ODT-4.2 · Domain 4

Rural training centres

No practical training facility close to producers; existing centres are run-down or poorly managed.

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

  • Programming and site selection for the centre
  • Design of buildings, workshops and demonstration plots
  • Legal status, governance and business model of the centre
  • Financing of investment and running costs

Deliverables

  • Functional brief
  • Plans and tender documents
  • Legal status and business model
  • Financing plan

With the other XP-NOVA divisions

Formation ↗Competency frameworks, curricula and teaching arrangements for the centre
Technologie ↗Workshop equipment

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

Contribution to the SDGs

SDGsTarget
4Quality education
4.4 · Increase technical and vocational skills
8Decent work and economic growth
8.6 · Reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
9Industry, innovation and infrastructure
9.1 · Reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure
11Sustainable cities and communities
11.a · Economic links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas

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

Proposed monitoring indicators

  • People trained per year, including women and young people
  • Employment rate of trainees
  • Self-financing rate of the centre

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

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