Capacity Development in Africa Joint Japan/World Bank Group Scholarships Program (JJ/WBGSP) Regional Conference Yaounde, May 7, 2008 A Case Study: The Yaounde’s EPM Programme

EPM Yaoundé 2 Summary Introduction Country coverage: some lessons Gender issues: some lessons Student Internship: some lessons Follow-up of some alumni: some lessons Perspectives

EPM Yaoundé 3 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

EPM Yaoundé 4 Country coverage by EPM Yaoundé: some lessons (1/2) Cohorts of people involved in the process : EPM Yaoundé Country EPM1EPM2EPM3EPM4EPM5EPM6EPM7EPM8EPM9TOTAL Burundi Cameroon CAR Chad Comoros Congo DRC 1113 Gabon Rwanda 1113 TOTAL

EPM Yaoundé 5 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)

EPM Yaoundé 6 Gender issue at EPM Yaoundé: some lessons (1/2) Structure of people involved in the process : EPM Yaoundé CountryMaleFemaleTotal Burundi437 Cameroon6713 CAR6410 Chad909 Comoros325 Congo729 DRC123 Gabon224 Rwanda303 Total412263

EPM Yaoundé 7 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

EPM Yaoundé 8 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.

EPM Yaoundé 9 Student Internship: Some lessons (2/2) Some Receiving Countries: Benin Cameroon, Burundi, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Congo, Togo, Etc.

EPM Yaoundé 10 Follow-up of some Alumni: what lessons? (1/3) Follow-up of some Alumni Name of AlumniCountryBefore EPMAfter EPM NAILANE MhadjiComorosCivil servantFormer Director of economic statistics and now (since 27 march 2007) Minister of territorial administration, infrastructure, urbanism and housing BINYOUM LIBAM Adèle Marie CameroonCivil servantEconomist, UNDP Mauritania MMADI MOINDJIEComorosSenior civil servant Director of Economic Regimes and Tariff Reforms NSIBULA CHIRIMWAMI CongoSenior civil servant expert economist at CEPGL (economic community of Grand Lake countries) ROGOMBE FaustinGabonSenior civil servant Minister advisor

EPM Yaoundé 11 Follow-up of some Alumni: what lessons? (2/3) Follow-up of some Alumni Name of AlumniCountryBefore EPMAfter EPM BANYANKA DavidBurundiCivil servantSenior inspector of finance in charge of vocational training MBAIGUEDEM Mbairo ChadCivil servantDirector of public investments planning BATAMAG FlorenceCameroonTeacherHead of service at the ministry of trade KOBO KONYINAN Delalune CAREconomistconsultant – Agency of telecommunications regulation NGOULEU NGANSOB Carole CameroonTeacherHead of regional service of public domain ABDOURAHMAN Mohamed ComorosSenior civil servant Presidential candidate

EPM Yaoundé 12 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)

EPM Yaoundé 13 Perspectives After phase I ( ) and phase II ( ), a third phase ( ) 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

EPM Yaoundé 14 Many thanks For any request: University of Yaoundé II Faculty of Economics Economic Policy Management Program Prof. Roger Tsafack Nanfosso Tel. (237) Fax. (237)