NEPAD:

A three-day workshop to validate the proposed plan took place in Mbalmayo from January 10 to 12.

An action plan for the environmental component of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) will be up soon. Experts in the environment sector met in Mbalmayo to that effect from January 10 to 12 in a workshop to validate a proposed plan. The plan is a concrete translation of the objectives of NEPAD and draws its inspiration from the sub-regional plan of action developed after NEPAD but which remained too encompassing and hypothetical. Based on this therefore, it was proposed that countries build up contextualised national plans that ensure sustainability in environmental management.

In his speech during the opening ceremony of the workshop, the Minister of Environment and Nature Protection, Hele Pierre recalled the role Cameroon has to play in the whole process. “Cameroon is one of the five pilot countries together with Mozambigue, Ethiopia, Ghana and Libya that received support from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to draw up NEPAD Environmental Action Plan”, he said. The plan, he said covers six priority areas. These include: fight against soil degradation, draught and desertification; conservation of humid zones; prevention, control and management of invading exotic species; conservation and use of marine and coastal resources; fight against climate change in Africa and conservation and management of trans-border natural resources. The plan equally sets out to handle issues related to health and environment, transfer of ecologically rational technology, evaluation of natural catastrophe monitoring system, and NEPAD environmental repertoire.

The action plan proposed by a consultant was drawn within the framework of participatory consultation that went through three stages: evaluation of a global framework, organisation of eight thematic workshops to integrate African expert contribution and finalising and adoption of the plan.

The New Partnership for African Development is a new strategy that sets out to achieve sustainable development for the African continent.

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NEPAD:

A three-day workshop to validate the proposed plan took place in Mbalmayo from January 10 to 12.

An action plan for the environmental component of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) will be up soon. Experts in the environment sector met in Mbalmayo to that effect from January 10 to 12 in a workshop to validate a proposed plan. The plan is a concrete translation of the objectives of NEPAD and draws its inspiration from the sub-regional plan of action developed after NEPAD but which remained too encompassing and hypothetical. Based on this therefore, it was proposed that countries build up contextualised national plans that ensure sustainability in environmental management.

In his speech during the opening ceremony of the workshop, the Minister of Environment and Nature Protection, Hele Pierre recalled the role Cameroon has to play in the whole process. “Cameroon is one of the five pilot countries together with Mozambigue, Ethiopia, Ghana and Libya that received support from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to draw up NEPAD Environmental Action Plan”, he said. The plan, he said covers six priority areas. These include: fight against soil degradation, draught and desertification; conservation of humid zones; prevention, control and management of invading exotic species; conservation and use of marine and coastal resources; fight against climate change in Africa and conservation and management of trans-border natural resources. The plan equally sets out to handle issues related to health and environment, transfer of ecologically rational technology, evaluation of natural catastrophe monitoring system, and NEPAD environmental repertoire.

The action plan proposed by a consultant was drawn within the framework of participatory consultation that went through three stages: evaluation of a global framework, organisation of eight thematic workshops to integrate African expert contribution and finalising and adoption of the plan.

The New Partnership for African Development is a new strategy that sets out to achieve sustainable development for the African continent.

CT

NEPAD:

A three-day workshop to validate the proposed plan took place in Mbalmayo from January 10 to 12.

An action plan for the environmental component of the New Partnership for African Development (NEPAD) will be up soon. Experts in the environment sector met in Mbalmayo to that effect from January 10 to 12 in a workshop to validate a proposed plan. The plan is a concrete translation of the objectives of NEPAD and draws its inspiration from the sub-regional plan of action developed after NEPAD but which remained too encompassing and hypothetical. Based on this therefore, it was proposed that countries build up contextualised national plans that ensure sustainability in environmental management.

In his speech during the opening ceremony of the workshop, the Minister of Environment and Nature Protection, Hele Pierre recalled the role Cameroon has to play in the whole process. “Cameroon is one of the five pilot countries together with Mozambigue, Ethiopia, Ghana and Libya that received support from the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) to draw up NEPAD Environmental Action Plan”, he said. The plan, he said covers six priority areas. These include: fight against soil degradation, draught and desertification; conservation of humid zones; prevention, control and management of invading exotic species; conservation and use of marine and coastal resources; fight against climate change in Africa and conservation and management of trans-border natural resources. The plan equally sets out to handle issues related to health and environment, transfer of ecologically rational technology, evaluation of natural catastrophe monitoring system, and NEPAD environmental repertoire.

The action plan proposed by a consultant was drawn within the framework of participatory consultation that went through three stages: evaluation of a global framework, organisation of eight thematic workshops to integrate African expert contribution and finalising and adoption of the plan.

