{"id":8548,"date":"2020-12-03T08:43:17","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T08:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/?p=8548"},"modified":"2020-12-18T13:26:15","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T13:26:15","slug":"call-for-applications-public-policy-analysis-course-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.foretiafoundation.org\/staging\/call-for-applications-public-policy-analysis-course-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Applications \u2013 Public Policy Analysis Course (2021)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nkafu Policy Institute at the\u00a0Denis & Lenora Foretia Foundation<\/a>\u00a0has designed a special one-week (5 days) intensive training course to equip young scholars with critical thinking about free enterprise, government transparency, and fiscal accountability. The course has been specifically designed to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Strengthen participants\u2019 understanding of key challenges to businesses in Cameroon including the Doing Business Index and how to run a business<\/li>\n
  2. Improve participants techniques in policy analysis, both qualitative and quantitative<\/li>\n
  3. Enhance participants\u2019 ability to promote evidence-informed public policy through writing strong op-Eds, policy briefs, and reports<\/li>\n
  4. Understand the process of planning an effective policy advocacy campaign and how to advocate for change<\/li>\n
  5. Equip participants with the skills and techniques to critically appraise policies and make tangible recommendations<\/li>\n
  6. Help participants effectively communicate research outcomes through various communication channels<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The training will be done in English and French. So, participants will be expected to understand both languages as there will be no simultaneous translation.<\/p>\n

    Why Free Enterprise, Government Transparency, and Fiscal Accountability?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A free enterprise economic system stimulates competition amongst private businesses and helps in the safeguarding of an economy where small businesses can thrive, being largely free from government control. In Africa, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)\u00a0make up about 90% of businesses. They contribute to 36% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Cameroon. According to the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicraft, Cameroon would be an emerging economy if SMEs were to contribute 50% of the GDP.<\/p>\n

    However, SMEs in Cameroon face several obstacles that prevent them from growing and catalyzing a system that generates economic opportunities for all. The various obstacles faced by Cameroon\u2019s SMEs include high tax rates, administrative bottlenecks, corruption, access to finance, and access to electricity just to name but a few. Therefore, there is an urgent need for liberating enterprises to advance prosperity in Cameroon.<\/p>\n

    For more than six years, the Nkafu Policy Institute at the Denis and Lenora Foretia Foundation has been working towards making Cameroon a better place to live and work, by promoting research-based policy reforms grounded in the free enterprise and economic freedoms. \u00a0Indeed, our central mission at the Nkafu Policy Institute is the promotion of free enterprise policies that lead to job creation and wealth generation.<\/p>\n

    Course Benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n