EU/Central Africa : Stakeholders Review Cooperation Mechanisms

A meeting of support units to managers of finances from the European development fund ended in Douala on October 5, 2017

In order to acquaint actors to the new orientation of EU/ACP cooperation and enable African countries reap maximum benefit from the cooperation, a meeting regrouping support units of national and regional managers of EU funds in Central Africa took place in Douala.
Presiding at the opening ceremony of the meeting at the Sawa hotel in Douala on October 4 2017, the Director of Integration at the Ministry of the Economy, Planning and Regional Development, Dorothy Bekolo, representing the Minister said the holding of the meeting was prompted by the low consumption of resources from the EU due to insufficient capacity and lack of flexibility in addressing new concerns. Reason why the national and regional managers of EU funds in Central Africa decided to create a network for the sharing of experiences in order to reinforce their capacities and increase the consumption rate of finances from the European Union.
The chief of cooperation at the EU Delegation in Yaounde, Mats Liljefelt disclosed that new consensus for cooperation with ACP countries is built on fi...