Part of the main building houses sovereign institutions which hold their sessions there and occupy permanent offices. The cohabitation with these prestigious “tenants” is most serene, especially since the latter has integrated the need to contribute to the operating costs of the Yaounde Conference Centre.

The Yaounde Conference Centre, the privileged host of the republican institutions, hosts four (04) institutions of the republic on a provisional basis, in the various spaces granted to them on Mount Nkol-Nyada in Yaoundé. Since then, the Senate, the second institution of the Republic, houses its permanent services as well as the Office of the President. The Mezzanine serves as an office and waiting room for the Secretary-General and President of the CPDM Parliamentary Group.

The offices of the other officials occupy the hall of Meeting Room “C”. The institution chaired by Marcel NIAT NJIFENDI uses other spaces of the Conference Centre during the three ordinary sessions of the year. These include the Inaugural Hall which serves as a hemicycle and Meeting Room “A”.

The National Assembly, the last institution to integrate the Conference Centre in 2020 due to the ongoing construction of its new headquarters, is housed on the 5^th floor of Sector III. It permanently occupies 13 offices with a surface area of 288 m2. During the three ordinary sessions of the year, the Tripartite Room is used as a hemicycle as well as the committee rooms, halls and lounges are also occupied.

The Constitutional Council is located on the 3^rd, 4th and 6^th floors. ts permanent occupation space is made up of 14 offices with a surface area of 459 m2 on the 3^rd floor, 15 offices with a surface area of 459 m2 on the 4^th floor, 10 offices and a meeting room with a surface area of 362 m2 on the 6^th floor. The institution headed by Clément ATANGANA also occupies rooms and spaces for meetings or other events.

The CONAC (National Anti-Corruption Commission)has its services distributed on the ground floor with 15 offices with a surface area of 395 m2; respectively in sector III of 1^st floor with 13 offices with a surface area of 420 m2 and in sector II with 11 offices and a meeting room of 362 m2. The institution directed by Reverend Dieudonné MASSI GAMS also occupies rooms and spaces for meetings and specific events.

It is an honour for the Conference Centre to host all these state institutions that have integrated the urgency and the need to contribute to the running costs of the Conference Centre.

As a property of the State, the Conference Centre remains open to accommodate other structures within the limits of available space. All these institutions live together in the Conference Centre.

By Marlyse MIENDA AMOR