TCHANA JOSEPH
Biography
Born on 12 February 1969 in Bangangté-Cameroon, married and father of 03 children.
Address :PO BOX 33038 Yaoundé Tel : +237 222 222 689
Fax : 00(237) 222 23 23 88
Email : jotchana@yahoo.fr
PROFESSIONAL POSITION
| Employers | Position occupied | Duties | Starting year | Ending year | |
| Ministry of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA) | Secretary General | Coordinating the actions and activities of MINPMEESA | 30 June 2020 | Pending | |
| The Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Promotion Agency (APME) |
Technical adviser and Focal Point of the TRANSFAGRI Programme |
Technical Adviser of the General Manager Technical, administrative and financial coordination of the activities of Component I of the C2D TRANSFAGRI Programme |
Dec 2018 | 30 June 2020 | |
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Ministry of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA)
Ministry of SMEs, Social Economy and Handicrafts (MINPMEESA)
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National Coordinator of the Support Programme for Agricultural and Agri-food Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (C2D/ PMEAA) | -Technical, administrative and financial coordination of the programme -Design and follow-up of the Programme activities on the field, to agri-food enterprises -Management of the staff estimated at 35 persons |
October 2016 |
Dec 2018 |
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Head of Legal Affairs Division |
-Development of legal and regulating acts related to SMEs, handicraft and Social Economy -Drafting, Negotiating and following-up Agreements and Conventions, negotiating partnerships with international organisations -Defending the State’s interests in Courts -Legal advice on all matters concerning the Ministry -Dissemination of legal culture within the Ministry |
April 2012 |
June 2017 |
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Inspector of Services No.2 |
Technical, administrative and financial audit of the structures of MINPMEESA Fight against corruption and promotion of good governance |
Sept 2011 |
April 2012 |
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Litigation Unit Head in the Legal Affairs Division |
-Drafting, Negotiating and following-up Agreements and Conventions, negotiating partnerships with international organisations -Defending the State’s interests in Courts |
2010 |
Sept 2011 |
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Assistant Research Officer Legal Unit |
Drafting, Negotiating and following Agreements and Conventions, negotiating partnerships with international organisations -Defending the State’s interests in Courts -Legal advice |
2006 |
2010 |
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Support Programme for Urban and Rural Youth (PAJER-U) of the Ministry of Youth (simultaneously with my position in MINPMEESA) |
Follow-up-Evaluation and defintion of strategies Unit Head |
-Follow-up-Evaluation of the Programme activities, -Design and implementation of sustainable strategies for the supervision of youths -Design and implementation of monitoring tools for the Programme |
2007 |
2011 |
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| University of Yaounde I | Superviser of cultural clubs |
Administrative and technical follow-up of cultural clubs Post- and peri-academic animation |
1998 | 2006 | |
| National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS) | Associate teacher |
– Lectures on Environment and sustainable development ; -Entrepreneurship lecture – Follow-up of end-of-training theses |
2002 |
Pending |
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| National Advanced School of Posts and Telecommunications. (SUP-TIC) | Associate teacher |
– Lectures on mounting projects and business creation; -Follow-up of students’ theses |
2002 |
2011 |
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UNIVERSITY STUDIES AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Secondary and University Studies
| Year | Diploma obtained | Schools attended |
| 2015-2017 | PhD in Environmental and Sustainable Development Law (Pending) | University of Yaounde II/Soa |
| 2005 | DESS in Business Creation and Management of Innovative Projects | Montesquieu University of Bordeaux IV- France |
| 2002 | 3rd cycle University Diploma in International Environmental Law (Option: Environmental Impact studies ) | University of Limoges – France |
| 2001 | Maîtrise in Public Law | University of Yaounde II/Soa |
| 1992 | Postgraduate Degree in Public Law | University of Yaounde |
| 1989 | Baccalauréat A4 | High School of Bafang |
Vocational Training and Internship
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Period
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Training Institutes | Training or internship Institute | Duration | System of validation |
| 2017 |
CIFOPE (Thiais- Paris/ France) |
Training seminar “Change and leadership management- Managing teams and developing their performance”. |
2 weeks |
Attestation |
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2006 |
Institut International de Droit de Développement (IDLO)/Rome –Italie |
Development Law Practice Course (DLC) |
10 weeks |
Diploma |
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2004-2005 |
Institut de la Francophonie pour l’entrepreneuriat (IFE)/ Ile Maurice |
Professional Master in Entrepreneurship |
18 months |
Diploma (Honours)
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May 2005 |
Cabinet SYNTONIE Consultants Quatre Bornes Ile Maurice |
Training Seminar in International Business Negotiations |
10 days |
Attestation |
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June 2005 |
Groupe IFP/PNUD Maurice | Seminar titled: “Entrepreneurial culture and the business environment” |
10 days |
Attestation |
| April 2002 | European Union/Environment and Forest Unit |
End of course preparation for the DU at the University of Limoges |
30 days |
Evaluation |
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1998 |
National Institute of Youth and Sports (INJS)/ Yaoundé |
Training as Youth and Action Counsellor |
2 years |
Diploma (Valedictorian of the 1998 batch) |
SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATIONS, RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
- La participation des populations à la protection de l’environnement au Cameroun (subject of doctoral thesis Pending), University of Yaoundé II/ SOA.
