2026-02-19

Haitian government and EDH should commission an emergency audit of high-voltage cable conditions in public markets and commercial areas in Port-au-Prince and major urban centers. International donors engaged in infrastructure support should evaluate EDH electrical safety as a February 19, 2026 humanitarian protection priority, not solely an economic development concern. Caribbean-EU Council of Ministers should formally adopt the permanent consultative mechanism proposal at its next session to lock in institutional continuity on Haiti. Businesses with Haitian operations should add electrical infrastructure failure to site risk assessments for market-based and outdoor commercial facilities. CARICOM secretariat should formally incorporate Caribbean-EU Assembly Haiti recommendations into its next bilateral engagement with the CPT. Trade intelligence teams tracking Dominican-Haitian commerce should expand monitoring to include cross-border informal sector flows, which typically exceed formal trade volumes. CONFIDENCE Moderate confidence based on partial institutional reporting.