REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN
PAIX - TRAVAIL - PATRIE
MINISTERE DES PETITES ET MOYENNES ENTREPRISES, DE
L'ECONOMIE SOCIALE ET DE L'ARTISANAT
MINPMEESA
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON
PEACE - WORK - FATHERLAND
MINISTRY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES,
SOCIAL ECONOMY AND HANDICRAFTS
PROJECT/PROGRAMME PRESENTATION SHEET:
Project/programme title: Support for SMEs in subcontracting.
Sector: SMEs.
Name and surname of the official: Mr YAMENI Evariste, Director of the Cameroon Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange.
Project/programme address:
P.O. BOX: 12899 Douala
Telephone: (00 237) 242 66 86 13 / 233 42 59 69.
E-mail: bstp.ccima@gmail.com / info@bstpcameroun.org
Web site: www.bstpcameroun.org
Geographic location: Douala, Akwa, Kassap Building, 8th Floor
BSTP CAMEROUN
Bourse de Sous-Traitance et de Partenariat du Cameroun
- Améliorer la compétitivité des PME
- Promouvoir la sous-traitance industrielle
- Développer les compétences
Scope of activities: Nationwide.
Starting date: August 2011.
Total cost: 500 000 000 CFA F.
Nature of funding: Membership contributions. Cameroon government subsidies.
Other funding: PACOM (Competitiveness Support Programme) - European Union.
Main objective: The main objective of the Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange is to provide tools and services to local manufacturing enterprises that will improve their performance and practices and enable them to access to industrial subcontracting markets.
MINPMEESA B.P. 6096 YAOUNDE Tél : (237) 222 23 23 88 Fax : (237) 222 22 41 58 Site Web : www.minpmeesa.gov.cm
Context and justification: The lack of transparency in the subcontracting market in our country and the lack of information on the technical skills of our SMEs are serious handicaps for the development of SMEs that, sometimes, watch helplessly the invasion of Foreign Service providers on various contracts, especially the subcontracting sector. There cent pipeline case is quite expressive. Moreover, in the current context of economic liberalization and globalization, and particularly the entry into force of the new Economic Partnership Agreement between Cameroon and the European Union, where the competitiveness of our enterprises will be severely tested, a series of activities to modernise the production system and the emergence of a modern national private sector have been implemented, including the establishment of the Subcontracting and Partnership Exchange (BSTP) which is an important asset to improve the competitiveness of our enterprises. In order to enable the effectiveness of its tasks, some actions have been undertaken by the Cameroon government, namely:
- circular No. 002/PM of 15 February 2012 laying down instructions on the modalities for the promotion of subcontracting in terms of partnership contracts and contracts negotiated within the implementation of other investment incentive schemes where the promoter should provide indication of his commitment to subcontract for at least 30% of the works and services during the installation phase of the project;
- subcontracting activities are under the supervision of the Ministry of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicraft.