ReImagina Puerto Rico Information

ReImagina Puerto Rico is an independent and inclusive body led by Puerto Ricans. It was established in November 2017 with the support of The Rockefeller Foundation, Ford Foundation, and Open Society Foundations. On June 20, 2018, ReImagina Puerto Rico proposed a set of 97 recommendations, highlighting 17 of these recommendations as high priority and impactful, to address crucial elements for the adequate recovery and reconstruction of Puerto Rico. These recommendations resulted from the project’s accelerated outreach process during which ReImagina convened community members and leaders, grassroots organizations, business leaders, government officials, and representatives from professional organizations. The goal of ReImagina's recommendations is to influence how philanthropic, local government, and federal recovery funds are used to help rebuild Puerto Rico in a way that makes the Island stronger – physically, economically, and socially – and better prepared to confront future challenges. ReImagina is currently a program of the Center for a New Economy. Since the publication of our recommendations, ReImagina became a program of the Center for a New Economy. As a CNE Program, ReImagina's role will focus on developing a Reconstruction Hub Platform and a Recovery Monitoring Framework. The Reconstruction Hub Platform will focus on mapping the reconstruction efforts in order to increase coordination between main actors and to facilitate impact on the most distressed and affected communities. Additionally, the Recovery Monitoring Framework will focus on measuring the reconstruction efforts’ effectiveness to yield aid on the ground and address the communities’ needs as priority.