Subject: Re: IDB
From: "Michael Muldoon" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "Doug Davenport" <[email-masked]>, "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>, "Michael Muldoon" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 16:16:28 -0500

From what I've been able to find this is the program:

IDB Link: http://www.iadb.org/en/projects/project,1303.html?id=HA-L1044

Press Release:

 Jul 21, 2010 Haiti will rehabilitate and expand water and sanitation in
Port-au-Prince with grants from Spain and the IDB $50 million in combined
grants will finance construction of drinking water infrastructure and
sanitation systems, while strengthening the long-term capacity of service
providers

Haiti <http://www.iadb.org/haiti/?lang=en> will rehabilitate and expand
water and sanitation in Port-au-Prince with a $35 million grant provided by
the Spanish Cooperation Fund for Water and Sanitation in Latin America and
the Caribbean<http://www.iadb.org/topics/water/waterinitiative/index.cfm?lang=en&artid=7006&id=wasa>(Spanish
Fund) and a $15 million grant approved today by the Inter-American
Development Bank.

The funds will be used to strengthen the institutional capacity of Haiti’s
National Water and Sanitation Directorate (DINEPA), and to finance the
rehabilitation of the water network and the expansion of services in a
sustainable manner.

Around $29.5 million in grants from the Spanish Fund will be used to
high-priority investments to repair damaged water and sanitation
infrastructure and expand services. This will include repairing reservoirs
damaged in the January 12 earthquake; rehabilitating pumping stations, water
mains and wells; repairing leaks; providing water to resettlements;
installing water meters; purchasing generators and installing water kiosks
where connections are not available.

A second component of the program will devote $17 million to provide
operational assistance to DINEPA and to cover near-term operation and
maintenance costs. These funds will be used to support day-to-day operation,
help establish basic administrative and commercial systems, prepare and
implement investment programs, and assess viable options for improving
services.

Finally, around $500,000 in grants will used to finance a subcomponent of
the program that will assist Haiti’s Ministry of Health with campaigns to
combat common Lymphatic Filariasis (elephantiasis) and parasites known as
Soil Transmitted Helminthes. Control of these diseases is closely related to
the availability of clean water and sanitation, and the funds will be used
to administer drugs and carry out health and hygiene education campaigns
linked to the expansion of water services.

This is the eighth drinking water and
sanitation<http://www.iadb.org/topics/topic.cfm?lang=en&id=wasa>coverage
expansion and improvement project jointly carried out by the IDB
and the Spanish Fund. The Fund was launched in 2008 by initiative of Spanish
President José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.

In October 2009, Spain contributed $20 million and the IDB another $19
million, both in grants, to help expand and improve water and sanitation
services for around 150,000 people in the Haitian cities of Saint-Marc,
Port-De Paix, Les Cayes, Jacmel, Ouanaminthe and Cap-Haitien. In April 2010,
the IDB Board of Directors approved a second rural water and sanitation
project for the department of Artibonite financed entirely with a US$10
million grant from the Spanish Fund. The IDB is also currently executing a
US$15 million program to expand these services in rural areas of the
departments of Grande Anse, Nippes, Artibonite and Ouest.

Spain last year also created a $100 million bilateral fund to finance the
reform and modernization of the water and sanitation sector in Haiti. The
program is expected to benefit all 9 million Haitians, boosting access to
basic services and allowing for the full implementation of Haiti’s new
institutional framework for water and sanitation.

Spain and the IDB have expanded drinking water and sanitation services
through projects either approved or already under way in countries including
Peru, Bolivia and Guatemala (see links on the right). The partnership is
also preparing projects focusing on rural and peri-urban areas of Brazil,
Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, and Uruguay.

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:44 PM, Hunter Biden <[email-masked]>wrote:

> Just left IDB.  They have a $50M water fund that they distribute through
> grants (not loans) for water solutions requested by Hatian Gov't. They
> present ideas to Haitians  and propose ideas themselves.  I met with the
> lead IDB officer that is heading the Haiti relief team.  He is excited to
> learn more about Aqua.  If we could arrange for the request to come from
> Haitians (ambassador/ president) to IDB we now have a very god relationship
> inside IDB to make this happen.  Let's talk tomorrow about how to proceed.
>
> R. Hunter Biden
> Rosemont Seneca Partners
> 202-333-1880

-- 
Mike Muldoon
Rosemont Seneca Partners, LLC
1010 Wisconsin Ave., NW
Suite 705
Washington, DC 20007
(202) 333-1880
[email-masked]