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Tunisia: Small Cabinet meeting focuses on preparations for 2025-2026 agricultural season
Tunis - A small Cabinet meeting was held on Tuesday at the Government Palace in Kasbah, chaired by Prime Minister Sara Zaafrani Zenzri, to review preparations for the 2025-2026 agricultural season and ensure optimal conditions for its successful launch. It was decided in this regard to accelerate fertiliser stockpiling to fully cover the needs of the 2025-2026 season while maintaining current chemical fertiliser prices. This falls within the state's social role to help farmers acquire supplies at reasonable prices and control production costs. This is besides streamlining financing procedures for all the 2025-2026 agricultural season-related activities, while ensuring adequate energy supply for chemical fertiliser storage centres, their safety, and equitable distribution in the domestic market. The Cabinet also decided, according to a Prime Ministry statement to organise a training session in June 2025 by the Sectoral Centre for Transport and Logistics Training in Borj Cedria (under the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training) for hazardous materials truck drivers. This training is mandatory under Law No. 37 of 1997 (June 2, 1997) concerning hazardous material road transport, which prohibits ammonia transport without proper certification. It was also decided to immediately implement the 'Engrais' digital platform to modernise agricultural sector monitoring, enabling end-to-end tracking of fertiliser distribution from producer to final consumer, while ensuring all stakeholders have access. During this meeting, the latest agricultural indicators and the results of the previous season were discussed, evaluated and analysed. The preparations for the 2025–26 season were also presented, focusing on the challenges facing the agricultural sector and how to invest in it. The most important data related to the progress of preparations for this season at all levels was also presented. In this context, plans for supplying chemical fertilisers were presented. After assessing the local market supply during the 2024–25 agricultural season and defining the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries' fertiliser needs for the 2025–26 season, the meeting focused on the technical and logistical preparations underway to supply the market during this season and to meet the demand for chemical fertilisers, such as agricultural ammonium nitrate, ammonium phosphate and triple superphosphate. This is being coordinated with the Tunisian Chemical Group, the producer of these materials, to ensure farmers have access to the necessary production inputs. At the end of the meeting, the Prime Minister urged ministers to coordinate their efforts more closely with regional and local structures, as well as with all stakeholders in the agricultural and industrial sectors, in order to double production and build up strategic stockpiles of chemical fertilisers. She emphasised the importance of ensuring that all safety conditions are met and all preventive measures are taken. She also underscored the need to intensify efforts to ensure the success of interventions at all levels, maintain constant communication with farmers, launch awareness campaigns to benefit them, and provide everything necessary for the 2025–26 agricultural season to run smoothly. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
26-05-2025
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Tunisia: Prime Ministry announces key aspects of State's economic and social programme
Tunis – The Prime Ministry, on Saturday afternoon, announced the main pillars of the state's economic and social programme following a Cabinet meeting held on the same day at the Government Palace in Kasbah, chaired by Prime Minister, Sara Zaafrani Zenzri. The state's economic and social programme covers several key sectors, including health, finance, education, science, industry, energy, youth, sports, culture, administration, and various public services, according to a Prime Ministry statement. Promoting Employment and Improving Living Standards The programme primarily focuses on employment, improving living standards, strengthening the social protection system, and enhancing human capital, particularly by developing social policies to achieve social justice. Several measures will be adopted to preserve the purchasing power of low- and middle-income groups, expand social support for vulnerable populations, and provide guidance and assistance for project startups, the statement noted. Additionally, the programme aims to accelerate measures related to income improvement, boost economic and social integration mechanisms, create job opportunities, ensure decent working conditions, and eliminate precarious employment. It also seeks to facilitate access to housing, strengthen social cohesion, enhance public services, and develop social security and coverage systems. Implementing Legislative Reforms The state's economic and social programme also includes legislative reforms as a fundamental lever to translate economic and social approaches into tangible reality, adapting the legal framework to the current phase's requirements and challenges, according to the same source. Reforming the education system The programme also focuses on reforming and developing the education, higher education, and