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Cameroon climate finance landscape

This mapping tool was developed as part of the BRIDGE project co-funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands through the Step Change initiative and implemented by ICLEI Africa. This tool is primarily intended for Cameroonian municipalities and climate change knowledge brokers/intermediaries. Its primary goal is to improve access to information on funding opportunities for locally-led adaptation projects, thereby enhancing the ability to identify and secure financial support for these initiatives. Designed as a dynamic resource, the tool can be updated with successive iterations and external contributions. This initial layer of mapping focuses on international public funding sources.

The BRIDGE project is supported by the Step Change initiative, 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 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.

Overall programme appraisal document