Strengthening the Capacity of Haitian Criminal and Security Institutions

Results achieved as of the end of the project (July 2019) include: 1) 78% (11/14) of participants to the symposium and training workshops noted that their skills in terms of collecting managing and using evidence-based and gender-specific data in order to support public decision making had improved. 2) six institutional reports were drafted demonstrating increased accountability. These results contributed to two organizations using their evidence-based data and the published reports to implement public action. For example the report by the Human Rights Office (Bureau des Droits Humains) in Haiti motivated them to create a research hub and to rethink how they monitor their mediations. The report by Haiti’s Prisons Administration Directorate (Direction de l'Administration Pénitentiaire) influenced the Government Commissioner with the Civil Court of First Instance in Port-au-Prince who used the report to modernize how they work. The Commissioner used the recommendations in the report to implement evidence-based management by distributing a batch of files to assistant prosecutors on a weekly basis and ensuring systematic follow-up.