On Tuesday 27 June 2023, a Round Table was held in Yaoundé as a prelude to Parliament's next Budget Orientation Debate (DOB). The event brought together the APNIFFT ("African Parliamentarians Network on Illicit Financial Flows and Taxation"), representatives of civil society and the media to discuss how to improve the legal framework governing the DOB, with a view to establishing an inclusive, effective and efficient parliamentary debate on responsible budgetary guidelines.
On Tuesday, June 6, 2023, at Mérina Hotel, we presented the report on the transparency of beneficial owners of businesses. This report, jointly developed by the Cameroonian civil society and the British organization Tax Justice Network, marks a crucial step in our efforts to combat illicit financial flows, tax evasion, and corruption.
On Tuesday 06 June 2023, a major meeting was held at the Merina Hotel. It brought together key players from civil society and the media involved in monitoring the implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Cameroon. The meeting was of key importance in the run-up to Cameroon's EITI Validation, scheduled for October 2023.
On 23 May 2023, a critical meeting was held at the Permanent Secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) at Bastos, Yaoundé. The conference brought together representatives of the extended college of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) who are members of the Multi-Stakeholder Group (MSG) to discuss preparations for the EITI Validation scheduled for October.
The meeting was marked by the participation of various CSOs, each of which has a crucial role to play in achieving this Validation. The moderator, Mr MBALLA MBALLA Jean from CRADEC, warmly welcomed the participants and underlined the importance of this face-to-face meeting to strengthen collaboration.
The first edition of the exchange forum between the Ministry of Finance (MINFI) and Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) was held from 27 to 28 October 2022 at the Mont Fébé Hotel on the theme "Public Finance Management Reform and Citizens' Welfare in a context of multidimensional crises".
On September 15, 2022 in Yaoundé, the Consortium of CSOs ADIN, AFROLEADERSHIP, CRADEC, DMJ and Transparency International Cameroon, organized a workshop for the presentation and appropriation of the digital platform on the monitoring of the Public Order in Cameroon, www.cameroon-ocd.org . About thirty people from public administrations, local authorities and technical development partners, CSOs, youths involved in participatory and inclusive development through public finance and natural resource management for the implementation of the SDGs in Cameroon took part in the workshop.
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