Résultats et impacts perceptibles de la mise en oeuvre de l'approche normalisée d'observation indépendante externe au Cameroun; SNOIE.

1. IMS development and implementation in Cameroon
Angeline MODJO (FODER-Cameroon)
19 -20 June 2017, Chatham House, London

2. A fairer society without exclusion, or discrimination, putting natural
resources to the use of sustainable development
…Since 2002
Law Enforcement
(IFM)
Transparency –
Fight against corruption
Communities rights
Participation (Decision
making and reforms)
Rural
Entrepreneurship

3. Context and definition of CS-IFM
IMS development and implementation process
Some figures and results the IMS
Impacts and Lessons learnt from the IMS
Prospects
Outlines

4. What is the CS-IFM ?
Systemic approach of independent Monitoring carried out by CSO and communities to identify and
denounce the presumption of illegal logging in forest sector and to inform the competent
authorities.
CS-IFM if freely executed by a diversity of actors engaged in the forest monitoring, since 2010
Context and definition of CS-IFM
Context
VPA-FLEGT between Cameroon and EU signed in October 2010
and came into force in December 2011
The Cameroon VPA FLEGT foresees the settelement of a TLAS and
Timber By-product
Independent forest monitoring (IFM) is a key element of the TLAS
IFM is made of 2 types : Mandated IFM and non Mandated IFM.
No mandated IFM in Cameroon since 2013

5. IMS development and implementation process
IMS solves which problems ?
Differences in the implementation of CS-IFM
methodology following Civil Society Organizations
The cumulating of responsibilities by a single
organization
The sometimes conflicting relationship between
observers and national competent authorities
The production process of CS-IFM reports very
long and expensive
What’s the IMS about ?
The Standardized External Independent Monitoring
System (IMS/SNOIE), is a set of monitoring methods for
the exploitation of natural resources based on the
international ISO standard 9001 version 2008, including
observation, verification, communication and lobbying.
It serves to better document and denounce the illegal
logging for the exploitation of natural resources, follow up
and diffuse the competent authorities’s decisions

6. IMS is a quality management systemstakeholders
Stakeholders
Piloting Process
Management
Financing Competence
Observation Verification
Communication &
Lobbying
Analysis &
improvement
Directives Informations
NeedsRessources
Listening
Satisfaction
IFM reports
Support process
Achievement process
Articles, radio-
tele Emission,
Tweets, Video
Monitoring report
Press-books,
registers
Asking credibles
informationss
Ethical and Technical
committee (ETC)
Internal Audit

7. • Communities
• Citizens
• Private sector
• Any other
stakeholders
IMS (SNOIE)
OSC 1
To observe, verifiy
and elaborate
the OIE report
• Competent
authorities
• Others stakeholders
• Public
Coordination
To Coordinate,
examine, verify
validate and
communicate
OSC 2
To follow up the
denounciations ,
to plan and do the
lobbying
IMS implementation
… Include the real time monitoring system (ForestLink) in Cameroon

8. Relationship with the government
Participation
to ETC meeting
Formal correspondence with MINFOF
Joint mission
with the NCB

9. Engaging with media
Periodic press conference on IMS reports and results

10. Facts and figures (February 2016-May 2017)
15/17, so 88% of IFM reports produced during the period whitin
the framework of IMS and transmitted to the competent
authorities/MINFOF induced reactions from MINFOF (missions
of National Control Unit (BNC) and Regional Control Unit (BRC)
Impacts of the IMS/SNOIE
Sanction to fraudulent operators
denunced : seized wood and auction,
fine to paid etc
The licence/permit of some Forest
companies suspended this year due to
IMS
Contributing at the decision
n°0081/MINFOF of 21 March 2017,
that has induced the suspension of 9
officials from MINFOF in the IMS
intervention areas
Decreasing illegal forest logging in the
current areas of the IMS regarding the
results of the baseline studies
0
5
10
15
20
25
Fev-16: 3rd
and 4th
session ETC
April-16: 5th
session ETC
June-16: 6th
session ETC
Nov-16: 7th
session ETC
Dec-16: 8th
session ETC
Jan-17: 9th
session ETC
Ap-17: 10th
session ETC
May-17:11th
session ETC
Total
Number of EIFM reports submitted to ETC's members
Number of EIFM reports transmitted to competent authorities (MINFOF/DRFoF)
Number of MINFOF/DRFoF's reactions registered after transmitting IFM reports

11. Lessons learnt from IMS/SNOIE
Operationnal tools and standardised procedures used
within the framework of IMS help to ensure the quality
of EIFM report and the credibility of denunciation
Listening mechanism within the framework of IMS
(through formal and informal meeting with the
stakehoders) helps to take into account the needs and
interest of various stakeholders and induce good
relationship with them
Good relationship between the competent authotities
and the CSO for the effectiveness of forest control due to
the reliability of CS-IFM report and credibility of
denunciation.
Prospects
Expand the IMS in other areas with a
hight potential of illegal logging
Capacity building of news CSO,
Communities leaders and observers in
IMS procedure, in forest regulation
and to use the IMS tools
Founding joint mission with MINFOF
Motivation and protection local
observers
Further Reinforce the effectiveness of
IMS in the five forest Region

12. Tel : 00 237 222 00 52 48
BP. : 11417 Yaounde – Cameroon
www.oie-cameroun.org / www.forest4dev.org
oie-cameroun@gmail.com/angeline.modjo@gmail.com
Thanks