Victoire Ongmanong

volunteer commissioner in charge of project analysis at the Geneva Federation of Cooperation , Non profit Organisation, Geneva Federation of Cooperation

Geneva, Switzerland

Bilingual (French, English) Cooperation Programming and Projects expert (CPP) with 16 years of experience including 11 years as CPP Director in Forest and Wildlife Ministry of Cameroon. Specialist in social science law planning management analysis and monitoring of projects, Environmentalist impact studies. Currently volunteer project analysist in an NGO in Geneva, looking for a paid opportunity

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Area of Expertise:
  • Administration, Management, Finance/Accounting, Procurement
  • Environment, Climate, Energy, Water, Sanitation
  • Monitoring, Evaluation, Policy, Research, Analysis
  • Social, Education, Gender, Youth, Child
  • Trade, Finance, Economics, Cooperation, Global
Professional Experience:

November 2022: Volunteer Commissioner for the Technical Commission, Fédération Genévoise de Coopération (FGC) – Genève –

- Examination and analysis of files (development projects, general strategies, action plans) submitted for funding by member organisations
- Contribution to the discussion and development of the FGC's four-year strategic programme
- Representing the Technical Commission in exchanges with member organisations responsible for projects
- Drafting the recommendations document at the end of the project file review process

February 2021 - August 2022: Service Inspector, MINISTRY OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE, Cameroon

- Evaluation of service performance
- Internal control & evaluation of the functioning of central and decentralized services, institutions/organizations under supervision and related services and projects
- Implementation of the anti-bribery strategy in relation with the ministerial anti-bribery unit.

October 2010 - February 2021: Head of Division for Cooperation, Programming and Projects
(50 subordinate staff)

- Preparation, monitoring and implementation of forest and wildlife agreements and conventions
- Analysis, monitoring, evaluation and administrative coordinator of projects.
- Negotiations and monitoring of relations with national and international partners
- Environmental impact studies and projects Follow-up as well as the implementation of environmental management plans of projects
- Ministry Program and projects planning according to results-based management
- Coordination and implementation of international aid and cooperation programmes

- Identification, preparation of investment programmes and projects
- Design, monitoring, control and evaluation of the implementation of programmes and projects with international partners
- Definition of research and financing axes.
- Follow-up of international conventions on climate change, biodiversity, desertification and participation to the convention parts conferences
October 2010 - February 2021: National Coordinator, Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC)
- Organization of ordinary and extraordinary Ministers Councils.
- Chairing of expert meetings prior to ordinary and extraordinary councils of ministers
- Animation and coordination of COMIFAC working groups (Biodiversity, climate change, desertification); organization of fairs, exhibitions and side events on the sidelines of major international meetings on climate, forests, biodiversity and desertification
- Representation and defence of COMIFAC's interests at events organised at national level; Coordinator of the drafting team for the SDG implementation report.
- Focal point of the International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO)
- Focal point of the International Organization for Bamboo and Rattan (INBAR)
- Spokesperson for the tropical timber producing countries of the International Tropical Timber Organization.

August 2005 - October 2010: Project Manager Assistant, Cooperation and Programming Division Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife - Cameroon –

Implementation of bilateral and multilateral cooperation actions, as well as the activities of associations and non-governmental organizations and donors.
December 1998 to August 2005: School University and professional guidance counsellor, Charles Atangana College
Follow-up of children in difficulty, coordination, and animation of consultation platforms with children in difficulty, their parents and guidance counsellors. Orientation of pupils according to their aptitudes, their intelligence quotient, and their aspirations (psycho-technical test)

Education:

My primary and secondary education in Cameroon lasted 14 years and was crowned by a diploma in administrative techniques on 12 August 1989. This diploma opened the doors to university. I was admitted to the Faculty of Law and Economics in October 1989. After five years of study, I obtained a Bachelor's degree in private law at the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon in 1994. This diploma enabled me to enter the Advanced Teachers Training College of the University of Yaoundé I in Cameroon from where I graduated as a school, university and professional guidance counsellor in 1997. After this diploma, I was also admitted to the University of DSHANG in a school specialised in agriculture and forestry (CRESA Foret Bois) in the field of environmental impact studies (from 2008 to 2010), culminating in a professional master's degree in environmental and social impact studies in 2010 with honours. My background is summarised below :
-From 2008 to 2010, I obtain a professional master's degree in environmental and social impact studies in 2010 with honours.
- In 1997 I graduated as a school, university and professional guidance counsellor
- In 1994 I obtained a Bachelor's degree in private law at the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences of the University of Yaoundé II in Cameroon
- October 1989 I was admitted to the Faculty of Law and Economics in October
-12 August 1989 : Primary and secondary education in Cameroon lasted 14 years and was crowned by a diploma in administrative techniques

