The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI) held on Thursday, November 6, 2025, at the Karibe Hotel, the national restitution of the Forum on Private Sector Engagement in the Reduction of Community Violence. The ceremony took place in the presence, among others, of various presidents of chambers of commerce from across the country, presidential advisers Frinel Joseph and Leslie Voltaire, the Minister of Commerce and Industry James Monazard, the representative of the United Nations System in Haiti Greetanjali Naraya, the head of UN Women in Haiti Marie Goretti Nduwayo, and numerous members of civil society.

The event marked the conclusion of a forum launched a little over three months ago. From July 29 to 31 in Cap-Haïtien, the forum brought together various private sector actors, the Haitian state represented by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MCI), and several international institutions and organizations, including UNICEF, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund.