Created by Decree No. 2016/0381/PM of 1 March 2016 on the creation, organization and functioning of CONAFE, this body is now governed by Decree No. 2022/0062/PM of 2 February 2022 to reorganize CONAFE. CONAFE is a joint consultative body (public-private sector), placed under the direct supervision of the Prime Minister, Head of Government.
Decree No. 2022/0062/PM of 2 February 2022 was amended and supplemented by Decree No. 2022/4301/PM of 20 June 2022, to establish the headquarters of the Permanent Secretariat of CONAFE in Yaounde within the Secretariat General of the Prime Minister’s Office. This instrument specifies that the address of the Permanent Secretariat of CONAFE is that of the Prime Minister’s Office.