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Can communicate very well with people in all situations, especially
in rural areas.
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Informatics: Mastery of the INTERNET
(email and web), Mailing
list management and moderation; Network Administration using LINUX;
Configuration of MS Messaging, Internet Explorer, MS Fax, Pegasus Mail,
Netscape Communicator and other Interner Networking Tools; Web Page
Production; word processing and desktop publishing (MS WINWORD,
Publisher, Microsoft Works 3.0), spreadsheet (MS Excel), database (MS
Access) and financial managrment (MS Money and Excel); Disk maintenance,
anti-virus protection. Can design and implement systems for office
automation, improved information management and networking.
AREAS
OF SPECIALISATION AND INTEREST
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Networking
(both human and electronic [INTERNET])
for sustainable development
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Rural
and Agricultural Development Policiy, Planning, Surveys and
Statistics; Farm Management
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Project
Planning, Preparation, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation
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Environmental
Impact Analysis
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Development,
Promotion and Management of Cooperatives and Common Initiative
Groups and other Community Based Organizations
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Human
Development and Poverty Alleviation
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Participatory
Development
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Rapid
Rural Appraisal Techniques
LANGUAGES
Read,
Write and Speak English
and French fluently
WORKING
EXPERIENCE
1
POSTS OF RESPONSIBILITY
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April
1996 – Present : NATIONAL
COORDINATOR, of the UNDP’s SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
NETWORKING PROGRAMME (SDNP Cameroon) www.sdnp.undp.org/sdncmr.
Main technical outpusts were: web server and web sites, email
system, mailing lists, an interactive database on NGO's in
Cameroon, monthly one-day training sessions and workshops on
internet networking.
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Jun
1995 – April 1996: SUB-DIRECTOR
OF AGRICULTURAL AND AGRO-ECONOMIC SURVEYS, Ministry of
Agriculture, Yaounde, Cameroon
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Oct
1989 - Jun 1995: CHARGE
D'ETUDES No 1 (or DEPUTY CHIEF OF DIVISION), Agricultural
Projects Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yaounde.
Supervised the work of some 20 senior Cameroonian staff and
expatriate technical assistants. Responsible for the Planning,
Analysis, Monitoring and Evaluation of all Public and Para-Public
Organisations Providing Services (Research, Extension, Crop
Protection, Credit, Mechanization) to the Agricultural Sector.
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May
1986 - Oct 1989: CHIEF
OF THE DIVISION OF STUDIES in the Department of Studies and
Projects of the Ministry of Agriculture, Yaounde. Supervised the
work of some 35 senior Cameroonian staff and expatriate technical
assistants. Responsible for coordinating Agricultural Policy and
Planning, Project Preparation and Multilateral and Bi-Lateral
Cooperation in Agriculture.
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Sep
1983 - May 1986: ASSISTANT
CHIEF OF THE SERVICE OF AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS in
DEP/MINAGRI, Yaounde. Responsible for collecting, analysing and
publishing agricultural statistics in such forms as "The
Year Book of Agricultural Statistics", and the
"Semestrial Situation Report and Outlook of Cameroon's
Agricultural Sector".
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Sep
1979 - Aug 1982: RESEARCH
ASSISTANT at Texas A&M University, Agricultural Economics
Department. Did research farm finance and the economics of the
production, distribution and marketing of United States farm
commodities. Developed a simulation model for evaluating the rate
at which information circulates through U.S. grain markets.
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Sep
1977 - Aug 1979: RESEARCH
ASSISTANT at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst,
Department of Food and Natural Resources. Did research on the
economic impact of large-scale rural investment projects on
non-urban communities. Developed an input-output model for
analysing the indirect employment and income distribution effects
of alternate investment projects.
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SPECIAL DUTIES AND ASSIGNMENTS
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Oct
1994 - Feb 1995: Chairman,
Payment Authorization and Disputes Settlement Committee (PADSCO or
CORL in French) of the Support Fund for Rural Organizations (FONDAOR).
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Jun
1993 - Jun 1994: Member of the Board of Directors of the
National Cocoa and Coffee Board (ONCC).
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Jun
1992 - Jun 1995: Member
of the Board of Directors of the African Center for Crop
Protection Training and Research (CARFOP),
Dschang, Cameroon.
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Sep
1992 - Jun 1995: Member of Task Force on Human Development
for the United Nations Development Programme responsible for
preparation the Human Development Report on Cameroon.
