Yaounde, Cameroon Africa. (Cameroon News) – Cameroon’s development partners will provide about one billion CFA francs to finance the second phase of the Change Habits, Oppose Corruption (CHOC) Project that begins January 2012 to end in five years.
The project was launched on February 23, 2007 to enable government implement the United Nations Convention on the Fight against Corruption and draw up a national anti-corruption strategy.
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Prime Minister Philemon Yang who is chairperson of the Steering Committee of CHOC Project, Thursday, January 12, 2012 chaired the agreement-signing ceremony for the second phase of the project between government and its development partners.
The Acting Resident Coordinator of the United Nations System in Cameroon, Michel Balima, signed for development partners, while the Minister of State for Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Laurent Esso signed for the Cameroon government.
Development partners have set aside 2.5 million US Dollars (about one billion francs CFA) to support the second phase of the project, Michel Balima said.
The first phase of the project, he said, was for the establishment of institutions and elaboration of strategies to fight against corruption and the agreement for the second phase is to help the institutions implement the strategies.
A press release from the Prime Minister’s Office after the holding of the fifth session of the CHOC Project Steering Committee on July 6, 2011 disclosed that, “The implementation of CHOC Project is satisfactory overall since it has enabled especially operational the National Anti-corruption Commission (NACC), the design of the first component of the national anti-corruption strategy and the civil society’s greater involvement in this fight.”
The National Anti-corruption Commission (NACC), the coordinating public institution in charge of fighting against corruption, is implementing a national anti-corruption strategy put in place with the assistance of the CHOC Project.
