In a significant move toward urban rehabilitation, Haitian Minister of Planning and External Cooperation Sandra Paulemon convened with project representatives on March 26, 2026, to advance the “Return to the Solino Neighborhood” initiative. The high-level meeting produced a comprehensive integrated development blueprint specifically designed to restore essential services, enhance living standards, and reactivate socioeconomic dynamics within the distressed community.
Security restoration emerged as the cornerstone of deliberations, with unanimous consensus that sustained stabilization is imperative for both economic revival and social recovery in Solino. Minister Paulemon underscored the project’s human-centric approach, emphasizing the critical need to establish environments that foster youth development through tangible alternatives to radicalization and armed group recruitment.
The Ministry formally committed to providing structural guidance and oversight to ensure all interventions genuinely contribute to stability, development, and quality-of-life improvements. Upon finalization of the master plan, technical and financial partners will be mobilized to support implementation conceived as a high-impact pilot project requiring clear, technically sound, and readily executable proposals.
Both parties agreed to schedule subsequent meetings for detailed issue examination and operationalization roadmap development, signaling strong institutional commitment to transforming Solino into a model of sustainable urban regeneration with measurable, replicable outcomes.