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Jul
1992 - Feb 1995: National
Coordinator of the Central Unit for Rural Organisation Reform
(CUROR)
financed by the ILO, UNDP, World Bank, CFD, USAID, the French
Cooperation Mission, etc.
Major
Output:
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Law
n° 92/006 of 14/8/92 on Cooperative Societies and Common
Initiative Groups;
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Implementing
Decree No; 92/455 of 23/11/92 of this law;
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Law
N° 93/015 of 22.12.93 on Economic Interest Groups;
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Creation
of Registries of Cooperative Societies and Common Initiative
Groups in all ten Provinces of Cameroon and a National Registry.
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Aug
1990 - Jul 1992: National Coordinator of the UNDP/ILO
Cooperative Promotion Project. In this capacity, coordinated
the Reform of Policy, Legislation and Regulations concerning
Cooperative Societies and Common Initiative Groups in Cameroon.
Major
Output:
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Government
of Cameroon's Policy Declaration on Cooperative Societies and
other Economic Groups. This Policy, whose aim was to liberalise
the rural sector by offering a wide choice of adapted forms of
business organisation to operators in the sector, served as the
basis for the drafting of new legislation and regulations on
cooperative societies, common initiative groups and economic
interest groups.
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Mar
1991 - PRESENT: Chairman
of the Special Tenders Board of the Cameroon Development
Corporation responsible for the specification and procurement
of equipment and services for this agro-industrial complexe that
has 15
000 employees.
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Nov
1990 - April 1996: Chairman of the Monitoring Committee of
the Performance Contract between the North West Province
Development Authority (MIDENO)
and the State.
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Jan
1990 - April 1996: Vice-Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Agronomic Research Institute
(IRA)
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Mar
1989 - April 1996: Chairman
of the Liquidation Commission of the Wheat Development
Authority (SODEBLE)
in Ngaoundere, Adamawa Province, Cameroon.
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Nov
1988 - April 1996: Representative
of the Minister of Agriculture in the Inter-African Coffee
Organisation (IACO);
member of its Production Committee.
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POLICY, STUDIES, PROJECT PREPARATION AND NEGOTIATION EXPERIENCE
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1991:
UNDP/FAO
National Project for the Development and Extension of Post Harvest
Technology on Food Crops, responsible for the coordination of
all Post Harvest Systems activities in Cameroon, irrespective of
which donor is financing or implementing the project. Role:
Prepared and Negotiated the international financing of the
project.
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1989:
Preparation studies for the Early Warning System component of the
World Bank financed Food
Security Project, responsible for predicting attacks of
locusts in the North of Cameroon and other epidemics and other
threats to food security and proposing appropriate measures to
Government. Role:
Team Member
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1989:
UNDP/FAO
Project for the Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses on Cereals, Roots
and Tubers in West Province of Cameroon with additional
financing from the World Bank.
Role:
Identified, analysed and negotiated the international financing of
the project.
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1989:
ADB
Post Harvest Loss Reduction Project for the South-West
Province of Cameroon, a component of the South-West Province
Integrated Rural Development Project which is implemented by the
South-West Development Authority (SOWEDA). Role:
Identified, prepared and negotiated the financing of the project.
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1988
- 89: Prepartory studies of the New
Agricultural Policy which was made public in 1990. Role:
Team Member
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1987
- 88: UNDP/FAO Project for the Reduction of Post-Harvest
Losses on Cereals, Roots and Tubers in the North-West Province
of Cameroon.
Role:
Identified, analysed and negotiated the international financing of
the project; screened applications for posts of expatriate
Technical Assistants for the project.
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1986
- 87: UNDP/FAO Project for the Promotion of Medium Size Farms.
Role:
Identified, analysed and negotiated the international financing of
the project; screened applications for posts of expatriate
Technical Assistants for the project.
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1986
- 87: World Bank National Agricultural Training and
Extension Project.
Role:
Identified, analysed and negotiated the international financing of
the project.
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1988
- 89: World Bank Project for the Financing of
Micro-Projects in Agriculture and Community Development (FIMAC).
Role:
Identified, analysed and negotiated the international financing of
the project.
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1983
- 84: Study of the impact of the 1982/83 drought and locus
attacks on the agricultural sector. Role:
Team Leader
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1983
- 84: 1984 Agricultural Census design and implementatio
team. Role:
Senior Economist.
