Courtes Ketcha honors Cameroon in Porto Alegre

After being invited to honor Africa as the newly elected female Mayor and UCLG champion (Global Network of Cities, Local Governments and Regions) in 2012, the current Mayor of Bangangté in Cameroon advised the French Elus to inform their MPs to deal with the problems in their country and leave Cameroon to deal with theirs.

In the synchronization of global development, local governance plays an important role for the immediate development of the grassroots. The policy for years driven by the Head of State through the establishment of decentralization has enabled Cameroon to benefit from external contributions and broad cooperation and international solidarity.

Today the World Association of Mayors (UCLG - Favourite Cities and Local Governments) brings together local elected representatives from 5 continents and 31 member countries representing the most important global platform to discuss governance issues met in Porto Alegre on 9 and 12 June 2015 in order to define a common advocacy to present to the Heads of State who will meet in September in New York.

During the conference in Porto Alegre, core issues discussed were water supply, sanitation, access to education, health, employment, climate change and many others with workshop discussions.

In the agenda of the Mayor of Bangangté Courtes Ketcha, the wastewater treatment center of Porto Alegre has been very beneficial for Cameroon because the "Queen Mother" as affectionately called used this visit to pull partnerships to Cameroon and Bangangté. She reminded her colleagues of the prevention of disasters and crises through the awareness of human attitudes.

Prospects

To date, statistics show that 7 billion people live on our planet. Specifically, over a billion live on less than a dollar; while 20% of the world population owns 90% of wealth. These staggering numbers make it possible to think about a global future with less frustration and more equality.

Regarding mortality poverty in Africa, official figures speak of the loss of a quarter of Africa's population (in some countries) by 2020 because of the high spread of HIV / AIDS. Apart from these, 1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, 1 person in three suffers from chronic hunger and 2.4 billion people lack sanitation facilities that satisfied global requirements for safety. Qi enormous challenges call for vigilance.

The elected representatives of the world will have to manage the challenge which the first seems to be the cohesion and exchanges of good governance practice.