LOKAL (Limye ak Oganizasyon pou Kolektivite yo Ale Lwen)

The LOKAL (Limy ak ganizasyon pou Kolektivite yo Ale Lwen) project was designed after the return of democracy with the election of Preval in 2006.

The project focused on three primary areas of intervention: improving decentralization policy and the legal framework, increasing the capacity of local governments to effectively govern and provide basic public services, and enhancing transparent local governance through citizen participation and public information.

In addition, LOKAL established several models for communal participatory planning, and piloted a system for increasing municipal tax revenues in three communes.

Project implementation was interrupted several times due to natural disasters, most notably from the 2008 hurricane season and the 2010 earthquake, and the project was modified in both cases to respond to emerging needs.