Directorate-General for Internal Policies - Directorate D - Budget Affairs Committee on Budgetary Control Brussels, 7 February 2012 Fact-finding delegation of the Budgetary Control Committee to HAITI, 22-26 February 2012 DRAFT PROGRAMME Members of the delegation: Jan MULDER (Chairman, ALDE, NL) Jean-Pierre AUDY (EPP, FR) Ingeborg GRÄSSLE (EPP, DE) Jens GEIER (S&D, DE) Ivailo KALFIN (S&D, BG) Ryszard CZARNECZKI (ECR, PL) Martin EHRENHAUSER (N-A, A) CONT Secretariat József BLASZAUER Rudolfs VERDINS (EP mobile as of 22 February till 26 February 2012: +32 498-983 534) Advisors of Political Groups Jonas KRAFT (EPP) Dominykas MORDAS (ALDE) Aleksander Michal GRABCZEWSKI (ECR) Interpreters Michel LESSEIGNE (FR, team leader) Thomas EBERLE (FR, EN) Ralf KLEINWORTH (FR, EN) Alasdair THOMSON (FR, DE) Lorrain REGAN (FR) Languages covered EN, FR, DE B-1047 Brussels - Tel +32-2-284.33.79 - Fax +32 2 284.49.07 F-67070 Strasbourg - Tel +33-3-88.17.22.57- Fax +33 3 88.17.99.76
Coordination in Haiti Sébastien Cocard EU Delegation in Haiti Elke Leidel Impasse Oriol 4, Morne Calvaire Port-au-Prince gsm: +509 36 60 32 62 fix: +509 29 49 49 49 email: sebastien.cocard@ec.europa.eu elke.leidel@echofield.eu http://ec.europa.eu/delegations/haiti/ Accommodation and transport in Haiti Hôtel KARIBE: Address: Juvenat 7, Petionville, Port-au-Prince, Haiti http://www.karibehotel.com/karibehotel/ The delegation will have two air-conditioned buses at its disposal. Recommended flights of delegation From Brussels to Haiti - Port au Prince with Air France (via Paris and Pointe à Pitre) OUTWARD Flight On Leg Time AF7182 22FEB Brussels Midi Station- Paris Charles de Gaulle AF3520 22FEB Paris Orly - Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) AF3988 22FEB Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) - Portau-Prince (Haiti) RETURN (2 options) AF3989 25FEB Port-au-Prince (Haiti)- Pointe-à- Pitre (Guadeloupe) AF3505 (option 1) 25FEB Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) - Paris Orly 0710-0825 (Train) 1200-1535 1640-1735 1110-1350 2115-1000 (+1 day) AF3511 (option 2) 25FEB Pointe-à-Pitre (Guadeloupe) - Paris Charles de Gaulle 1800-0650 (+1 day) AF7183 (option 1) 26FEB Paris Charles de Gaulle - Brussels Midi Station 1310-1423 (Train) AF7179 26FEB Paris Charles de Gaulle - Brussels 1037-1155 2
(option 2) Midi Station (Train) IMPORTANT: for security reasons it is strongly advised that all participants take the same flights to and from Port-au-Prince. No liability will be accepted and no individual arrangements will be done for anyone taking a different flight. 3
Wednesday 22 February 17.35 Arrival of participants with flight AF3988 to Port-au-Prince international airport 18.00 Departure from the airport to the hotel Thursday 23 February 7.30-8.30 Working breakfast with the EU Delegation and possibly with ECHO representative Venue: Hôtel Karibe 8.45 Departure from the hotel 9.30-11.00 Visit to an ECHO partner and visit to a project (to be chosen) managed by that partner Options: 1) IFRC Training center for Disaster Risk Reduction and Management of disaster response; 2) Visit to Tabarre Issa settlement managed by NGO Concern, planned T- shelter site; 3) Visit to Champ de Mars: IDP site with 20,000 people in front of the destroyed presidential palace Venue: in Port-au-Prince 11.30-13.00 Meeting with the Presidents of the Haitian Assembly and of the Senate and with members of the Parliament dealing with budget and budgetary control issues Venue: Haitian Parliament 13.30-15.00 Business lunch with French and/or Spanish ambassador(s) Venue: Restaurant La Canne à Sucre 15.30-17.00 Meeting with Nigel Fisher, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and Head of OCHA office in Haiti Venue: LogBase, MINUSTAH Headquarters 17.30-19.00 Meeting with representatives of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC), possibly the Prime Minister. 19.30 Departure to the hotel Venue: (Official residence, Bourdon) 4
evening Free dinner (individual arrangements) NB. For security reasons it is strongly recommended to stay in the hotel for dinner Friday 24 February 7.30-8:45 Meeting with Mr. Price Pady, National Authorising Officer 9.00-10.20 Meeting with representatives of the International Financial Institutions (WB, IADB, IMF) (Alexander Abrantes, WB Country Rep; Eduardo Almeida, IADB Country Rep; Jacques Bougha-Hagbe, IMF Country Rep) 10.30-11.45 Meeting with NGOs (to be chosen amongst ECHO partners) 12.00-12.45 Press conference Venue: Conference Centre Karibe 13.00 Departure for the visit of a second project co-financed by the EU (possibly by DEVCO - to be specified) Venue: Martissant (suburbs of Port-au-Prince) Sandwich lunch en route 16.30-17.30 Meeting with Minister of Finance Venue: Ministry of Finance evening Free dinner (individual arrangements) NB. For security reasons it is strongly recommended to stay in the hotel for dinner Saturday 25 February 8.15 Departure by bus from the hotel to the airport (flight AF3989 departing at 11.10) 5