Reference
Territorial development glossary
The acronyms and concepts used across this site and in our dossiers — institutional framework, financing and engineering.
- AMODelegated Project Management
- Support to the contracting authority (a municipality, a region) to define, steer and secure its project, from programming to handover.
- ANAUNational Platform of Urban Actors
- Consultation space for urban-development stakeholders in Cameroon.
- CCP-SND30SND30 Partnership Consultation Framework
- Framework for partnership dialogue and monitoring of the National Development Strategy.
- CEMACEconomic and Monetary Community of Central Africa
- Regional union of the six Central African countries, framework for sub-regional trade.
- CNDNational Decentralisation Council
- Steering and evaluation body for the decentralisation process in Cameroon.
- CTDDecentralised Local Governments
- Regions and municipalities: local public contracting authorities for proximity development.
- DCE / DAOTender / Bidding documents
- Competitive-bidding documents governing the award of works or service contracts.
- EIES / PGESEnvironmental & Social Impact Assessment / Management Plan
- Assessment of a project's environmental and social effects and plan of mitigation and monitoring measures.
- ESGEnvironmental, Social, Governance
- Sustainability and accountability criteria required by donors to finance a project.
- FCFACFA franc
- The reference currency for all amounts (investments, costs, revenues) on this site.
- FODOfficial File Opening
- A step of the contractual path: paying the File Opening Fee authorises detailed technical studies.
- IRADAgricultural Research Institute for Development
- Public agricultural-research body, a knowledge partner for data and innovation.
- MOEWorks Supervision (Maîtrise d'Œuvre)
- Technical design and direction of works execution, under an engineer's responsibility.
- OCBCommunity-Based Organisations
- Local groups (women, youth, socio-professional associations) carrying social anchoring.
- OHADAOrganisation for the Harmonisation of Business Law in Africa
- Common legal framework across 17 African states, basis for legal business security and SYSCOHADA accounting.
- PCDCommunal Development Plan
- A municipality's local planning document, the basis for prioritising its investments.
- PPIMulti-Year Investment Programme
- Time-phased programming of a local government's investments, costed in FCFA.
- PPPPublic-Private Partnership
- Arrangement combining public and private actors to finance and operate an infrastructure or service.
- PTFTechnical and Financial Partners
- Donors and agencies (EU, AFD, World Bank, AfDB, United Nations…) providing expertise and concessional financing.
- EUDR (RDUE)EU Deforestation Regulation
- EU regulation requiring 'zero-deforestation' traceability; compliance audit built into programme design.
- GIS / WebGISGeographic Information System
- Mapping and spatial-analysis tools for territorial data, the foundation of the Observatory.
- SND30National Development Strategy 2020-2030
- Cameroon's national strategic framework; the alignment reference for any territorial project.
- SYSCOHADAOHADA accounting system
- Common accounting standard across OHADA states, a guarantee of financial accountability to donors.
- Technical sign-offEngineer's technical sign-off
- Document signed by XP-NOVA engineers certifying quality and milestone achievement; a condition of any disbursement.
- AfCFTA (ZLECAf)African Continental Free Trade Area
- Single continental market whose operationalisation opens regional outlets for territories.
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