The Importance of Reforming Haiti’s Social Sector Policies
While States are free to regulate the registration and oversight of organizations, the right to associate freely without interference requires that a State ensure that those legal requirements not impede, delay, or limit the creation or functioning of these organizations. That of the law of September 19, 1953, modified the law of July 23, 1934, on…
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Effectiveness As Defined By Whom
What is effectiveness? As Herman and Renz have pointed out (2004, 1997), the concept of organizational effectiveness arises from a theoretical perspective which posits that formal organizations are created to achieve one or more consciously identified goals. Measures of effectiveness, therefore, seek to ascertain how well these goals have been achieved. There are several problems…
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Urban Matters
Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich. –(Plato 363 BCE [reprinted 2012]) We have traveled the world to have a great appreciation and understanding of sustainable architecture as well as urban planning. The world is moving at a fast pace of…
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Understanding the 1989 Decree that binds Nonprofit Organizations in Haiti
How are nonprofits recognized in Haiti? To understand the decree which was written September 14, 1989 for nonprofit organizations, we must dissect the statute. To begin, in 1989 Haiti was under a Human Rights Watch and Prosper Avril took office. I strongly believe that the decree needs to be reformed due to the fact that…
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Get Over It!
Eureka you’ve failed! The harsh reality of accountability. Are nonprofits operating in Haiti held accountable for their failures? According to Article 29 of the 1989 decree, “in case of violation of the Constitution or the provisions of this Decree, unjustified Business interruption for more than six (6) consecutive months of delay of up to one…
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