In addition to the ongoing support described above, the OSE foresees the following activities in 2011:

• The OSE will continue to support the work of the IHRC, which will be an institution of critical importance for reconstruction during Haiti’s period of transition and political uncertainty. The OSE will continue to provide critical support to the IHRC and help reinforce linkages with other key partners.
• In 2011, the OSE will continue to accompany the Government of Haiti on its path towards recovery, in particular the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Women’s Affairs and the Ministry of Planning.
• Work with various UN funds and programmes will continue both at UN headquarters in New York and on the ground in Haiti to strengthen reconstruction efforts. The OSE is planning a meeting with top officials from key UN institutions to revisit strategic objectives and ways to further the accompaniment approach.
• The OSE has recently hired two Port-au-Prince-based staff: a shelter advisor, and an economist who has been seconded to the IHRC. The OSE is also in the process of recruiting a national programme officer. Together, this team will constitute a steady presence in-country, and its members will serve as local representatives of the Special Envoy and Deputy Special Envoy.
• The OSE will continue to hold donors accountable for the pledges made to Haiti by ensuring that there is publicly available real time information on donor funding. In collaboration with the IHRC and UNDP, the OSE will transition its work in gathering, analyzing and communicating information about donor funding to the Haitian Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation in the first six months of 2011.
• In 2011, the OSE will call on donors to make more coordinated investments, and to invest more in Haitian institutions to create a more robust government, a more vibrant civil society, and a healthier private sector. The OSE is planning a meeting of major donors in the first quarter of 2011 to address these topics.
• The OSE is also advancing an initiative to develop coalitions of funders along with “anchor organizations” to work in partnership with local government and other local stakeholders in two-to-three micro-regions (areas with a population of 100,000-200,000) in Haiti, with a minimum commitment of ten years. A number of funding organizations including the Kellogg Foundation and the Open Society Institute-Haiti are already committed to the programme. The OSE is working closely with these foundations to identify other lead members of the micro-regional coalition. In partnership with the UN Foundation, the OSE organized an exploratory meeting in October 2009, and is currently working with Philanthropy New York, a membership organization for all New York-based private funders) to organize a follow-up meeting in mid-February 2011. Approximately one dozen interested foundations are expected to participate with the goal of further developing the micro-regional coalition concept and agreeing on next steps to select micro-regions for the project. UN agencies and foundations and philanthropists in Europe and Latin America will also participate in the project once it is further developed.
• In addition to its regular updates on aid to Haiti, the OSE will add new tools to its website to better illustrate the status of funding pledged by donors at the New York conference. These tools will include simple and interactive graphics that will enable users to explore aid to Haiti by donor and by sector.
• The OSE, in collaboration with the clusters and the government’s civil protection authority, will support the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affair’s (OCHA) efforts to update the multi-risk contingency plan for 2011, including not only storm-related risks, but seismic and political risks.