CONTINUOUS TRAINING
- November 2020 Cameroonian - German financial cooperation Monitoring and evaluation of projects and programmes
- April 2019 Spring University, Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA), Paris
Thinking, building and governing the world together, new issues, new instruments and new actors in international development aid: thinking and implementing development policies in a renewed framework. November 2018 Setym International, Marrakech, Maroc Results-based management and performance measurement - May 2018 Ownership of the Sustainable Development Goals on reporting and monitoring their implementation. - Juin 2017 Setym International, Montréal Master’s degree in technics for developing, financing and managing projects in public-private partnership mode.

Affiliations and Achievements:

Volunteer Commissioner for the Technical Commission Fédération Genévoise de Coopération (FGC) – Genève
- Personal analysis of five projects and formulation of amendments, observations, and recommendations.
- Participation in 3 committees analyzing the five projects on various themes (the environment, the fight against poverty, sustainable management of resources, young people at risk, water resources) and presentation of the observations made for their consideration.
- Reading of the FGC's strategies.
Inspection of services:
- Terms reference elaboration for the Ministry Directorate performance evaluation of General issue the Lobeke and Campo-Man National Parks
International Cooperation
- Administrative coordinator of the project on sustainable management of natural resources in South West Cameroon,
- Monitoring and evaluation of all projects of the Forestry and Wildlife Ministry in the forest environment sector and drafting of monitoring reports.
- Participation in the validation committees of the environmental impact study reports
- Monitoring the implementation of the environmental and social management plan of the Dja Biosphere Reserve, classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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- Participation in negotiations with donors for the financing of projects in public-private partnership mode:
- Establishment of a consultation platform between technical and financial partners, international and national NGOs, civil society, and the private sector for the coordination of technical and financial contributions in the forest, wildlife and environment sub-sector (consultation and evaluation meetings) - 2017, 2018, 2020.
- Signing of financing agreements with the Federal Republic of Germany for the common fund project of the forest and environment sector programme (FRG) - 2016

- Negotiation of a financing agreement for the 4th phase of the sustainable management of natural resources programme in the South West Region of Cameroon, with the RFA, Berlin. Mobilisation of €15 million - 2016
- Signing of Understanding Memorandum (MoU) between the Ministry of Forests and Wildlife, the Foundation for the National Sorting of the Sangha (FTNS) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) - 04.01.2016
- Signature of Understanding Memorandum (MoU) between the Government of Cameroon and the International Network on Bamboo (INBAR) - 25.11.2013
Project development
- Securing Permanent Forest to fight against Climate Change & Enhance Sustainable National & Local Economies in Cameroon", approved in 2020 - Green Climate Fund
- NGOILA MINTOM" funded by the World Bank.
Monitoring and evaluation of projects

- Common Fund of the Forest and Environment Sector Programme
- Sustainable Management of Natural Resources Programme" funded by the FRG
- GIZ project in support of the Central African Forest Commission (COMIFAC)
- Mobilization of 40 million Euros / year through different programmes / projects on sustainable development, notably: forestry, wildlife and environmental.
- Study on the economic and social importance of the forestry and wildlife sector in Cameroon, conducted by CIFOR (2013)
- Coordination of the Planning, Programming and Budgeting Unit
Participation in international conferences
- World Forestry Congress (Durban, South Africa)
- Earth Summit (RIO+20) in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on "The World We Desire" and the World Conservation Congress in South Korea.
- Meeting of European Forest Ministers and Tropical Forest Conference (Oslo, 2011 & 2018).
- United Nations Forum on Forests in New York in 2017, 2018 and 2019
- International Tropical Timber Councils in Japan and in member countries
- Participation to the IUCN World Parks Congress 2014 in Sydney, Australia.
- Participation to the IUCN World Conservation Congress held in September 2012 in Jeju, South Korea, with several projects funded at all these conferences

Available for:

  • Job opportunities

Years of Experience:

More than 20 years

Highest Qualification:

Masters

Languages:

French, English

Nationality:

Cameroon

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