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Cameroon adaptation funding landscape

Designed for financiers, policymakers, local impact brokers, and national and subnational governments in Cameroon, this tool clarifies adaptation funding flows and gaps and facilitates inclusive local adaptation by increasing transparency and knowledge on these funding flows.

Check out this short explainer video and overview document for more information on how to use this tool and to understand how it was developed.

This tool was developed as part of the BRIDGE project, supported by the Step Change initiative, and funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands and the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. The views expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, or of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada.

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Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion – Component 1: Adaptive Safety Nets

Timeline: May 2022 – May 2028
Budget: USD 70,000,000, splited as:
– Regular Cash Transfers: USD 40,000,000.
– Emergency Cash Transfers : USD 15,000,000.
– Labor-Intensive Public Works (LIPW) Program: USD 15,000,000.

Project brief:
This component will offer income support to households to build and protect human capital and increase resilience to conflict- and climate-related shocks (see annex 2 for more details on climate change adaptation). The component provides poor and vulnerable households, including IDPs and host communities, with income support, consumption smoothing, and employment support, while simultaneously encouraging investments in human capital development and productive activities. It builds on implementation experience under the SSNP, which has been implemented since 2013. The team managing the project has progressively built technical and operational capacity and has the capacity to deliver the activities proposed under this component.

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Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion – Component 2: Youth Economic Inclusion and Entrepreneurship

Timeline: May 2022 – May 2028
Budget: USD 68,500,000, splited as:
– Economic Inclusion of Youth: USD 45,000,000
– Business Plan Competition: USD 23,500,000

Project brief:
The component will target youth (ages 18 to 35) in urban areas, with a focus on vulnerable youth in the informal sector. First, the component provides productive income-generation opportunities, thus supporting sustainable market-based work and providing a short-term solution for poor and vulnerable urban youth. Second, the component pilots an intervention to identify and support promising young entrepreneurs to contribute to private sector development and job creation. The project fills an important gap in existing programming for youth given its focus on underemployment and helps consolidate support through its scale and coordination with MINJEC and MINPMEESA.

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Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion – Component 3: Shock-Responsive Digital Delivery Systems

Timeline: May 2022 – May 2028
Budget: USD 5,000,000, splited as:
– Unified Social Registry: USD 3,500,000
– Digital Payment System: USD 1,500,000

Programme brief:
Leveraging the significant investments made under the SSNP, this subcomponent will focus on (a) establishing a social registry to facilitate beneficiary identification and improve coordination; and (b) scaling up the digital government-to-person payment system piloted in response to COVID-19 to enhance the speed and efficacy of beneficiary transfers. These investments are intended to develop a social protection infrastructure that is flexible enough to adapt to rapidly changing circumstances and needs in the event of a covariate shock, including natural disasters, food shortages, or violent conflict. Taken together, the social registry and digital payment system aim to strengthen shock-responsiveness by enabling a timely, safe, and cost-effective expansion of coverage and delivery of benefits to affected populations.

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Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion – Component 4: Project Management and Coordination Support

Timeline: May 2022 – May 2028
Budget: USD 16,500,000

Project brief:
This component will finance the provision of technical advisory services and other material assistance to support implementation of the project. Specifically, it will support key project management functions and building capacity of government personnel and other actors for the coordination, design, and implementation of social safety nets and economic inclusion interventions.

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Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion (ASNEIP)

Timeline: May 2022 – May 2028
Budget: USD 160,000,000 (concessional loan)

Programme brief:
Adaptive Safety Nets and Economic Inclusion (ASNEIP) aims to enhance social protection systems and promote economic inclusion for vulnerable populations. Focusing on the Far North and North regions, it provides cash transfers and support services to improve food security and livelihood opportunities. It particularly targets marginalised communities, including women and youth, by fostering skills development and access to employment. The ASNEIP seeks to strengthen adaptive safety nets to build resilience against shocks and improve overall well-being, thus facilitating a pathway out of poverty for affected households.

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Cameroon: Inclusive and Resilient Cities Development

Timeline: Aug 2017 – Jun 2025
Budget: USD 160,000,000 (concessional loan)

Programme brief:
The Cameroon: Inclusive and Resilient Cities Development programme aims to enhance urban resilience and promote inclusive growth in Cameroon’s cities. Focused on improving infrastructure, governance, and service delivery in urban areas, this project targets vulnerable populations, including women and marginalised communities. It emphasises the importance of participatory planning and capacity building to foster resilience against climate change and economic shocks, particularly in regions such as Yaoundé and Douala. By integrating urban planning with social inclusion strategies, the project seeks to improve living conditions and promote sustainable urban development.

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Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience in the Far North of Cameroon for Inclusiveness

Timeline: Jun 2023 – Jun 2029
Budget: USD 330,000,000 (concessional loan: USD 280,000,000; grant: USD 50,000,000)

Programme brief:
The Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience in the Far North of Cameroon for Inclusiveness Programme aims to improve transportation infrastructure and strengthen community resilience in the Far North region, focusing on vulnerable populations. The project will enhance connectivity through the rehabilitation of key roads and promote inclusive growth by facilitating access to essential services. Additionally, it seeks to build climate resilience in the face of recurring shocks, ensuring sustainable development in a conflict-affected area.

