DESA, ECA and UNDP conducted a mission to Yaoundé, Cameroon, to deliver the first national workshop to enhance policy coherence for sustainable development through integrated assessments and institutional strengthening in Cameroon. The mission is part of a capacity development project to support the use of quantitative analysis to inform the national sustainable development strategy. The project focuses on the development, transfer and application of the Climate, Land, Energy and Water systems (CLEWs) integrated assessment methodology.
The mission team held bilateral meetings with a range of project stakeholders related to the CLEWs sectors, including the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Regional Development (MINEPAT) which is the main government counterpart to the project. A workshop was held on the 9–10 of July with the objective to introduce the CLEWs framework to participating government institutions. The workshop was opened with a welcome speech by Antonio Pedro – Director of ECA’s Office for Central Africa, followed by opening remarks by Saidou Hamadou of MINEPAT and Thomas Alfstad, UNDESA. Discussions were held on the model structure, data and policy priorities, and spatial focus to the assessment, including the regionalization of the model and main locations of interest for the assessment.