The Cameroonian government and the United Nations system officially relaunched, on Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Yaoundé, the Youth Promotion Platform in Cameroon. A mechanism designed to strengthen the coordination of public policies in favor of young people, now placed at the heart of monitoring the actions undertaken.
On May 28, 2026, the Minister of Youth and Civic Education, Mounouna Foutsou, and the UNFPA representative, Dr. Justin Koffi, formalized the relaunch of the Youth Promotion Platform in Cameroon (PPJC). This initiative marks a new stage in the cooperation between the Cameroonian state and international partners around youth-related issues.
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Anchored in the Prime Minister’s decrees signed on December 29, 2025, as well as the objectives of the 2020-2030 National Development Strategy (SND30), the platform aims to be a decision-support tool for public authorities. It will notably feed the work of sectoral sub-commissions responsible for youth policies.
The authorities mainly intend to end the compartmentalization of interventions between administrations, UN agencies, the World Bank, and civil society organizations. Youth employment, reproductive health, training, and climate challenges are among the identified priorities.
The main innovation of this relaunch lies, however, in the “youth approach” advocated by the partners. Young people will no longer be considered mere beneficiaries of public programs but as actors involved in the monitoring and evaluation of the policies that concern them.
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Four years before the 2030 deadline, the UN reaffirmed its commitment to support Cameroon in the concrete implementation of its 2025-2035 National Youth Policy.
