Yaoundé, 16 July 2026 – As a member of the public finance reform platform in Cameroon, AfroLeadership took part in the Dialogue Forum between the Ministry of Finance and civil society organisations, held at the Concorde Hotel in Yaoundé. The strategic focus of the meeting, on the theme ‘Climate: an overview of climate-sensitive budgeting in Cameroon’, provided an opportunity to examine the framework of public policies relating to climate change in Cameroon and led to discussions on improving the mechanisms for financing climate action in the country.
The analyses and discussions that took place during the proceedings highlighted the need to integrate gender, social inclusion and equity considerations more systematically into climate-related fiscal policies. These conclusions reinforce the vision championed by AfroLeadership for several years, namely that effective climate governance cannot be separated from productive spending distributed across the sectors responsible for implementing impactful climate policy, thereby ensuring the protection and adaptation of vulnerable groups who are particularly exposed to the effects of climate change in Cameroon. Beyond this convergence of views, the forum now opens up a new area of action for AfroLeadership by providing a platform to support public authorities, decentralised local authorities and civil society organisations in promoting fiscal policies that take climate challenges fully into account.
This legitimate ambition is reinforced by the recent participation of Mr Charlie Martial NGOUNOU, President of AfroLeadership and an expert in public finance, in an international training course on the PEFA (Public Expenditure and Financial Accountability) framework, held in Manila, the Philippines, from 23 to 26 June 2026. Internationally recognised, the PEFA methodology is the gold standard for assessing the performance of public financial management systems. In particular, it enables an assessment of the quality of budget planning, expenditure execution, transparency, accountability and financial governance. For AfroLeadership, this expertise represents significant added value. By combining the principles of climate-sensitive budgeting with the analytical tools of the PEFA framework, the organisation is now able to contribute to a more rigorous assessment of the actual impact of climate-related budgetary policies on the people of Cameroon. This approach will help to identify gaps between public commitments and outcomes on the ground, measure the effectiveness of public spending on climate action, and formulate evidence-based recommendations to improve public policy.
Through its participation in the Civil Society–Ministry of Finance Forum, AfroLeadership reaffirms its commitment to actively contributing to the implementation of public finance reforms in Cameroon, drawing on international standards of financial governance. The organisation will continue its efforts to ensure that climate policies are not merely commitments in principle, but that they have a measurable impact on improving people’s living conditions, particularly for those most vulnerable to the consequences of climate change.