📋 Tender Overview
PROJECT DETAILS
Project number:
2025.2151.6
Status:
ongoing project
Responsible organizational unit:
1100 West Africa 1 and Central Africa
Contact person:
Beate Kube beate.kube@giz.de
Partner countries:
Cameroon
SUMMARY
Goals:
In selected Cameroonian municipalities, local governance is designed to be more inclusive with regard to budgeting, participation and service provision.
Client:
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
Project partners:
Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development
Financier:
not available
ORDER VOLUME
Current project:
7,800,000 euros
COMBINED FINANCING
not available
PREDECESSOR PROJECT
2021.2064.0
Strengthening decentralization and good financial governance
SUCCESSOR PROJECT
not available
DURATION
Overall project:
(including all previous, current and subsequent project phases, if any)
03.06.2014 - 31.08.2029
Current project:
01.09.2026 - 31.08.2029
OTHER PARTICIPANTS
not available
FURTHER INFORMATION
Project website
not available
DEVELOPMENT POLICY IDENTIFIERS
Gender equality
Significant secondary objective
Democratic and inclusive governance
Main goal
Inclusion and empowerment of people with disabilities
Significant secondary objective
CRS KEY
15112 Decentralization and promotion of subnational territorial authorities
EVALUATION
not available
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (DE)
Background:
While Cameroon has comprehensive regulations aimed at promoting decentralization, many municipalities lack sufficient funds and personnel to effectively fulfill their responsibilities. As a result, they are unable to optimize their financial resources, provide services such as water supply, and adequately involve the population in local decision-making. In particular, population groups such as women, young people, and people with disabilities are currently insufficiently included in municipal planning and decision-making. Furthermore, women are underrepresented in key political positions.
Objective:
Selected Cameroonian municipalities will align public investments, participatory processes, and municipal services more closely with the needs of all population groups.
Approach:
The project collaborates with approximately 25 selected municipalities, the relevant ministries, and civil society organizations in the North and Littoral regions. The project implements the following measures:
It supports municipalities in improving revenue generation, budgeting, and financial management.
It empowers municipalities to incorporate the needs of diverse population groups into their planning and evaluation processes. This particularly concerns women, young people, and people with disabilities.
It supports the political participation of women in communities, enabling them to contribute their perspectives more strongly to local development.
PROJECT DESCRIPTION (EN)
Context:
Despite a comprehensive legal framework for
