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.
Facilitate the understanding of the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP) and the Open Contracting Data Standards (OCDS); Understand the different technologies used for the development of the digital platform; and Engage municipal elected officials for a better involvement in the monitoring of public procurement; were the objectives to be achieved at the beginning of these three (03) days of training organized by the ADIN Consortium, AfroLeadership, CRADEC, DMJ and TI-Cameroon from June 14 to 16, 2022 at the Hotel TOU'NGOU, Yaoundé.
The implementation of the "Strengthening Fiscal Justice" project funded by the Norwegian Development Agency (NORAD) and coordinated by Tax Justice Network Africa (TJNA), therefore provides an opportunity for CSOs to make their voices heard by the Government through the Senators and Deputies who are members of the Platform for Parliamentary-Civil Society Dialogue on the Monitoring and Evaluation of Public Action. A preparatory workshop for an inclusive BOD is organised for this purpose by CRADEC this 13th June 2022.
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