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National Directorate for Potable Water and Sanitation This agency executes the government’s water and sanitation policy. It provides water resources and sets national standards. Haiti Electric Company The state-owned company responsible for generating, transmitting and distributing electricity in Haiti. The Minister of Public Works is the president of EDH’s board of directors. A seller must show payment of electricity bills going back five years. Ministry of the Interior, Territorial Communities, and National Defense The Ministry of the Interior supervises the local authorities for the Executive branch and manages jointly with the competent administrative bodies the state-owned lands in the public domain. Directorate of Local Authorities/Territorial Communities The regions (“collectivités territoriales”) depend on this ministry, through this agency. Directorate of Immigration and Emigration Foreigners must obtain permission from this department of the Ministry of the Interior in order to be able to purchase land in Haiti. Ministry of Justice and of Public Safety Control Department/Directorate for Judicial Professions The Ministry of Justice, through this agency, supervises surveyors, notaries and district attorneys (“Commissaire du Gouvernement”), justices of the peace, and court clerks. Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation
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National Center for Geospatial Information The CNIGS depends on the Ministry of Planning and External Cooperation. It was created in 2006 as a result of the fusion between two smaller entities. The agency collects satellite imagery of the Haitian territory with modern technology and qualified personnel and, similar to the function of ONACA, provides different layers of information on the land, which it proceeds to sell as services and products to other institutions that need such information. After the earthquake in January 2010, CNIGS lost nine people, including the people in charge, and 70 percent of their technological assets. Fortunately, their main server (5TB) was spared, as were the rest of the 60 employees.17 17. Ibid