B- The Management Committee of FAO/WFP Assistance58
On November 24, 1986, the Cameroonian government established a
committee for the management of FAO and WFP assistance under the Ministry of
Agriculture. This committee is responsible for the management, monitoring and
coordination of all assistance provided or developed in Cameroon under the
auspices of two UN institutions.
In this respect, the Committee:
- Identifies, formulates, executes and monitors the
implementation in relation to the relevant departments and agencies, projects
and concrete action programs in which this assistance is provided;
- Coordinates and monitors the activities of the two
institutions and those of their special programs undertaken in Cameroon in the
field of food and agriculture in particular in the areas of plant and animal
production, fisheries, forestry, training and research;
- Ensures, in relation to the representatives of FAO and WFP
evaluation of projects and assistance programmes;
- Seeks to promote cooperation between the Government, FAO and
WFP for mobilizing technical and financial assistance for the implementation of
the national food security programme in the action plan of the FAO global food
security;
- Provides permanent links between the different ministries
and agencies interested in the activities of FAO and WFP;
- Centralizes contributions, grants, donations from all
sources to support in the one hand, the implementation of its action programme,
and in the other hand, monitor under the authority of the Minister responsible
all operations related to the management of emergency food assistance in case
of disaster;
58 Presidential Decree N° 86/1411 of November 24, 1986,
creating a FAO/WFP assistance Management Committee.
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- Organizes and performs in connection with the WFP
representative in Cameroon any transaction of purchase and distribution of
local food in the context of policy triangular transactions defined by the WFP
in order to boost domestic food production and technical cooperation among
developing countries.
To fulfil its mission, the committee has a Secretariat headed
by a Permanent Secretary, assisted by a Deputy, both appointed by decree of the
President of the Republic. The secretariat includes: Division of WFP
interventions, Division of FAO interventions, Administrative and Financial
Department and the Accounting Department. Heads of divisions and services are
also appointed by the President of the Republic.
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