This is the substance of the communiqué made public after an important meeting that held at the ministry of territorial Administration and decentralization today, Tuesday, 28 April 2009.

The hall of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization was the venue of a medal award ceremony on Thursday 9 April 2009. Mme Nathalie Ephritikine, Adviser from the French Technical Assistance put at the disposal of MINATD, was raised to the Knight of the Cameroon Order of Merit, as she got to the end of her mandate in Cameroon.
The ceremony that was presided at by the Minister of State, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, was also attended by the Minister Delegate Emmanuel Edou and the Ambassador of France in Cameroon, Mr Georges Serre.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization lauded the actions of she who, for five years, has made a decisive contribution to the process of furthering decentralization in Cameroon. He equally used the occasion to laud the steady good cooperation ties between France and Cameroon. This point of view was also expressed by Mr Georges Serre in his speech that followed that of the Minister of State, Marafa Hamidou Yaya.
Following is the full text of the speech by the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization.

The hall of the Ministry of Territorial Administration and Decentralization was the venue of a medal award ceremony on Thursday 9 April 2009. Mme Nathalie Ephritikine, Adviser from the French Technical Assistance put at the disposal of MINATD, was raised to the Knight of the Cameroon Order of Merit, as she got to the end of her mandate in Cameroon.
The ceremony that was presided at by the Minister of State, Marafa Hamidou Yaya, was also attended by the Minister Delegate Emmanuel Edou and the Ambassador of France in Cameroon, Mr Georges Serre.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization lauded the actions of she who, for five years, has made a decisive contribution to the process of furthering decentralization in Cameroon. He equally used the occasion to laud the steady good cooperation ties between France and Cameroon. This point of view was also expressed by Mr Georges Serre in his speech that followed that of the Minister of State, Marafa Hamidou Yaya.
Following is the full text of the speech by the Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization.

The Minister of State, Minister of Territorial Administration and Decentralization, on 2 April 2009 in his ministry, presided over the deliberations of the second session of the Steering Committee of the Decentralization and Local Development Support Programme (PADDL II), that benefits from the assistance of the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ).