Partnership and networking

Most often, isolated actions in line with sustainable development have a little impact and a short life-span contrary to concerted actions. It is for this reason that ASSEJA has developed a networking strategy at various levels.

-Network of CBOs

-Network of Civil Society actors

The vision of ASSEJA NGO in the process of urban development is to have cities where the majority of the social problems are solved and where life is worth living thanks to the involvement of actors and functional networks and partnerships created between them.

NGO ASSEJA, through its program that supports Community initiatives, vulnerable groups and participative urban management in Cameroon, is focusing not only on the durable improvement of the conditions of the urban populations through the realization of community micro projects and providing capacity building trainings on management and mobilization in favour of members of neighbourhood organizations, but more especially the promotion of a real partnership between the Local government (councils and Government), the civil society and the private sector. This program supports neighbourhood-based dynamics I.e. activities of populations, which are actively involved in the socio-economic development of their community.

  Axes of intervention

Urban and rural development through:

• Support to vulnerable groups (Improvement of their standard of living, facilitating access to housing and land tenure);

• Promotion of agro pastoral activities;

• Promotion of children’s rights;

• Cleanliness (healthiness, hygiene, collection of refuse, treatment of waste water);

• Space management (Adjustment of risk zones, decongestion of spaces such as roadsides, hospitals, Markets, places of worship…);

• Promotion of economic activities (Contact/ advice). Micro projects of this kind are oriented towards micro finance institutions);

• Enhancement of city management participation;

•Fostering the social fabric (neighbourhood safety, creation of networks);

• Promotion of gender (participative management in activities/projects by all the groups concerned).

  Target groups

Technical and financial partners

Government authorities (ministries, provincial and divisional delegations);

Parliamentarians

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)

NGOs/Associations

Populations

Existing networks

Councils