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1983
- 86: Permanent System of Annual Agricultural Surveys, and
the 6th
Five Year Development Plan for Agriculture design and
implementatio team. Role:
Senior Economist.
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1983
- 86: A series of studies of the costs of production of
Cameroonian crops. Role:
Team Leader
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE
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1986
to 1995: Responsible for the Planning, Analysis,
Monitoring and Evaluation of all Public and Para-Public
Organisations Providing Services (Research, Extension, Crop
Protection, Credit, Mechanization) to the Agricultural Sector. A
few examples:
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UTAVA,
The Aerial Crop Protection Unit;
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FOOD
LOSS, UNDP/FAO Post Harvest Technology Projects in Cameroon;
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SEMRY,
The Yagoua Rice Development Authority;
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SODECAO,
The Cocoa Rehabilitation Authority;
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UNVDA,
The Upper Noun Valley Development Authority;
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SODERIM,
The Mbo Plaine Rice Development Authority;
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MIDENO,
The North-West Province Rural Development Authority;
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PDRPO,
The Western Province Integrated Rural Development Authority;
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SOWEDA,
The South-West Province Rural Development Authority.
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ASPPA,
The Project for Support to Farmer Strategies and the
Professionalisation of Agriculture financed by the French Fund
for Development (CFD) and the French Cooperation Ministry's
Mission for Cooperation and Cultural Activities (MCAC)
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DPGT,
The Farmer Development and Land Management Project in Garoua at
SODECOTON
ACADEMIC
DIPLOMAS
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1982:
Ph.D in Agricultural Economics from Texas Agriculture and
Mechanics (A&M) University, College Station, Texas, USA. Emphasis:
Agricultural Production, Finance and Food Marketing.
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1979:
M.Sc.in Food and Natural Resources(Agricultural Economics) from
the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Emphasis:
Economic Impact Analysis; Project Planning, Analysis, Monitoring and
Evaluation.
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1977:
B.A
Honours (Magna Cum Laude) in History, from Amherst College,
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA. Emphasis:
African and Afro-American History.
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1972:
University of London's General
Certificate of Education, Advanced Level, in 3 papers at the
Cameroon College of Arts, Science and Technology (CCAST), Bambili,
Cameroon
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1970:
University of London's General
Certificate of Education, Ordinary Level, in 9 papers at the
Bilingual Grammar School, Yaounde
SEMINARS,
WORKSHOPS & CONFERENCES
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Dec
1999: Annual Review of UNDP's Programme in Cameroon. Presented
Paper on "The
Application of a Results-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation System
in UNDP Cameroon"
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Oct
1999: African Development Forum on the theme "The
Challenge to Africa of Globalization and the Information Age".
Roles: Member of the Technical Advisory Committee, Chairman
of Panel on School Networking, and Rapporteur.
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Jul
& Feb 1999, Aug 1998: Programme/Project Management Workshops
for Managers of UNDP Nationally Executed Projects in Cameroon
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June
1999: ISOC Network Management Training Workshop , San Jose,
Calofornia
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June
1999: INET 99, The Internet Society's Annual Global Summit on
the Internet,
San Jose, Calofornia
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December
1998: Conference on Internet Governance in Cotonou, Benin Role:
Represented SDNP Cameroon
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December
1998: Worshop on INTERNET DOMAIN NAME ADMINISTRATION FOR
FRANCOPHONE COUNTRIES IN AFRICA in Cotonou, Benin Role:
Represented SDNP Cameroon
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November
1998: Colloquium for Decision Makers on The
Transition of Computer Systems to the Year 2000 in Yaounde,
Cameroon. Role:
Represented SDNP Cameroon
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October
1998: Fifth Seminar/Workshop for the Planning of the Activities of
the Regional Environmental Information Management Programme
(REIMP) in Bangui, Central African Republic.
Role:
Represented SDNP Africa
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August
1998: Seminar/Workshop on "The Methodology for the National
Execution of UNDP Financed Projects in Cameroon", in
Douala, Cameroon. Role:
Participant and Chairman of the Working Group on Training.
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July
1998: Seminar on Gender Equity on the theme: "Gender
Mainstreaming, The Role of Media Professionals" in Yaounde,
Cameroon. This seminar was organized by FAWECAM, and funded by UNDP,
UNESCO, and SDNP CAMEROON. Role:
Organized Internet coverage, designed the website for the
seminar [http://www.sdnp.undp.org/sdncmr/fawecam]
and presented a paper on the "GENDER EQUITY AND NEW INFORMATION
AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)" [http://www.sdnp.undp.org/sdncmr/ngenge.htm].