- CSR: an opportunity for the development of Cameroonian SMEs in the mining sector, (First Edition of the Regional Consultation Workshop for a dialogue on Social Responsibility (CSR) in the mining industries 26, 27 and 28 October 2016 Hôtel la Falaise, Yaoundé, Cameroon, article published by the Institut de la Francophonie pour le Développement Durable (IFDD) in its book “Un secteur minier responsable, Une dynamique sectorielle émergente en Afrique francophone” part of its collection “Points de repère”. The document is also available on the IFDD website at the following link https://www.ifdd.francophonie.org/ressources/ressources-pub-desc.php?id=723)
- L’environnement juridique de la création des entreprises et de l’ouverture des filiales des multinationales. (International Training Seminar on Methods of Fighting Corruption in the Private Sector on the general theme “Ethics and the Fight against Corruption in Multinationals and National Companies” organised by CONAC and the French Development Agency; Douala, 09-11 April 2014)
- Comment contribuer à une meilleure prise en compte du développement durable en entrepreneuriat ? (International Bilingual Colloquium organised by the AUF and the University of Mauritius on “Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development” Mauritius 22, 23 and 24 November 2012).
- La délocalisation des activités de production des grandes entreprises nationales : impact sur les PME ; International colloquium on the theme “Vulnerability of VSEs and SMEs in a globalised environment”, organised by the AUF and the Réseau des Chercheurs de la Francophonie sur l’Entrepreneuriat (French-speaking researchers’ network on entrepreneurship) on 27, 28 and 29 May 2009 at the University of Quebec in Trois-Rivières (Canada).
- La création d’un bureau d’études des projets à Yaoundé au Cameroun : BGT Consult. (Thesis for the Master’s degree in entrepreneurship at the Institut de la Francophonie pour l’entrepreneuriat, June 2005, 80P)
- L’adaptabilité des Pays en Voie de Développement aux normes internationales d’étude d’impact sur l’environnement : le Cas du Cameroun (dissertation for the preparation of the DU de 3ème Cycle of the University of Limoges, July 2002, 50p)
- Le financement des projets des jeunes par les organisations internationales opérant au Cameroun : la CONFEJES, le FAPB et le SAILD comme étude de (End of training thesis INJS of Yaoundé, June 1998, 175p).
- L’Animation socio culturelle en milieu universitaire : Techniques, Pratiques et Principes fondamentaux (co-auteur) Yaoundé, 2003, 50P.
- Besoins et aspirations des Jeunes : Réussir l’intégration des jeunes dans le processus de développement, 75P (En voie de publication)
- L’entrepreneuriat en Afrique centrale et les influences culturelles : le cas du Cameroun. (April 2004, 60p)
MISCELLANEOUS
- President of the Cameroonian branch of the association “Entrepreneurs sans Frontières”
- Member of the Francophone Association of Project Management -AFITEP
- Member of the Network of Entrepreneurship Researchers of the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) since 2010.
- Former member of the Unesco Club of the University of Yaoundé
- Former Peer Educator of the University of Yaoundé
- Computer skills (Word, Spreadsheet, Internet)
- Bilingual (French/English).
- Driving licence cat B.