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_________________________________________________________________________________________Welcome & Introduction [8:00]
Introduction: Michael Sorkin, Board President, Institute for Urban Design
Welcome: Anne Guiney, Executive Director, Institute for Urban Design
0:00 – Michael Sorkin’s introduction and opening remarks
5:41 – IfUD Executive Director Anne Guiney’s welcome
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 1: Haiti, January 11, 2010 [10:54]
Speaker: Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor and Founder, The Haitian Times
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 1: Audience Q&A [11:27]
Respondent: Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor and Founder, The Haitian Times
0:00 – Can you talk more about the “democracy party” — was there a sense that no laws had to be applied?
5:05 – “You cannot discuss Haitian history without spending at least a few minutes on [former Haitian President] Preval.”
8:01 – Why did the Port-au-Prince area become overpopulated?
10:16 – Could you comment on Haitian mango farmers and their sales to Coca Cola?
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 2: Haiti, January 13, 2010 – Part I, Leslie Voltaire’s Presentation [31:03]
Speaker: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 2: Haiti, January 13, 2010 – Part II, David Evans’ Presentation [18:57]
Speaker: David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 2: Haiti, January 13, 2010 – Part III, Case Studies: Ami Desai and David Mulet [16:39]
Speakers: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Ami Desai, Foreign Policy Advisor, The Clinton Foundation
David Mulet, Project Coordinator, Organization of American States
David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
Moderator: R. Steven Lewis, President, National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
0:00 – Ami Desai’s presentation on the Clinton Foundation’s history and present work in Haiti
8:14 – David Mulet’s presentation on efforts to reform the cadastral system in Haiti
15:23 – David Evans’ commentary on the importance of cadastre
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 2: Haiti, January 13, 2010 – Part IV, Panel Discussion [15:32]
Speakers: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Ami Desai, Foreign Policy Advisor, The Clinton Foundation
David Mulet, Project Coordinator, Organization of American States
David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
Moderator: R. Steven Lewis, President, National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
1:39 - In approaching long-term planning, how can you environmental sustainability as a precursor or economic engine that will benefit people on multiple levels?
3:20 – What mechanisms are necessary for ensuring that donations and contributions will be honored and used wisely to ensure the fulfillment of a larger vision for the country’s soul?
4:30 – Leslie Voltaire on the difficulty of large-scale planning
6:15 – Ami Desai discusses the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission (IHRC) and accountability in the reconstruction process
9:36 – David Mulet’s commentary on land titles in Haiti
10:30 – Evans on the challenges of large-scale coordinatio
12:09 – Ami Desai on the Haitian attitude toward the future and simplifying the bureaucratic process
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 2: Haiti, January 13, 2010: Audience Q&A [23:57]
Respondents: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Ami Desai, Foreign Policy Advisor, The Clinton Foundation
David Mulet, Project Coordinator, Organization of American States
David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
Moderator: R. Steven Lewis, President, National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)
0:17 – If 65% of Haitians are renters, and given the extreme income disparities in Haiti, does activity interfere with or enhance the possibility of land reform?
3:03 – Is there a mechanism for ensuring that the international community’s efforts and monies are used and coordinated effectively?
9:23 – Can you address the issue of public health in Haiti? How will sanitation and public health factor into the reconstruction plan?
13:02 – Where are the restrictions on private investment? How can we avoid increasing exploitation of Haitian workers? Shouldn’t we live up to our own laws in our effort to help Haiti rebuild?
22:09 – What is the role of women in the reconstruction process?
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 3: Working in Haiti Today – Part I: Case Studies [41:02]
Moderator: Toni Griffin, Board Member, Institute for Urban Design
Speakers: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Chris Williams, UN-HABITAT Representative for Washington, DC
Patrice Nevil, Director of Infrastructure for Haiti, Partners in Health
Deborah Gans, Principal, Gans Studio
James Dart, Principal, DARCH
Louis Herns Marcelin, Director, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
1:58 – Louis Herns Marcelin’s frank explanation of the need for a complete, ground-up approach to rebuilding.
