Economic Development - Haiti Observer Blog

President Jean Henry of the Conference of Rectors, Presidents, and Heads of Higher Education Institutions in Haiti signed a partnership agreement with Representative Jean-Paul Jourdan of the French Conference of University Presidents while Minister Manigat of the Ministry of Education looked on. Haitian and French university rectors were also present.

The formal agreement between the two countries will last five years and continues the flow of technical assistance from French universities to Haitian higher education learning. Technical assistance will include executive training, research development, and curriculum development with the emergence of double majors. One tangential purpose of the agreement is to underscore France's commitment in advancing Francophonie in Haiti, whose lead has helped spread the practice of it throughout the Americas.

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