An independent national forum on institutional delivery, governance and transformation
Yaoundé · 17–18 February 2027
Two days closing the first cycle of the national programme: the first national findings on institutional delivery capability, the work institutions delivered through the year, and the acknowledgement of the 2026 Founding Cohort.
Wednesday and Thursday, in Yaoundé. Sessions marked Open are for everyone registered. Sessions marked Roll are for institutions that completed the 2026 cycle.
Wednesday 17 February
Heads of institutions, protocol guests, partners, observers and delegates in plenary. Roundtables for the Roll and invited partners.
Thursday 18 February
Open plenary. No institution's band is announced without its written authorization. No proposal or pricing is presented in plenary; private meetings can be booked at the Summit.
The plenary is open across both days — the plenary is where the national findings are shared. The closed roundtables, the private institutional briefings and the reserved lounge are for institutions on the Roll: those that completed the 2026 cycle.
| Tier | Who | Plenary | Restricted | Lounge | Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roll | Founding Cohort institutions | yes | yes | yes | Included · 3 places |
| Programme | Cohort participants not in the Founding Cohort | yes | yes | no | Included · 3 places |
| Partner | Sponsors, ACE candidates | yes | yes | yes | Per package |
| Protocol | Ministry, development partners, guests of honour | yes | yes | yes | No fee |
| Observer | Institutions that did not participate in 2026 | yes | no | no | 450,000 XAF · 2 places |
| Delegate | Individuals, practitioners, members | yes | no | no | 75,000 XAF · members 45,000 |
Institutions on the Roll and Programme tiers hold three places, matching the programme's delegation principle. Additional places 150,000 XAF each.
Thursday 18 February, 14:00–18:00. Yaoundé, a separate room. Separately registered and separately priced.
The Summit closes at 12:15. The Practitioner Session is for delegates rather than heads of institutions: project office heads, planning officers, programme and monitoring staff. It runs the same afternoon, in a different room, with its own registration and its own fee.
A capability baseline is an evidence-based assessment of how well an institution delivers its projects.
90,000 XAF per person · 60,000 XAF for delegates of a Founding Cohort institution. Registration closes Friday 5 February 2027. The session is cancelled below thirty registrations and anything paid is refunded in full.
NPMTI Practitioner membership is included for 12 months in every Practitioner, Professional and Leader place of the Project Leadership Accelerator, and in Pathway I; members renew individually from year two. Two points. The Summit formally closes before this session begins, in a different room, with separate registration. And membership confers no recognition — Delivery Expert recognition is earned by assessment against published criteria, never through paying a membership fee.
Wednesday 17 February, 16:30–18:00, Yaoundé, a separate room. Open by registration. No cap. No fee. Nothing is sold and no territory is granted.
The session sets out what an Approved Centre of Excellence is, the conditions of approval, the quality obligations that come with it, and what NPMTI will never delegate. Approval criteria are published in the first quarter of 2027, and the first approvals follow the delivery of the first independently validated capability baselines. The first twenty organizations to submit a complete expression of interest are offered an individual conversation in the first quarter of 2027.
NPMTI recognizes its own facilitators and assessors. NPMTI does not authorize PMI instructors — that authorization belongs to PMI.
Every package funds capability for institutions that cannot fund their own. A sponsor is named as funder of what it funded — which is a credit worth having, clearer and more lasting than a logo on a banner.
1 only · renewable for 2027
20,000,000 XAF
Funds fifteen institutional capability baselines for institutions that cannot pay, and is named as their funder. Six delegates across both Summit days, lounge access, exhibition space, named as funder in the 2026 national report, and the right to renew for 2027 at the same fee, before it is offered to anyone else.
Maximum 3
10,000,000 XAF
Funds seven sponsored baselines. Four delegates across both days, lounge access, exhibition space, named in the national report.
Maximum 6
5,000,000 XAF
Funds three sponsored baselines. Two delegates across both days and exhibition space.
Maximum 4
2,500,000 XAF
Hosts one working session. No session at which recognition is conferred is available to any sponsor, at any price.
Maximum 8 stands
1,500,000 XAF
One stand and one delegate. Eight is the limit: beyond it the foyer becomes a trade floor and heads of institutions stop walking through it.
Founding and National partnerships fund more than half their value in capability baselines for institutions that cannot fund their own. Every package funds some. Partnership packages cover the Summit; the Practitioner Session is separately sponsored.
Recognition, a band, influence on an assessment outcome, a platform during a recognition session, and access to any institution's evidence or result are not available at any price, in any package.
They protect your institution's results, recognition earned by assessment and your time. They also constrain us, and we publish them for that reason.
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Bands are absolute and earned against published criteria. No league table is produced, and your band is shared only with your specific written authorization.
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Sponsors fund capability for institutions that cannot fund their own. No sponsor influences an assessment, and none holds a platform in any session where recognition is conferred.
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No proposal or pricing is presented on stage or in plenary. Institutions that want to take a next step can book a private meeting with the NPMTI team at the Summit, and receive a written proposal within ten working days.
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No deal room is held on the Summit floor. Investors, development partners and institutions meet in private, pre-arranged meetings, so that no recognition shares a stage with a transaction.
Institutions on the Roll and Programme tiers are registered through their existing delegation. This form is for observer institutions, individual delegates and additional places.