Transcript Development through Building Human Capacity: the

Capacity Development
in Africa
A Case Study: The Yaounde’s EPM
Programme
Joint Japan/World Bank Group
Scholarships Program (JJ/WBGSP)
Regional Conference
Yaounde, May 7, 2008
Summary
Introduction
Country coverage: some lessons
Gender issues: some lessons
Student Internship: some lessons
Follow-up of some alumni: some
lessons
Perspectives
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Introduction
EPM is a 12 months Economic Policy
Management Master’s program
implemented to help meet the demand for
qualified economic policy advisers and
managers in Sub-Saharan Africa
EPM Yaoundé was launched in 1998 with
the transfer of EPM program from CERDI
(France) and McGill (Canada) to African
Universities, among them University of
Yaoundé II (for French speaking)
The first cohort (EPM1) started in
December 1998
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Country coverage by EPM
Yaoundé: some lessons (1/2)
Cohorts of people involved in the process : EPM Yaoundé
Country
EPM1
EPM2
Burundi
1
1
Cameroon
1
1
CAR
EPM3
EPM4
EPM5
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
EPM6
EPM7
EPM8
1
1
1
7
1
1
3
3
13
1
1
2
1
2
10
1
1
1
1
1
9
Chad
1
1
1
1
Comoros
1
1
1
1
Congo
2
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
DRC
Gabon
1
Rwanda
TOTAL
EPM Yaoundé
7
1
1
1
1
7
7
7
EPM9
1
1
7
7
TOTAL
5
1
9
3
1
4
3
7
7
7
63
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Country coverage by EPM
Yaoundé: some lessons (2/2)
9 countries are covered
3 important parts of Africa are involved:
CEMAC + DRC, Grand Lake (Burundi,
Rwanda) and Indian Ocean (Comoros)
Since 1998: 63 JJ/WBGSP scholars
graduated from EPM Yaoundé, among
them 7 are in the process (ongoing
EPM9)
Participation of Rwanda and DRC need
to be increased (only 3 scholars)
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Gender issue at EPM Yaoundé:
some lessons (1/2)
Structure of people involved in the process : EPM Yaoundé
Country
Male
Burundi
4
3
7
Cameroon
6
7
13
CAR
6
4
10
Chad
9
0
9
Comoros
3
2
5
Congo
7
2
9
DRC
1
2
3
Gabon
2
2
4
Rwanda
3
0
3
Total
41
22
63
EPM Yaoundé
Female
Total
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Gender issue at EPM Yaoundé:
Some lessons (2/2)
General gender ratio is good: 22/41
Cameroon is well balanced (7/6),
followed by DRC (2/1)
No female participants from Chad and
Rwanda: recruitment weakness
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Student Internship: Some lessons
(1/2)
Some Research Topics:
Motorbike taxi and GDP,
Gender issue and environment protection,
Management of inflation,
Governance and growth,
SME and unemployment
State properties and management of
national economy,
Microfinance institutions and outstanding
payments,
Reducing poverty for the poor
Etc.
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Student Internship: Some lessons
(2/2)
Some Receiving Countries:
Benin
Cameroon,
Burundi,
Senegal,
Burkina Faso,
Ethiopia,
Congo,
Togo,
Etc.
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Follow-up of some Alumni: what
lessons? (1/3)
Follow-up of some Alumni
Name of Alumni
Country
Before EPM
After EPM
NAILANE Mhadji
Comoros
Civil servant
Former Director of economic
statistics and now (since 27
march 2007) Minister of
territorial administration,
infrastructure, urbanism and
housing
BINYOUM LIBAM
Adèle Marie
Cameroon
Civil servant
Economist, UNDP
Mauritania
MMADI MOINDJIE
Comoros
Senior civil
servant
Director of Economic
Regimes and Tariff Reforms
NSIBULA
CHIRIMWAMI
Congo
Senior civil
servant
expert economist at CEPGL
(economic community of
Grand Lake countries)
ROGOMBE Faustin
Gabon
Senior civil
servant
Minister advisor
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Follow-up of some Alumni: what
lessons? (2/3)
Follow-up of some Alumni
Name of Alumni
Country
Before EPM
After EPM
BANYANKA David
Burundi
Civil servant
Senior inspector of finance in
charge of vocational training
MBAIGUEDEM
Mbairo
Chad
Civil servant
Director of public
investments planning
BATAMAG Florence
Cameroon
Teacher
Head of service at the
ministry of trade
KOBO KONYINAN
Delalune
CAR
Economist
consultant – Agency of
telecommunications
regulation
NGOULEU
NGANSOB Carole
Cameroon
Teacher
Head of regional service of
public domain
ABDOURAHMAN
Mohamed
Comoros
Senior civil
servant
Presidential candidate
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Follow-up of some Alumni: what
lessons? (3/3)
Many Alumni reached some top
positions in their countries : Minister,
Director, Advisor for other minister
Many Alumni are hired in International
Organizations (UNDP, CEPGL)
Some Alumni used EPM to change
their professional career (from
teaching to trade or public domain)
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Perspectives
After phase I (1999-2003) and phase II
(2003-2008), a third phase (2008-2012)
has been approved in May 2007
Training duration is adapted from 15
months to 12 months without losses
Number of trainees to be increased
Better coverage of some countries
(quantity, quality and gender)
Better networking among alumni is
needed
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Many thanks
For any request:
University of Yaoundé II
Faculty of Economics
Economic Policy Management Program
Prof. Roger Tsafack Nanfosso
Tel. (237) 22 30 84 36
Fax. (237) 22 30 84 28
[email protected]
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