie Caramel Rose-Anne Auguste (national NGOs)
Shift. Joseph G. Bernadel (Haitian Diaspora)
Philippe Bécoulet (INGOs)
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