A workshop presenting the CCAP, a digital platform for monitoring climate action and the strategy for involving civil society organizations, local communities, and indigenous peoples in climate policies, was held on December 30, 2025, in Mbalmayo.
The objectives of this workshop are to raise awareness of the various tools available for ensuring transparency in climate projects in Cameroon and to gather feedback from stakeholders on how to improve them. Around 20 participants took part, including representatives of international organizations and civil society organizations, and members of government agencies including the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife (MFW) , the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHU), and the Ministry of Environment, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development (MENPSD).
The CCAP (Climate Change Action Portal) is a digital platform for monitoring climate action developed by a consortium of civil society organizations comprising the Support Service for Local Development Initiatives (SAILD), the Field Legality Advisory Group (FLAG), and Green Development Advocates (GDA). According to Dr. Daniel Owona, representative of FLAG, the CCAP was designed as a tool for transparency and accountability. “This tool aims to improve the transparency of climate actions in Cameroon. It has several features: the ability to view climate projects, access news related to the fight against climate change, consult relevant strategic and legal documents, and assess the level of accountability and transparency of climate projects,” he explained.
Three strategic priorities
In addition, the working day focused on presenting the strategy for involving civil society organizations, local communities, and indigenous peoples (CSOs and PACLs) in climate policies. According to Maria Clarissa Kengmo of GDA, this strategy aims to ensure, by 2035, the active and inclusive participation of CSOs and PACLs in the development, implementation, and monitoring of climate policies and projects in Cameroon. “The engagement strategy has three main areas of focus: strengthening the capacities of civil society and PACLs, participation in decision-making processes, and the implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of climate policies. It follows on from certain limitations that have been observed. These include the still limited ownership of national climate policies by CSOs and PACLs, heavy dependence on external funding, and the weak structure of CSOs and PACLs,” she said.
At the end of the workshop, participants expressed their satisfaction. “The event enabled them to discover tools that are considered useful for the climate change sector. They appreciated the practical session on opening accounts on the CCAP platform, during which they familiarized themselves with the digital tool and created their profiles,” said Rodrigue Kouang of SAILD. This is yet another success story for the project “Strengthening the involvement of CSOs and PACLs for greater accountability and transparency in climate policies and programs in Cameroon,” funded by the World Resources Institute (WRI).
- Sharon Maché
