Haiti - Jérémie Meeting Minutes, June 26, 2026

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• Presentation of ongoing activities and areas of operation for humanitarian partners. 

• Association for the Development of National Resources (ADRINA)
• Areas of operation: Several regions in the South, Grand’Anse, the Southeast, and Nippes.
• Areas of focus: Community development, empowerment of women and girls, promotion of social inclusion, and support for internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly those living with disabilities. 
• Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), 
• Areas of operation: Several municipalities in the Grand’Anse department.
• Areas of intervention: Emergency response, distribution of hygiene kits, support for the agricultural sector through the distribution of livestock, health, and education.
• Haitian Health Foundation
• Areas of operation: Jérémie, Bonbon, Moron, Rosaux, and neighboring communities.
• Areas of focus: Health, community development, and education.
• Mercy Corps
• Areas of operation: Corail, Pestel, and Beaumont.
• Areas of focus:
• Support for small-scale agricultural producers;
• Economic empowerment of women;
• Support for farmers in mountainous areas;
• Risk and disaster management;
• Soil conservation;
• Raising community awareness of climate risks, particularly as the hurricane season approaches;
• Strengthening community resilience through the establishment of community spaces equipped with computers, electronic devices, and appropriate energy solutions. 

• Logistics Sector: Role, Mandate, and Mission

• Objective of this section: To enhance participants’ understanding of logistics coordination mechanisms and ensure better dissemination of information at the operational level, a brief presentation on the role, mandate, and missions of the Logistics Sector may be included in the agenda of subnational meetings. This activity will be carried out at the discretion of the Logistics Sector team, depending on the needs and context of each meeting.
• In 2004, an evaluation of humanitarian response operations in Sudan highlighted several structural weaknesses in the international humanitarian system. Among the key findings were:
• Shortcomings in leadership and coordination;
• Persistent gaps in the coverage of humanitarian needs;
• A lack of predictability, accountability, and responsibility among actors;
• Interventions that were often ad hoc and insufficiently coordinated;
• Irregular coordination among different organizations;
• Fragile partnerships and a lack of effective collaboration among humanitarian actors.
• These findings led to the launch of humanitarian reform, aimed at strengthening the effectiveness, coordination, predictability, and accountability of humanitarian action worldwide.
• This led to the implementation of the “cluster approach” by the IASC (Inter-Agency Standing Committee).
• What is the cluster approach? The primary mission of a cluster is coordination: 
• It was established to ensure improvements in the quality, effectiveness, and efficiency of humanitarian responses. 
• Although it is a partnership-based initiative, the cluster system also aimed to establish clearer lines of accountability, enhance predictability, and improve global capacities.
• What is the logistics cluster:
• A community of partners;
• Collaborating to overcome logistical constraints and improve the overall humanitarian logistics response
• Led by partner organizations at the global and national levels
• WFP has been designated as the lead agency for the cluster.
• The cluster enables us to: 
• To unite our efforts,
• To act together,
• To prepare together,
• To innovate together.

Toward the Merger of the Logistics Cluster and Telecommunications Clusters

• The Humanitarian Reset is an initiative launched within the international humanitarian system aimed at achieving greater impact with fewer resources through better coordination and leaner structures.
• As part of the Humanitarian Reset, the Logistics Cluster and the ETC have been brought together under a common platform called the Logistics and Telecommunications Cluster (LTC).
• The idea is that these two clusters provide enabling services to the entire humanitarian community: 
• Logistics enables the delivery of aid.
• Telecommunications enable coordination, information sharing, and security.

• Key logistical challenges faced in 2025 and early 2026

• Objective of this section: Subregional coordination meetings serve as a forum for identifying the main logistical challenges and gaps faced by humanitarian actors in the region. Discussions focus in particular on physical access to intervention areas, transportation, warehousing, logistics support services, and the procurement of goods and services essential to the implementation of humanitarian operations.
•  Challenge related to access to information: Several partners highlighted a lack of information regarding the services offered by the Logistics Sector and how to access those services. Organizations operating in the region have expressed a need for specific information and awareness-raising sessions to better understand the available services and the mechanisms for accessing them.
• Telecommunications: Telecommunications remain one of the main logistical challenges in the region. In several areas of Grand’Anse, telephone networks experience prolonged outages that directly affect field operations. This situation also limits the use of mobile money transfer services, which are often unavailable during network outages. For many organizations, Starlink kits are currently the only reliable solution for maintaining communications and ensuring operational continuity. 
• Local Market Supply: Like the Sud department, Grand’Anse faces supply challenges in the local market. These constraints stem both from the limited availability of certain essential products and from the largely informal nature of the market.

Partners have proposed organizing awareness-raising sessions for local suppliers to familiarize them with the procedures and requirements that humanitarian organizations must follow. Capacity-building activities could also contribute to the development of the local market and foster a better understanding of the benefits of partnerships between humanitarian organizations and local suppliers.

• Road Access: The physical condition of road infrastructure—particularly farm roads and secondary roads—remains one of the major challenges in the region. Many areas remain difficult, if not impossible, to access, despite the presence of particularly vulnerable communities in need of humanitarian assistance. This situation limits the delivery of aid, increases logistical costs, and slows down the implementation of interventions on the ground. 

Logistics Sector Services and Access Modalities. 

• Air Transport: 
• Humanitarian airlift between Panama City and Haiti (Cap-Haïtien, Port-au-Prince), coordinated by the Logistics Sector with UNHRD and UNHAS
• UNHAS special cargo flights to Port-de-Paix, Gonâve Island, Tortue Island, Belladère, and Ganthier.
• Maritime transport: Ro-ro barge service from Port-au-Prince to Miragoâne, Petite-Goâve, La Gonâve, Gonaïves, Cap-Haïtien, and Saint-Marc.
• Road transport: Humanitarian convoys from Port-au-Prince to other regions of the country (Port-de-Paix, Jérémie, Belladères, Hinche, Cap-Haïtien, ETC) 
• A CONOPS is available on the Logistics Sector website and can be accessed via this link: Haiti - Concept of Operations, November 2025 | Logistics Cluster Website. 
• All requests must be submitted online via the following link: RITA - Relief Item Tracking Application.

The date of the next subnational coordination meeting of the Logistics Sector in the South Department will be announced at a later date. 

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