Idabato Council Development Plan
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REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON ------------ --------- Paix – Travail – Patrie Peace – Work – Fatherland ----------- ---------- MINISTERE DE L’ECONOMIE, DE LA PLANIFICATION MINISTRY OF ECONOMY, PLANNING AND ET DE L’AMENAGEMENT DU TERRITOIRE REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT ------------- ---------- SECRETARIAT GENERAL SECRETARY GENERAL ------------ ---------- PROGRAMME NATIONAL DE DEVELOPPEMENT NATIONAL COMMUNITY DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT PARTICIPATIF PROGRAM ------------ ---------- CELLULE REGIONALE DE COORDINATION DE SUD SOUTH WEST REGIONAL COORDINATION UNIT OUEST Tel: 33322735 Fax: 33322759 Tel: 33322735 Fax: 33322759 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] IDABATO COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT PLAN DECEMBER 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A Development Plan for the Idabato Council was developed for the period of August 2011 to January 2012, through a Local Support Organisation (LSO), Reach Out Cameroon facilitated by the National Community-driven Development Program (PNDP). The Plan covered a wide range of development concerns of the municipality such as Health, Water schemes, Electricity, Road networks, Environment and Nature Protection, Women Empowerment and the Family and Livestock-Fishery. The municipality is located around latitude 40 30’ 14.4” (4.5040) North and longitude 80 32’ 44.2” (8.54560) East with an average elevation of approximately 64m (210 feet). The council became operational in February 1996 with Idabato II as the head quarters. The municipality comprises of some 18 villages mostly fishing ports populated by native communities of Nigerian origin. Kombo A’Munja and Jabane are the other biggest towns closest to Idabato. The following process/methodology were used for the elaboration of the Idabato Communal Development Plan (CDP): Village Diagnosis, Urban Space Diagnosis, Council Institutional Diagnosis, Strategic Planning, Programming and Resource Mobilisation. After the collection and analysis of data at each level of the process, the data was restituted to the population. The vision of Idabato Council is to acquire modern office structures and equipment for its qualified and trained staff, to efficiently and effectively serve the population of the municipality and enjoys healthy working relationship with all villages, development partners, extractive industries and councils in Bakassi and beyond, in developing sustainable projects that will help uplift the ugly face of the municipality. The goal of the Idabato Council is to sustainably improve on the livelihood of Idabato population by providing quality basic services in the domain of Health, Education, Water, Energy and Socio-economic and environmental Infrastructure so as to reduce poverty and enhance opportunites for growth and employment by 2017. In view of the enhanced decentralisation of 2010, six strategic objectives were sketched out as follows: Access to educational facilities within the municipality increasesd; Access to quality health care services improved; Access to electricity supply increased; Development of touristic sites improved Income level of women increased; Basic infrastructures increased; Fish production Increased. For each of these strategic objectives, indicative investment plans were developed comprising; key activities, indicators, person(s) responsible and potential funding sources. The overall cost of the CDP is FCFA 12,255,620,000 (Twelve billion, two hundred and fifty-five million, six hundred and twenty thousand francs CFA). 1 TABLE OF CONTENT EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................. 1 LIST OF ABBREVATIONS ........................................................................................................................... 4 LIST OF TABLES ........................................................................................................................................ 5 LIST OF FIGURES AND MAPS .................................................................................................................... 5 LIST OF ANNEXES ..................................................................................................................................... 5 1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 6 1.1 CONTEXT AND JUSTIFICATION ...................................................................................................... 6 1.2 OBJECTIVES OF CDP PROCESS ...................................................................................................... 6 1.3 STRUCTURE OF THE DOCUMENT .................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER TWO ......................................................................................................................................... 8 2.0 METHODOLOGY .............................................................................................................................. 8 2.1 PREPARATION OF THE PROCESS ..................................................................................................... 8 2.2 COLLECTION AND TREATMENT OF DATA ...................................................................................... 9 2.3 DATA CONSOLIDATION AND MAPPING ....................................................................................... 12 2.4 STRATEGIC PLANNING, RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND PROGRAMMING WORKSHOP ............. 12 2.5 PUTTING IN PLACE PARTICIPATORY MONITORING AND EVALUATION MECHANISM ................ 12 CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................... 13 3.0 SUMMARY PRESENTATION OF THE COUNCIL ............................................................................. 13 3.1 LOCATION OF THE COUNCIL ....................................................................................................... 13 3.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE BIOPHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT ................................................................. 15 3.2.1 CLIMATE ..................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.2 SOILS ........................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.3 RELIEF.......................................................................................................................................... 15 3.2.4 HYDROLOGY ................................................................................................................................ 15 3.3 HISTORY AND PEOPLE OF THE COUNCIL (ORIGIN OF THE PEOPLE, POPULATION, ETHNIC ........ 15 GROUPS, RELIGIONS, MAIN ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES) ............................................................................ 15 3.3.1 SIZE AND STRUCTURE OF THE POPULATION ............................................................................. 15 3.3.2 ETHNIC GROUPS AND INTER-ETHNIC RELATIONS ...................................................................... 16 3.3.3 RELIGION ..................................................................................................................................... 16 3.3.4 MOBILITY OF THE POPULATION ................................................................................................. 16 3.3.5 ACTORS OF LOCAL DEVELOPMENT ............................................................................................. 16 3.4 BASIC SOCIO ECONOMIC INFRASTRUCTURE .............................................................................. 17 3.5 ASSETS, POTENTIALS AND CONSTRAINTS OF THE MUNICIPALITY .............................................. 17 CHAPTER FOUR ...................................................................................................................................... 19 4.0 SUMMARY OF KEY FINDINGS OF THE .......................................................................................... 19 PARTICIPATORY DIAGNOSIS .................................................................................................................. 19 4.1 SUMMARY OF THE COUNCIL INSTITUTIONAL DIAGNOSIS ......................................................... 19 4.1.1 HUMAN RESOURCES ................................................................................................................... 19 4.1.2 FINANCIAL RESOURCES OF THE COUNCIL ................................................................................. 22 4.1.3 COUNCIL ASSETS ....................................................................................................................... 25 4.1.4 MANAGEMENT OF RELATIONS .................................................................................................. 25 4.1.5 PRINCIPAL AXES AND ACTIONS FOR REINFORCEMENT ............................................................ 26 4.2 COMMON PROBLEMS AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED BY SECTORS ..................................................... 29 CHAPTER FIVE ........................................................................................................................................ 43 5.0 STRATEGIC PLAN ......................................................................................................................... 43 5.1 VISION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMMUNAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN ......................................