Cameroon - Economic Partnership: Economic operators opposed the signing of EPAs The question was not contained in the initial programming of the press conference given by the grouping of economic operators under the banner Entrepreneur of Cameroon (E.CAM) but it is imposed. Economic entrepreneurs members of E. Cam denounce the proposed signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) announced between the Government of Cameroon and the European Union (eu). An initiative considered impractical by the President of E. Cam. For Protais Ayangma, This is bad news for the Cameroonian economy if these agreements were initialed. It is through a figure of speech that the economic operator illustrates this situation. Sign of the Economic Partnership Agreements with the European Union amounts to the same ring against a featherweight boxer an opponent of heavyweight category.» More nuanced Protais Ayangma suggests that conditionality and compensation related to probable signing of these agreements are deeply set. In which case, says the same source, the signing of partnership agreements between Cameroon and the European Union fall within the circle. An allusion to the questioning by some donors aid which are granted to Cameroon. To the press, economic operators member of E. Cam did not economic factors imbalance surrounding the commitment of the Cameroonian economy in these agreements. In the foreground, traders gathered within E. Cam highlight the survival of the Cameroonian economic fabric based mainly on small and medium enterprises. The Cameroonian SME survives. It only needs to be supported to fully play its role. Reasons for economic entrepreneur Celestin Tawamba indicate the noticeable contrast between official rhetoric and the governments approach. The signing of the Economic Partnership Agreements between Cameroon and the European Union is an initiative that prevents the fight against poverty and reduce unemployment. Celestin Tawamba supports to this end that Economic Partnership Agreements should be signed between the European Union and a structured economic zone. Gold insists the same source, the Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) is not yet an economic zone engageable under the Agreements such a nature. Vice President of E. Cam, Perrial Nyodog suggests that the states of the CEMAC zone equip beforehand infrastructure and structures that they are open to competition. Otherwise, seems to make the same source, We are for agreements that promote business relocation and skills transfer from industrialized countries to Africa. Solution that would help reduce production costs and would benefit all the parties. Present at this meeting, the regional delegate of the Ministry of Small and Medium Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicrafts recognizes that the government should support SME in development projects. However, the administration official says Structuring projects are funded by foreign partners who have their requirements. No to the Vice President of E. Cam retorted that in this respect that the problems we raise are related to the survival of the Cameroonian economy and Cameroons development. European Union - Economic Exchanges - APE: Cameroonian companies unarmed The figure of speech used by the President of E. Cam (Cameroon companies, employers organization) is illustrative of the perception that many Cameroonian economic entrepreneurs ratification of the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA). Protais Ayangma indicates in this respect that, this is bad news for the Cameroonian economy if these agreements were initialed. The economic operator compares this situation to a ring in which a boxer the featherweight division would be opposed to a heavyweight boxer. A position related to the weight of trade between Cameroon and the European Union but also to the countrys ability to benefit from the free trade which is the background of these agreements. Director of Promotion and Assistance Agency standards and quality (Anor), Emmanuel Touji invites the Cameroonian businesses adapt to the culture of standardization. An imperative for survival and integration of national economic fabric of globalization. An economist by training, he noted that only thirty Cameroonian companies are now certified to the ISO standard example. However, According to the National Institute of Statistics, Cameroon nearly 94,000 businesses. A ratio which support some businesses do not plead, in the current state for the ratification of Ape by Cameroon. Most often requested for subcontracting by the recipient undertakings of national markets, small and medium enterprises (SME) Cameroon sounding the alarm. In a letter addressed to the Government, the Association of companies outsourcing of Cameroon (Adescam) recommends that the Government take steps to ensure that local businesses have a minimal use of 40% in the award of contracts. This organization calls the coherence of many texts on subcontracting in order to make visible and transparent the use of instruments for the promotion and development of SME. Sided agreements ... Célestin Tawamba for the question on the signing of Ape should be addressed at the subregional and regional levels. An economic operator who appreciates the Economic Partnership Agreements under the prism of poverty reduction suggests that these agreements are signed between the EU and CEMAC. However, he noted that CEMAC is not yet an economic zone capable of engaging in the agreements of such nature. Reasons for business Perrial Nyodog man suggest that the CEMAC zone to develop in advance of infrastructure and structures allowing it to open to competition. Financial expert, Babissakana assesses the shortfall in market share to return or benefit the local subcontracting on markets listed in 8000 billion FCFA. For the director of the award subcontracting and partnership, this shortfall is mainly due to the inability of local SME to comply with international requirements. In the same vein, many observers estimate that more than 70%, the shortfall would know that the tax and customs revenues that constitute the bulk of Cameroonian fiscal revenues.
Posted on: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 16:42:40 +0000
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