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Communication strategy and management

Move from producing content to running a communication function.

Block code
COMM-STRAT
The format

Three months, two hours a day.

  • Certificate programme · 128 h
  • Two hours a day
  • 250,000 F — the same fee for all sixty
  • All in the same format, at the same fee.
The qualification

A CQP under MINEFOP accreditation.

  • Leads to the CQP — Certificat de Qualification Professionnelle, which the ministry used to call the AQP.
  • Awarded under MINEFOP accreditation.
  • The full programme for the same profession remains open to anyone aiming for the complete qualification.
Sessions

A new session opens every quarter.

Next intake: Monday 5 October, with enrolment open until 2 October. The following one starts on 4 January 2027.

  • First-quarter intake — enrolment closes on 2 October5 Oct.
  • Second-quarter intake — 20274 Jan.
Objectives

What you will be able to do.

  • Audit the perceived image and the intended image, and measure the gap

  • Set awareness, image and behaviour objectives

  • Build a costed annual plan and present it to a committee

  • Uphold the graphic and editorial guidelines, and rule on deviations

  • Lead an identity redesign project

  • Build a budget, consult agencies and secure the assignment of rights

  • Steer by indicators and report to management

Programme

Four modules.

  1. Module 0132 h

    Diagnosis and communication plan

  2. Module 0232 h

    Identity, guidelines and consistency

  3. Module 0332 h

    Budget, suppliers and purchasing

  4. Module 0432 h

    Measurement and reporting to management

Who it is for

Who it is aimed at.

  • Learners with hands-on communication experience. The block is aimed at future heads of an organisation's communication function.
Afterwards

Where it leads.

  • Head of communication, SME communication director, communication strategy consultant. This is the block that takes you from execution to management.
Method

How it works.

  • Systematic alternation between short theory sessions and practical work, with most of the time spent on practice

  • Progression from simple to complex: each module builds on what was learnt in the previous one

  • Realistic role-plays drawn from Cameroonian business cases

  • Considered use of generative AI as a working tool, in line with the common core

  • Regular formative assessments and a final integrative project drawing on all four modules

Assessment

How you are assessed.

  • Formative assessment at the end of each module (graded role-play and practical exercises)

  • Practical work assessed against competency sheets

  • Final integrative project, presented and defended before the trainer

  • One graded assignment per module in the online course space

Tools

What you work with.

  • Perception survey tool and respondent panel

  • Graphic and editorial guidelines templates, template library

  • Spreadsheet for communication budget and tracking

  • Specification and service contract templates

  • Dashboard tool for management

Join the next session

Ready to get started?

Sessions open every quarter. Apply now or request the detailed brochure — our advisers will get back to you.