CVUC 2020 action plan: making municipalities the base of local development alongside the regions
The commune is the basic Decentralized Territorial Collectivity (CTD) in Cameroon. And the association Municipalities and United Cities of Cameroon (CVUC) chaired by Mr. Augustin TAMBA, Mayor of the District Municipality of Yaoundé VII, intends to find its strategic place between the State and the regions, in the implementation of the decentralization. In this regard, the executive board of the CVUC met with around ten experts on December 9, 2020 in Yaoundé, in order to better structure its action plan and effectively and efficiently address issues related to local development. Indeed, with the insufficient means and the own resources of the municipalities which remain limited, the decentralization process does not yet lead satisfactorily to the hoped-for emergence of local development, which should lead to the enhancement of local potentialities, to the reduction from grassroots poverty, and to rebalancing the development dynamic throughout the national territory. To do so, several avenues are to be explored: the use of taxation, the increase in the resources of the municipalities, the modernization and professionalization of the internal management of the municipalities, the strengthening of the project management capacities of the municipalities, the development local growth poles, intensification of the fight against grassroots poverty, etc. It should be noted that the major objective of CVUCs consists in creating, on the one hand, a framework for dialogue between CVUCs and The state, on the other hand, to establish a solid and constant link between CVUCs and state institutions. In addition, CVUCs should position themselves quickly vis-à-vis the regions.
