This final section of the Development Plan for 2016-2020 outlines the sectoral policies and programs designed to achieve the development goals presented in the overall and regional volumes. To highlight the importance of each sector, the structure follows the five main axes from the directive document and Volume I, but with a sector-specific focus. Accordingly, this volume is divided into a general overview of sovereign domains such as security, military, foreign policy, and justice, followed by an analysis and policies for three main groups: (1) economic sectors; (2) educational and cultural sectors; (3) social policies concerning human development and social inclusion. In general, efforts will focus on increasing the competitiveness of various sectors through significant reforms to improve productivity, quality, and technological advancement. This includes stimulating investment, promoting Tunisia as an attractive economic destination, and enhancing infrastructure. The goal is to integrate the national economy into the global value chain, focusing on high-value sectors, diversifying exports, entering new markets, and facilitating investment and foreign trade. Additionally, efforts will be made to integrate into the knowledge economy, enhance information and communication infrastructure, and promote digital economy foundations. Improving the business environment through legislative alignment with national and international economic needs is also a priority. Furthermore, optimizing and conserving natural resources through economic system development, recycling, and sustainable practices will be emphasized. Advanced infrastructure and logistics will be established according to international standards to meet national and foreign investment needs. These sectoral reforms aim to significantly transform the national economic fabric, boosting growth, job creation, food, water, and energy security, and enhancing economic positioning in foreign markets, while also fostering economic and social dynamism in internal regions. The main sectors outlined in the document are as follows (i) Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural Resources; (ii) Drinking Water; (iii) Laboratory Industry; (iv) Development of Industrial Zones; (v) Energy; (vi) Mining; (vii) Tourism; (viii) Traditional Industries; (ix) Trade; (x) Communication Technologies and Digital Economy; (xi) Transport and Logistics; (xii) Roads, Bridges and Rural Paths; (xiii) Land Development; (xiv) Housing and Urban Planning; (xv) Real Estate Issues; (xvi) Environmental Protection, Sustainable Development and Green Economy; (xvii) Public Institutions and Partnership with the Private Sector. More in detail, the development plan for the agriculture and fisheries sector aims to enhance the sector's role, increase its value-added, competitiveness, and investment attractiveness, ensure the sustainability of natural resources amid climate change, and strengthen food security as a strategic priority, focusing on sustainable resource management, land use efficiency, production system enhancement, investment promotion, support for small-scale and family farming, knowledge production and dissemination, and improved governance. The development plan for natural resources aims to ensure their sustainability and mitigate climate change impacts by focusing on comprehensive resource management, including water mobilization and diversification, optimizing agricultural land use, enhancing irrigation efficiency, promoting investment in renewable energy, improving legal and regulatory frameworks, and protecting soil and water resources through various initiatives such as creating a national observatory for natural resources, developing forests and pastures, and safeguarding marine resources. With regard to water management, the Plan aims to improve rural water supply to 96%, enhance the efficiency of agricultural development groups through training and system upgrades, promote the use of non-traditional water resources like seawater desalination, increase potable water network efficiency to 80%, raise awareness among major consumers to reduce water waste, manage energy consumption using renewable sources, encourage private sector participation in major projects, implement a pricing system to conserve water, ensure adequate water supply for major regions, and improve water quality in southern Tunisia by reducing salinity. Territorial planning aims to reorganize regions to better meet citizens' needs and sustainable development goals, addressing resource pressures and capabilities, preserving natural balances and redistributing economic and social activities, and developing the institutional and legislative framework for land planning. The environmental protection Plan aims to establish sustainability, enhance decentralization, expand environmental services, promote renewable energy, and ensure pollution control, with key goals including improving urban and rural sanitation, optimizing waste management, addressing industrial pollution, preserving natural ecosystems, adapting to climate change, fostering a green economy, and strengthening environmental governance and education.
Tunisia · 2016-01-01