REPUBLIQUE DU CAMEROUN Paix – Travail – Patrie
MINISTERE DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT, DE LA PROTECTION DE LA NATURE ET DU DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
PROJET DE BIOSECURITÉ AU CAMEROUN
MINEPDED
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON Peace – Work – Fatherland
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, PROTECTION OF NATURE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
SECRETARIAT GENERAL
CAMEROON BIOSECURITY PROJECT
CAMEROON BIOSECURITY PROJECT
TERMS OF REFERENCE
FOR AUDIT OF
UNEP/GEF PROJECT “THE IMPLEMENTATION AND INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A NATIONAL MONITORING AND MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR LIVING MODIFIED ORGANISMS AND INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES”
Period to be audited: September 2023 to December 2024
PROJECT RATIONALE
Cameroon is centrally located in the Central Africa region and has a high rate of movements of humans and goods and services including trading in biological products. Cameroon is rich in biodiversity and such biological invasions or introductions have led to a continuous flow of non-native biological organisms, which tend to persist in the environment and become invasive. In order to address this situation, the country began to develop and incorporate IAS management into a comprehensive biosecurity approach under the UNEP/GEF Cameroon Biosecurity Project.
The first phase of execution of the project was titled: “Development and Institution of a National Monitoring and Control System (Framework) for Living Modified Organisms (LMOs) and Invasive Alien Species (IAS))”, and it had as objective to strengthen national capacities in order to prevent and control the introduction, establishment and spread of invasive alien species (IAS) and the management of LMOs through the implementation of a risk-based decision-making process. The first phase of execution of the project resulted in the development of several key biosecurity deliverables such as technical and training manuals, and survey reports accompanied by training on key biosecurity thematic issues such as detection, diagnostics and monitoring of biological invaders, risk analysis, contingency planning and emergency response, commodity audit systems, inspection systems and methods etc. This phase also led to the development of the report on the review of existing Biosecurity agencies, guidelines and procedures and policies, a biosecurity policy guidance document, a draft Biosecurity Law and its enabling instruments namely, a draft decree creating the national Biosecurity Agency and a draft order creating an Ad Hoc Biosecurity Committee. This phase of project execution ended in December 2018.
The second phase of execution of the Cameroon Biosecurity Project titled: “Implementation and Institutionalization of a National Monitoring and Management Framework for Living Modified Organisms and Invasive Alien Species” has as objective to strengthen institutional biosecurity framework in the management of living modified organisms and invasive alien species through a coordinated risk analysis measure.
It is in this regard, that the Project Management Unit requires the services of an audit firm for the audit of its account.
EXECUTING ARRANGEMENTS
The implementing agency for this project is UNEP and the National Executing Agency is Ministry of Environment Protection of Nature and Sustainable Development.
PROJECT ACTIVITIES
The project comprised activities are grouped in 4 components as follows :