Modernization of the Cameroonian Public Administration: MINFOPRA evaluates the dematerialization of administrative Procedures in ministerial departments

With the daunting challenge of meeting up with the dispositions of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG30), the dematerialization of administrative procedures is imminent. By evaluating the achievements of different ministerial departments, it is possible for the Ministry of the Public Service and Administrative Reform (MINFOPRA) to determine the level of preparedness for the modernization of the Cameroonian Public Administration.

Presiding over an interministerial meeting for the evaluation of the simplification and dematerialization of administrative procedures within different administrations, on Wednesday 18^th May 2022, the Minister of the Public Service and Administrative Reform, Joseph LE emphasized on the importance for all administrations to be actively engaged in the dematerialization of administrative procedures for the modernization of the Cameroonian Public Administration.

The meeting which took place in the presence of a considerable majority of representatives of over 44 administrations, notably (sovereign administrations, technical administrations, economic administrations and social and cultural administrations) as well as the promoter of the Government Action Fair was also an opportunity to discuss on the terms of references on the upcoming Government Action Fair to be led by MINFOPRA from the 22^nd of June to the 1^st of July 2022 , under the theme “Modernization of the Administration as the major lever of Performance for the attainment of the objectives of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals(SND30)”.

Turn by turn, representatives of the different administrations took the floor to present the major innovations that have been established within their ministerial departments as well as shortcoming in terms of dematerialization and simplification of administrative procedures in the past years. Amongst others, the Directorate of the National Security presented the dematerialization of procedures in the production and delivery of Passports which formerly took a long time but today the entire process has   been reduced to barley 48hours. The Ministry of Public Health also presented the creation of an online platform that offers candidates the possibility to register for public health concours on the platform and the project for the authentication of public health diplomas which is in gestation.

From the discussions of the meeting, it was realized that a lot is being done to dematerialize procedures within different administrations but there’s still need for communication to be vulgarized at all levels. It is for this reason that in his closing remarks, while calling on the representatives of the administrations to put in more efforts for the dematerialization of the administrative procedures within their administrations, the Minister also urged  them to participate massively  at the Government Action Fair so they can sensitize the Cameroonian public  on all that has been established so far,  in view of modernization of the Cameroonian Public Administration.