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ODT-4.1 · Domain 4

Cooperative houses

Cooperatives with no premises or management tools: informal meetings, lost records, little credibility with funders.

How to read this sheet

The territorial problem addressed, what ODT delivers itself, the deliverables, the support of the other divisions, the SDG targets and the proposed monitoring indicators.

  • Context figures are sourced and dated.
  • Final indicators are agreed with the contracting authority.
  • Track-record status is shown until references are documented.
Social and organisational infrastructure
Illustrative drawing.

The context in Cameroon

384decentralised local authorities: 10 regions, 14 city councils and 360 municipalities.Journal du Cameroun · 10/08/2023 · source ↗
7.5%of the State budget was transferred to local authorities in 2020, whereas the 2019 General Code of Decentralised Local Authorities sets the decentralisation grant at a minimum of 15%.OECD / UCLG World Observatory on Subnational Government Finance (SNG-WOFI) · 2020 data · source ↗

Since the 2019 General Code of Decentralised Local Authorities, municipalities and regions have taken on new responsibilities without the matching resources or capacity. Shared infrastructure lasts only if its governance is organised from the design stage. See all the challenges →

What ODT delivers

  • Needs programming (offices, meeting room, records store, service counter)
  • Building design and site selection
  • Governance support: OHADA statutes, governing bodies, procedures
  • Maintenance financing model

Deliverables

  • Functional brief
  • Plans and tender documents
  • Governance manual
  • Maintenance plan

With the other XP-NOVA divisions

Formation ↗Capacity-building programme for elected officers and managers

ODT remains your single point of contact: it coordinates the support and brings the results together in one file.

Contribution to the SDGs

SDGsTarget
8Decent work and economic growth
8.3 · Productive activities, decent jobs and entrepreneurship
11Sustainable cities and communities
11.3 · Participatory and integrated human settlement planning
16Peace, justice and strong institutions
16.6 · Effective, accountable and transparent institutions

Targets are abridged; the official wording is published by the United Nations.

Proposed monitoring indicators

  • General assemblies held within statutory deadlines
  • Annual accounts closed and presented
  • Active members

Final indicators, baselines and targets are agreed with the contracting authority in the project's results framework.

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