16:48 – Toni Griffin on the importance of getting local people invested; people need to see their “fingerprints” on a project
17:54 – Deborah Gans and Jim Dart discuss the ins and outs of post-disaster planning in an urban area, based on their work in post-Katrina New Orleans. “There’s lots of scales of the local.”
25:00 – UN-HABITAT’s Chris Williams discusses his organization’s development of municipal support centers, and the importance of working within the existing context of Haitian society
36:16 – Patrice Nevil presents an overview of Partners In Health’s hospital and shelter construction efforts in Haiti
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 3: Working in Haiti Today – Part II: Panel Discussion [17:32]
Moderator: Toni Griffin, Board Member, Institute for Urban Design
Speakers: Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Chris Williams, UN-HABITAT Representative for Washington, DC
Patrice Nevil, Director of Infrastructure for Haiti, Partners in Health
Deborah Gans, Principal, Gans Studio
James Dart, Principal, DARCH
Louis Herns Marcelin, Director, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
0:18 – Leslie Voltaire’s response to Chris Williams’ remarks on connecting the government’s commission to local interests. How are individual citizens engaged?
2:37 – Is there a mechanism by which the state plan gets adopted locally?
4:10 – Is the HIRC being conceived as an organization that will address the concern that the pre-quake government was broken? Marcelin and Voltaire discuss.
9:07 – Chris Williams on creating a sustainable and practical service distribution system and the importance of facilitating organic development of community leadership.
11:51 – Is the village scale a sustainable scale for reconstruction? How does the organic community development that arises out of necessity after a crisis and create something more permanent?
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 4: Plenary Panel [37:06]
Moderators: Toni Griffin, Board Member, Institute for Urban Design
Michael Sorkin, Board President, Institute for Urban Design
Respondents: David Mulet, Project Coordinator, Organization of American States
David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Chris Williams, UN-HABITAT Representative for Washington, DC
Patrice Nevil, Director of Infrastructure for Haiti, Partners in Health
Deborah Gans, Principal, Gans Studio
James Dart, Principal, DARCH
Louis Herns Marcelin, Director, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor and Founder, The Haitian Times
0:00 – Is there currently a way to pass a law in Haiti that creates a two-page building code and a way to know where title rests?
2:07 – With the population of Haiti set to double, what is the government doing to address the need for family planning?
6:08 – Following the earthquake, was there a discussion about the type of planning process that was going to happen and if there were alternatives to the PDNA process? Looking to the future, is there any concern that the HIRC might become the state?
17:19 – What is the Haitian government doing to involve the Haitian diaspora in the reconstruction process?
21:49 – What kind of housing stock do you hope will be built in Haiti in the next few years?
25:08 – An audience member comments on the importance of developing a “black aesthetic” as part of the reconstruction effort in Haiti.
30:01 – As we plan for Haiti’s future, is there a sort of “pre-disaster needs assessment” or plan for dealing with the approaching hurricane season?
33:06 – What is being done to involve the Haitian youth in the rebuilding process?
_________________________________________________________________________________________Session 4: Closing Remarks [14:07]
Moderator: Michael Sorkin, Board President, Institute for Urban Design
Speakers: David Mulet, Project Coordinator, Organization of American States
David Evans, Chief Technical Advisor, UN-HABITAT Sri Lanka, Colombo
Leslie Voltaire, Haiti’s Special Envoy to the United Nations; member, Government Reconstruction Team
Chris Williams, UN-HABITAT Representative for Washington, DC
Patrice Nevil, Director of Infrastructure for Haiti, Partners in Health
Deborah Gans, Principal, Gans Studio
James Dart, Principal, DARCH
Louis Herns Marcelin, Director, Interuniversity Institute for Research and Development (INURED)
Garry Pierre-Pierre, Editor and Founder, The Haitian Times
0:23 – Michael Sorkin poses the question: how can the planning efforts for Haiti’s reconstruction create a more self-sufficient economy in the country.
2:16 – And is food self-sufficiency possible?
4:14 – Panelists give their closing remarks on how architects, planners, and other urban design professionals can make a useful contribution to Haiti.
13:07 - Michael Sorkin’s closing remarks.