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June
1998: Seminar on "The Contribution of the Internet to
Economic Development in Africa", in Yaounde, Cameroon. [http://www.sdnp.undp.org/sdncmr/eca].
The seminar was jointly organized by the ECA's SRDC-CA and
SDNP Cameroon with World Bank and ECA funding. Role:
Organizer.
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December 1997: Joint
Sustainable Development Networking Programme/Internet Initiative for
Africa Workshop on the Internet in Africa in MAPUTO, Mozambique.
Presented two papers, one on Distance Learning and the other on the
reasons for legalizing country SDNP Units. (See UNDP/SDNP Website,
for more on this workshop www.sdnp.undp.org).
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September 1997:
Seminar for UNESCO’s Management of Social Conflict (MOST)
Central African Workshop on ETHNONET AFRICA, which is dedicated
to the monitoring of Ethnic Conflict in Africa. Presented the ways
and means of using Computer-Mediated Communications (CMC) to
facilitate the working of ETHNONET Africa. Role:
Presented the role of the Internet in the projects implementation
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June 1997:
United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the Earth Summit
+ 5. Anchored the Sustainable Development Networking
Programme’s Global Exhibit on Sustainable Development in
Action;.
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April 1996: Global
Workshop for National Coordinators of UNDP Sustainable Development
Networking Programme, Mexico City, Mexico. Role:
Particiapant
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Oct 1995: Bioresources
Development and Conservation Programme (BDCP) international
seminar on "The Utilization of Tropical Plants and
Biodiversity Conservation" in Douala, Cameroon. Role:
Participant
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Sep 1995: African
Association for Public Administration and Management (AAPAM)
seminar on the theme: "Towards a Dynamic African Economy:
The Impact of the Public Sector" in Yaounde, Cameroon Role:
Organiser and Rapporteur Général
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Apr 1995: Seminar
on the Techniques of Privatisation organised by the Technical
Commission for the Rehabilitation of Public Enterprises in Yaounde. Role:
Participant
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Sep 1991: National
Seminar on Cooperative Legislation Reform in Yaounde. Role:
Organiser
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Feb 1991: "Increasing
Beneficiary Participation in Rural Development Projects in Africa"
an International Fund for Agricultural Development seminar in
Lusaka, Zambia. Role: Participant
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Summer '89: "Managing
Agricultural Development in Africa" at the World Bank,
Washington D.C., USA.
Role: Representative of the Ministry of Agriculture
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1986 - 88: National
Seminar on the Cooperative Movement in Cameroon which
launched the reform process for Rural Organisations. Role:
Defined terms of reference for the seminar, coordinated the
preparatory studies and organised the seminar itself in July 1988
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Summer 87: "The
Techniques and Practice of Project Planning and Analysis"
at the United States Department of Agriculture, Washington D.C.,
USA. Role: Participant
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Summer '85: "The
Management of Agricultural Statistics Systems in Developing
Countries" at the University of Wisconsin, Madison,
Wisconsin, USA. Role: Participant
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1984: Cocoa Producer's
Alliance Seminars on Methods of estimating the costs of producing
cocoa in Alliance member countries for use in international
negotiations in Lome, Togo and Mexico City. Role:
Headed Cameroon's Delegation
ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
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Global and Everyone Aspects
Committee of INET 2000 in Japan: Member
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The Internet Societal Task Force (www.istf.isoc.org):
Member of Interim Internet Societal Steering Group
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The Internet Society (www.isoc.org)
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The Cameroonian Chapter of the
Internet Society, in the process of creation [Provisional Vice
President]
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African Association for Public
Administration and Management
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Bio-Resources Development and
Conservation Programme [Deputy Executive Secretary]
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Association pour le Developpement de
l'Information Environmental
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Association Camerounaise de Kungfu
Wushu [Vice Président]
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International Zen Association http://www.zen-azi.org/html/gendro_e.html:
[Representative for Cameroon]
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WANMAN, Wilderness and Nature
Multipurpose Animation Group, a Common Initiative Group in Cameroon
[President]
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CAMFOOD, Cameroon Food Cooperative
Society, Yaoundé [Board Member and Treasurer]
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