SPF funded projects 2007-2009

Project Budget

Project title

Implementing organisation

Sustainable Development

£116,830

Maintaining Forest Biodiversity in Cameroon – a community-led approach

This project assisted local communities living around the Dja Biosphere Reserve (DBR) to engage more effectively with the government of Cameroon and biodiversity protection agencies, in order to foster enhanced understanding of each stakeholder’s concerns and thus to render more effective conservation activities, particularly protection of great apes.

This project ran from 2005/06 – 2007/08.

Living Earth Foundation/ Bristol Zoo

£87,800

The Access Initiative Part 2: Environmental Democracy in Cameroon

This project promotes the implementation of Principle 10 of the Rio Declaration. It has fostered environmental democracy through improved access to information, greater public participation in decision-making and better access to justice on environmental issues in Cameroon as well as DRC and Gabon. This is being achieved by working actively and transparently to inform and engage the civil society in environmental decision-making, so as to build a relationship of trust and confidence between governments and the citizens.

Bioresources Development and Conservation Programme-Cameroon

£50,900

Enabling independent monitoring of forest resources by local and indigenous forest communities

This project is providing a CongoBasin template for improved forest governance and FLEGT/VPA processes through direct engagement of local and indigenous in forest monitoring and planning with governmental institutions, with initial deployment in Cameroon in selected locations across the country. The project has delivered a network of trained community cartographers, indigenous communities informed of and trained on Sustainable Forest Management in UFAs (Forest Management Units) across Cameroon in the following locations:

Helveta UK

GOF: Good Governance and Democracy

£136,500

Security Sector Reform in Cameroon

To improve organisational management of the security sector in Cameroon, particularly the police and the prison system, and improve professional operational standards. Centrex and the Cameroonian authorities worked together to establish structural reforms that are required and clear standard operating procedures and a well defined training management plan for the Cameroonian security sector.

Community based policing

Public Order management

Investigation (crime scene management)

Fire arms policy

Detention, restraint and treatment of detainees

The aim was to improve professional conduct and thereby reduce complaints of human rights abuses.

This project was carried out from 2005/2006 to 2007/08 financial years.

Centrex (UKInternationalPoliceTraining School)

£392,030