IfG.CC - The Institute for eGovernment

The Office of the Head of Government said, he, Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe, "recognizes the importance of Information Technology and Communication (ICT)" and for this reason, "has decided to make a tool of governance, in accordance with his policy statement through which he had to identify the priorities of his government."

"...it is a plea, for a thorough reform of the Haitian law, this is why I talk of revolution. This is not a simple adaptation a revolution, why ? Because until today, Haitian law in terms of proof, of trade, exchanges between private and in public administration, is based on the paper, ie that a document is valid only if signed of the hand of those who sign [...]

By establishing telemedicine clinics and extending care to Haitians in the most rural and forgotten areas, the endeavors of one group seek to put Haiti back into sight and back into minds - for good.

At first, “telehealth” sounds less like a legitimate medical practice and more like a Star-Trekian method of curing diseases through willpower.

Futuristic name aside, telehealth practices are rapidly working their way into doctor-patient interactions. What’s more, the growing telehealth community is now banding together with aid workers in Haiti to diagnose and treat thousands of earthquake injuries.

Die Helfer in Haiti sind bei ihrer Arbeit mit vielen Problemen konfrontiert; eines der größten ist, herauszufinden, wo gerade welche Hilfe benötigt wird. Um die Maßnahmen effektiver koordinieren zu können, greifen sie nun auf SMS und Social Networks zurück. Durch die Auswertung der Hilferufe, die über diese Netzwerke abgesetzt werden, wird festgestellt, wo dringender Handlungsbedarf besteht, berichtet die New York Times. Die neu eingerichtete Notfallnummer hat sich bereits bewährt: Hilferufe nach Wasser und Nahrung haben die Hilfskräfte auf eine Zeltstadt aufmerksam gemacht, von der bislang keine der Organisationen gewusst hatte.

Disaster-response specialist Randy Roberson should know later today whether a mobile medical clinic filled with state-of-the-art telemedicine gear and a satellite audio/video link will accompany him on a flight to Haiti, or whether the 20-foot shipping container known as the "Doc-in-a-Box" will have to make the journey by sea. Roberson will personally be carrying the "Bring 'Em Back Pack," a 25-pound, solar-powered, medical backpack with a telemedicine connection.

The Post Office of Haiti is committed to accompanied the government in the centralization of the registration and the standardization of domain names .gouv.ht in order to allow to all the Ministries, their Directorates General, the Organizations autonomous and decentralized entities the use of these addresses to identify the institutions of the Haitian State.

This modernization project, a first in the history of the Haitian Public Administration, is part of the program of e-governance established by the current team in power. The new project aims to make the reengineering and computerization of steps associated with the creation of a limited company while meeting prescribed in the current legislation and will require the creation of new laws, including that of the electronic signature. Using modern technology, the MCI will be responsible for the operationalization of the various stages of this project, with the active support of the various actors involved directly and indirectly in the process.

A technical support phone, open open office hours, was put in place: 2811-0448 and 2258-11110.

At the event Minister Laleau criticized the position of Haiti in the latest "Doing Business Review" of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), where Haiti lost eight spots in the rankings over the past year.

This modernization project is a first in the history of Haitian public administration, part of the program of "E-governance" introduced by the executive.

Recognizing that the modernization of public administration, is a necessary step to allow Haiti to be competitive, the President of the AHTIC believes that such an objective requires much more than computers.

Friday, Ronald Décembre, the State Secretary at the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), Miradin Morlan, Director General of the Directorate General of Taxes (DGI) and Reynald Eugène, Deputy Director General of the General Administraton Customs (AGD), proceeded at a press conference at the launch of the new secure website for e-governance and announced "It is now possible for taxpayers, individuals and businesses to make their final tax returns, to fulfill their tax obligations to the DGI, online, without having to physically visit an office."

"At the initiative of the Government, this system is the result of a public-private partnership between the MEF through the DGI, the AGD, commercial banks and the Central Bank (BRH)," indicated Ronald Décembre adding "It is enough to click on https://edeclaration.dgi.gouv.ht/edeclaration/ to complete the form based on the type of tax or taxes that one wants pay [...] After completing the form, the taxpayer must choose the commercial bank through which he wants to perform the transaction.

According to Laleau Wilson, Minister of Commerce, this important partnership reflects the government's desire to promote public / private partnership in Haiti.

"Everything was destroyed over there, and in the first days there was no Internet in Port-au-Prince," team member Antonio Marttos Jr, MD, assistant professor of surgery at the University of Miami School of Medicine and director of trauma telemedicine at Jackson Memorial Medical Center's William Lehman Injury Research Center in Miami, Florida, told Medscape Medical News. "But we were able to connect to our trauma center in Miami."

We need no reminding that Haiti is still recovering from a 2010 earthquake that killed as many as 300,000 people. During those catastrophic moments five years ago, it was hard to imagine a silver lining. But an important benefit did emerge – one, in fact, that may have saved some lives this week after the Carnival tragedy.

Thanks to a new technology about the size as a 35 mm camera, Haitians injured in last month's earthquake will be able to see medical experts from all over the United States and Europe.