Decree number 2004/320

Decree number 2004/320 is a presidential decree issued on December 8, 2004 by Paul Biya that organized 29 ministries of the Government of Cameroon.^[1]

Provisions

Provisions of the decree include:

• Creation of the Ministry of Youth Affairs.^[2]
• Splitting the Ministry of Environment and Forests into the Ministry of Forests and Fauna and the Ministry of Environment and Protection of Nature.^[3]
• Reorganisation of the Ministry of Energy and Water.^[4]
• Creation of the Ministry of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, Social Economy and Handicraft.^[5]
• Transfer of responsibility for authorisation of the use of government vehicles from the Prime Minister's Office to the Ministry of State Property and Land Tenure.^[6]

References

1. Cameroon: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper-Progress Report. International Monetary Fund. 2006. p. 101.
2. Ewumbue-Monono, Churchill (2009). Youth and nation-building in Cameroon: a study of National Youth Day messages and leadership discourse (1949-2009). African Books Collective. p. 13. ISBN 978-9956-558-32-2.
3. Topa, Giuseppe; Carole Megevand; Alain Karsenty (2009). The rainforests of Cameroon: experience and evidence from a decade of reform. World Bank Publications. p. 152. ISBN 978-0-8213-7878-6.
4. Yuntenwi, Ernestine A. Tangang; Victor Ngu Cheo; Jürgen Ertel (2008). "Standards of Implementing Renewable Energy Technologies in Cameroon". Environmental Protection in the European Union 3: 171–183. doi:10.1007/978-3-540-31141-6.
5. Zisuh, Ngoasong Michael (2007). "DOES INNOVATION MATTER FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT? AN EMPIRICAL STUDY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN THE CITY OF KUMBA - CAMEROON". Studia Universitatis Babes Bolyai (CEEOL) (1/2007): 91–109. ISSN 1937-8602.
6. "Anong Adibime and His Stubborn Lot". Cameroon Tribune. April 29, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2010.

External links

• Text of the decree (in French)