Project Coordinator Calls for Effective FieldWork
By Christopher Ambe Shu
Picture 1:Rumpi Project Coordinator,Besong Ogork Ntui ,being interviewed
Picture 2:Cross section of Workshop participants
Over 100 implementation agents of the FCFA 17 billion RUMPI Area Participatory Development Project (fondly called Rumpi project) have been drilled on Project Information Management Systems (PIMs) at a two-day workshop (February 7&8) that took place in Limbe, Cameroon.
The workshop was organized by the Management of the Rumpi Project. The Project coordinator, Besong Ogork Ntui, a seasoned tropical agronomist, in his opening address called on the implementation agents to be more than ever serious and be effectively present in the field.
The Rumpi Project, which has a six-year life span, was launched in 2004.It is intended to reduce poverty in rural areas of the Southwest province by increasing their incomes in a sustainable manner, through improving agricultural output as well as their socio-economic environment .
The Project is jointly funded by African Development Bank (ADB75%), Technical Assistance Fund (TAF 8 %), Government of Cameroon (GOC15%) and the beneficiaries (2%).
Participants learned various processes of managing information within the project and were equipped with the know-how and means of collecting data from the PIM .Topics treated included: Monitoring and Evaluation Concept, Collecting Relevant data for agricultural production and Productivity –the Case of Rumpi by Dr Besong Manfred; Important village/community data for Rumpi project Support by Patricia Leke Tambo and Project Information Management Design by Dr Hani Afifi
Mr Ogork Ntui said Rumpi had just received the second disbursement of funds from the ADB to the tune of about FCFA 500million.
“We are starting this year with funds available. Performance allowances of implementation partners would be paid. But people have to show proof that work has been effectively done first”, he told the participants, adding that he would make sure that project funds would no longer be delayed by the financiers, as was the case with the former management.
Emphasizing the importance of the workshop, the coordinator said in every project implementation the smooth flow of information is very critical.
It was last November that the Rumpi project had its mid-term evaluation and it emerged that not much had been done in the field.
But Ogork Ntui told The Recorder, “That is not to say work has not been going on. We have done quite a lot in terms of preparing the take of activities in the field and this year is one which those activities must take off in the field. It is an important year for Rumpi-a year of results”
Dr Hani Afifi, Rumpi Management Advisor and resource person at the workshop confirmed to reporters that the Rumpi project is now on track with the coming of Ogork Ntui as new project coordinator. But he added that, because of the delays in disbursements suffered by previous management the project may need extension. “There have been many delays; there is a need for extension of the lifespan”
Also optimistic about the future of the Rumpi project was Dr. Besong Manfred, one of the project’s senior official and workshop resource person. “Rumpi is in its third year. It is true that we had some lapses/delays ….But we have been planning. With the funds now available it is a simple thing to improve the lives of many,”Dr Besong told the press.
Participants rose with a resolve to do their very best to help Rumpi quickly realize its goal of poverty alleviation in the Southwest Province of Cameroon.
Rumpi, a giant development project, is considered as the gateway to poverty alleviation in the southwest province.
The workshop was organized by the Management of the Rumpi Project. The Project coordinator, Besong Ogork Ntui, a seasoned tropical agronomist, in his opening address called on the implementation agents to be more than ever serious and be effectively present in the field.
The Rumpi Project, which has a six-year life span, was launched in 2004.It is intended to reduce poverty in rural areas of the Southwest province by increasing their incomes in a sustainable manner, through improving agricultural output as well as their socio-economic environment .
The Project is jointly funded by African Development Bank (ADB75%), Technical Assistance Fund (TAF 8 %), Government of Cameroon (GOC15%) and the beneficiaries (2%).
Participants learned various processes of managing information within the project and were equipped with the know-how and means of collecting data from the PIM .Topics treated included: Monitoring and Evaluation Concept, Collecting Relevant data for agricultural production and Productivity –the Case of Rumpi by Dr Besong Manfred; Important village/community data for Rumpi project Support by Patricia Leke Tambo and Project Information Management Design by Dr Hani Afifi
Mr Ogork Ntui said Rumpi had just received the second disbursement of funds from the ADB to the tune of about FCFA 500million.
“We are starting this year with funds available. Performance allowances of implementation partners would be paid. But people have to show proof that work has been effectively done first”, he told the participants, adding that he would make sure that project funds would no longer be delayed by the financiers, as was the case with the former management.
Emphasizing the importance of the workshop, the coordinator said in every project implementation the smooth flow of information is very critical.
It was last November that the Rumpi project had its mid-term evaluation and it emerged that not much had been done in the field.
But Ogork Ntui told The Recorder, “That is not to say work has not been going on. We have done quite a lot in terms of preparing the take of activities in the field and this year is one which those activities must take off in the field. It is an important year for Rumpi-a year of results”
Dr Hani Afifi, Rumpi Management Advisor and resource person at the workshop confirmed to reporters that the Rumpi project is now on track with the coming of Ogork Ntui as new project coordinator. But he added that, because of the delays in disbursements suffered by previous management the project may need extension. “There have been many delays; there is a need for extension of the lifespan”
Also optimistic about the future of the Rumpi project was Dr. Besong Manfred, one of the project’s senior official and workshop resource person. “Rumpi is in its third year. It is true that we had some lapses/delays ….But we have been planning. With the funds now available it is a simple thing to improve the lives of many,”Dr Besong told the press.
Participants rose with a resolve to do their very best to help Rumpi quickly realize its goal of poverty alleviation in the Southwest Province of Cameroon.
Rumpi, a giant development project, is considered as the gateway to poverty alleviation in the southwest province.
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