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Local Governance and Resilient Communities (LG-RCP)

Timeline: Sep 2022 – Sep 2027
Budget: USD 300,000,000 (concessional loan)

Programme brief:
The programme aims to enhance local governance and resilience among marginalised and vulnerable communities in conflict-affected and socio-economically disadvantaged municipalities. It focuses on regions such as the Far North, North, Adamawa, East, South West, and North West, and is designed to improve local public service delivery and promote participatory governance. By building local capacity and fostering community engagement, the LG-RCP seeks to address governance challenges and strengthen communities’ ability to adapt to climate change and socio-economic vulnerabilities.

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Local Governance and Resilient Communities (LG-RCP) – Component 1: Improved community infrastructures and basic services

Timeline: Sep 2022 – Sep 2027
Budget: USD 180,000,000, splited as:
– Strengthening community capacities: USD 20,000,000.
– Community development support: USD 100,000,000.
– Construction and rehabilitation of intercommunal infrastructure: USD 60,000,000.

Project brief:
This component will support the implementation of activities to support community-led development with an emphasis on the most marginalised and vulnerable communities in conflict-affected and socioeconomically disadvantaged municipalities amongst regions of Far North, North, Adamawa, East, SW, and NW. This component will utilise community-based platforms to support community members to obtain inclusive access to essential social services and basic infrastructure through: (i) strengthening community capacities to identify their needs, including in relation to current and future change impacts; (ii) construction, rehabilitation, and service provision of climate-resilient community infrastructures and (iii) climate resilient construction and rehabilitation of intercommunal infrastructure that facilitates intercommunal interactions and/or benefits multiple municipalities. The National Project Implementation Unit (PIU) will conduct vulnerability assessments at the municipal level in each of the six regions. Data gathered through the assessment will be utilised to target activities at the most socioeconomically vulnerable and FCV-affected municipalities. Data from municipal level spatial vulnerability assessments will be triangulated with data on the climate risks, FCV and security environment, and accessibility of communities, and the resulting information will guide the implementation of the component. The component is expected to support around 70% of municipalities across these regions, accounting for around 132 municipalities.

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Local Governance and Resilient Communities (LG-RCP) – Component 2: Improving Multi-level Governance Framework and the capacity of decentralized entities to deliver services

Timeline: Sep 2022 – Sep 2027
Budget: USD 90,000,000, splited as:
2a: Building multi-level institutional capacity for decentralisation: USD 15,000,000.
2b: Strengthening local capacity for service delivery: USD 30,000,000.
2c: Performance-based grants: USD 45,000,000.

Project brief:
This component will: (i) provide technical assistance to central and local entities to further operationalise the decentralisation agenda at the institutional and policy levels; and (ii) build and strengthen the capacity of the decentralised local authorities to manage resources and to exercise their competencies more effectively and in a participatory and inclusive manner. For sustainability and impact, this component will focus on strengthening the capacity of the decentralised local authorities to prepare, manage and implement projects within the country’s public financial management (FM) system52 and processes, and with consideration of natural hazards and climate-change-related risks. As decentralisation is a long-term, often nonlinear process that requires sustained engagement from multiple partners, this component is building on past and ongoing World Bank interventions, including an assessment of the enabling environment and implementation bottlenecks and the lessons from the multi-donor funded PNDP to target key interventions in the medium-term.

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Local Governance and Resilient Communities (LG-RCP) – Component 3: Project management, monitoring, and evaluation

Timeline: Sep 2022 – Sep 2027
Budget: USD 30,000,000, splited as:
3a: Project management and administration: USD 25,000,000.
3b: M&E: USD 3,000,000.
3c: Knowledge management: USD 2,000,000.

Project brief:
This component will support (i) project management and administration; (ii) M&E; and (iii) knowledge management.

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Sustainable Cities and Land Project

Timeline: May 24 – Jun 2031
Budget: USD 200,000,000, split as:
– Component 1. Transformative and Climate-Smart Urban Upgrading.
Sub-component 1.1. Upgrading of Urban Infrastructure and Services
Sub-component 1.2. Policy Support, Technical Assistance, and Capacity Building
– Component 2. Improvement of Urban Land Administration Systems.
Sub-component 2.1. Policy Dialogue and Capacity Building for Improved Land Administration
Sub-component 2.2. Improving Land Tenure Security through Modernised Land Administration
– Component 3. Project Management, Monitoring and Evaluation.
– Component 4. Contingent Emergency Response Component (CERC)

Programme brief:
The Sustainable Cities and Land Project is focused on enhancing urban infrastructure and land management in seven key cities across Cameroon: Douala, Yaoundé, Limbe, Bafoussam, Garoua, Maroua, and Ebolowa. The project aims to improve urban resilience and promote sustainable practices while facilitating climate change adaptation. It emphasises community-driven development and the enhancement of public services to uplift residents’ quality of life.

Programme concept note
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Welcome to the Cameroon adaptation finance landscape tool!

This tool is designed to be a practical, user-friendly resource, enhancing the visibility of adaptation finance flows in Cameroon. It maps current and near-term local adaptation programmes and projects in Cameroon, as of end-2024, using publicly-accessible data.

This first iteration maps international public funding, laying the foundation for future layers and broader replication.

The tool follows a participatory and iterative approach. Built as a living resource, this tool will be updated over time and enriched with additional contributions. We invite collaborators to provide feedback and suggest adjustments and additions to the data.