Context
Cameroon faces significant obstacles to its development. The 'Vision 2035' and the National Development Strategy (NDS30) aim to improve the situation of the population. The NDS 30 focuses on four pillars:
- Structural transformation to improve economic planning;
- Developing human capital;
- Promoting employment and integrating young people into the economy;
- Governance, decentralisation and strategic management of the State.
To achieve these goals, it will be necessary to reform public finances, by introducing results-based budget management and making the planning, programming, budgeting and evaluating of processes more coherent. Additionally, it is important to increase tax revenues.
Objective
Development-oriented budget management is improved. Revenue management and cooperative relations between central and local administrative bodies have become more effective.
Approach
The project supports the Ministry of Public Health (MINSANTE) and the Ministry of Decentralization and Local Development (MINDDEVEL) in aligning their expenditure plans more closely with development priorities, particularly to provide essential services and infrastructure for the population.
The project also supports the Cameroonian tax administration to carry out transparent and data-based tax audits. Digitalisation of tax administration processes will make the processes more transparent and increase tax revenues.
In addition, the project improves collaboration between the central government and the municipalities in local finances. The municipalities are heavily dependent on the financial resources of the central government and in many cases competencies and responsibilities are not evident and not set out sufficiently.