The New Partnership for African Development is a new strategy that sets out to achieve sustainable development for the African continent.

CT

Portrait de la réalisatrice et actrice principale de « Paris à tout prix ».
Justin Blaise Akono –  " Voilà Ta Zibi ! " S’est exclamé un jeune homme vendredi dernier au Centre culturel français de Yaoundé, à la vue de Joséphine Ndagnou, lors de la présentation à la presse de " Paris à tout prix ", son tout premier film comme réalisatrice. Et d’ajouter : " elle n’a vraiment pas changé ". Souriante, toujours avec ces mimiques d’adolescente qu’elle affiche dans " l’Etoile de Noudi " en 1990. Cette fois Joséphine incarne Suzy, jeune fille de 24 ans, issue d’une famille démunie d’un quartier populeux de Yaoundé, qui pense que partir à tout prix est la sortie du tunnel. Mais où ? A Paris.
Jeans moulants, tenues de jeune femme, Joséphine s’infiltre aisément dans la peau du personnage qui doit mener un combat, celui de la survie à travers plusieurs obstacles. Bien que certaines personnes, qui la remarquent depuis 18 ans lorsqu’elle arrive à la télévision nationale (Crtv), estiment qu’elle aurait pu laisser ce rôle à quelqu’un d’autre, Joséphine Ndagnou ne chante pas la " femme libérée ", qui " avoue son âge et celui de ses enfants ". " La presse a bien apprécié et je crois avoir fait le film que je devais faire ", reconnaît, doublement, l’actrice et la réalisatrice.

A l’affiche de cinq films, sans jamais avoir été confrontée au stress des castings, l’odyssée de Joséphine Ndagnou, commence en 1990. Elle vient d’obtenir une maîtrise d’études cinématographiques et audiovisuelles à la Sorbonne à Paris et doit être assistante réalisatrice dans le téléfilm " l’Etoile de Noudi ", adaptée d’une œuvre de Gervais Mendo Ze, alors directeur général de la Crtv, quand le réalisateur Daouda Mounchangou se rend compte que le casting pour le rôle principal n’est pas satisfaisant. Il demande à Joséphine d’essayer, et ça marche. Les téléspectateurs découvrent cette " adolescente ", face au mariage précoce, jouant aux claquettes ou cette grand-mère lui disant en Ewondo " le mariage est bien " (traduction).
La même année, elle tourne dans deux autres téléfilms du réalisateur Daouda Mouchangou. " Je ne voulais pas être comédienne. Le premier a marché et on ne voulait pas changer d’équipe ", révèle Joséphine Ndagnou. Un second rôle dans " le Retraité " et un rôle principal dans " Japhet et Jinette ", avec Charles Nyatte (Japhet). Jinette joue les épouses attentionnées au moment où les agents de l’Eta doivent subir les frasques de la compression. Puis, le silence de l’actrice. " J’ai été traumatisée par le succès qu’a connu Ta Zibi. J’avais du mal à gérer cette popularité ", explique-t-elle.

Elle se contente alors d’exercer sa profession. Elle réalise Evasion, un programme de divertissement destiné aux scolaires, les gestes qui sauvent, Champion et Je dis je lis. Elle passe même devant la caméra en présentant l’émission dominicale " Tam-tam week-end ". En 2005, elle est brièvement aperçue dans les Saignantes, un long métrage de Jean Pierre Bekolo. " On ne fuit pas son destin ", lui rappelle ce dernier. " Pendant la promotion des Saignantes, je me rends compte que le public me réclame fortement ", avoue Joséphine. C’est le déclic : " formée en réalisation et écriture de scénario, je me résous alors à écrire un scénario taillé sur mesure. Et je me dis, pour les moyens, on verra ".

Son employeur, la Crtv, lui offre un an de congé pour mener à bien son projet. D’ailleurs, ladite Crtv contribue à hauteur de 30%. Ses différents contacts dont elle a la modestie d’évoquer lui permettent de tourner un film avec du matériel de qualité. Un hélicoptère pour avoir une vue panoramique de la ville de Yaoundé, un bateau pour tourner en mer, etc. Le chanteur Henri Dikongue dont deux chansons rythment le film dit d’elle qu’elle que : " la jeune réalisatrice Joséphine Ndagnou est une battante car c’est un énorme challenge de faire un film tourné au Cameroun ". Ta Zibi, Jinette, Natou ou Suzy est de retour sur le grand écran en direct de " Paris à tout prix ".