vocational training systems to align with labor market demands. It aims to improve the healthcare system, promote cultural, youth, and sports activities to enhance human capital, and boost investment within a comprehensive framework that encourages entrepreneurship and fosters its culture and improves the business climate. Driving investment in a comprehensive framework This approach is also based on promoting investment through a holistic strategy that includes liberating private initiative, spreading a culture of entrepreneurship, improving the business environment, optimising real estate assets, advancing public projects, and developing transport infrastructure. This involves modernising ports and airports, strengthening rail networks, expanding road networks, enhancing trade, territorial planning, ensuring food security, developing industry and tourism, digitising public services, protecting the economic fabric, regulating imports, supporting exports, streamlining customs procedures, and enforcing trade defence mechanisms. The state programme also includes accelerating the energy transition and increasing the share of renewable energy in electricity production to address growing climate and energy challenges, protecting the coastline, and promoting a circular economy. Boosting regional development dynamics The programme adopts a regional development approach based on constitutional principles to drive growth in regions, which will contribute to shaping their priorities through a new participatory methodology. This process starts with proposing programmes and projects at the local council level, then the regional council, followed by the district council, and finally at the national level. Based on this, the 2026-2030 Development Plan will be prepared, alongside supporting the system of communitarian enterprises, the statement added. Advancing the digital transformation of administration The programme also includes the digital transformation of the administration, accelerating interconnections that will serve as a pivotal lever for the state's economic and social programme. This transformation will modernise administration, ensure transparency, facilitate transactions, open new horizons for the digital economy, stimulate youth initiatives, develop remote administrative services, advance the digital economy, protect the national cyberspace, and strengthen digital trust. The Prime Ministry emphasised that an advanced methodology will be adopted to monitor the implementation of all measures and projects under the economic and social programme. This will be based on performance indicators linked to specific timelines, using modern technological monitoring tools to proactively address challenges, ensuring the timely realisation of these measures and projects, according to the statement. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
26-05-2025
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AFESD ready to contribute to implementation of several future flagship projects in Tunisia
Tunis - Chairman and Director General of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), Badr Mohammed Al Saad, affirmed this institution's readiness to support and develop its existing cooperation with Tunisia, as well as contribute to the implementation of several future flagship projects and investments over the medium and long term. These projects will cover a number of priority sectors that impact the economic cycle. Al Saad and his accompanying delegation were received by Prime Minister Sara Zaafrani Zenzri at the Government Palace in Kasbah on Friday, as part of his official visit to Tunisia from May 21 to 25. He stressed the importance of fruitful cooperation between Tunisia and the Fund in a number of promising fields. For her part, the Prime Minister expressed satisfaction with the results of the meetings held during the visit, as well as with the signing of several agreements between Tunisia and the Fund. Of particular note is the agreement to expand and rehabilitate national road No. 20 between El Faouar and Rjim Maatoug in Kebili, as part of the project to renew and develop railway lines, according to a statement by the Prime Ministry. Several major projects are currently under consideration for implementation in various sectors, including road infrastructure, motorways, rural roads, agriculture, water, and priority projects relating to drinking water. During the meeting, which focused on future medium- and long-term cooperation, the Prime Minister emphasised that the Tunisian state is planning to complete several major projects, particularly in railway transport, education, health, renewable energies, and green project support. She also reviewed the main pillars of the country's economic and social programme, based on the comprehensive vision of President Kais Saied. Zenzri also praised the excellent cooperation between Tunisia and the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development. The AFESD is an important partner for Tunisia and has contributed to the implementation of 65 projects in various fields, particularly infrastructure, including dams, roads and motorways, as well as production in the industrial, agricultural and rural development sectors, and in primary and higher education. The AFESD is currently contributing to the implementation of 17 projects in various sectors, as well as several technical assistance programmes. In this regard, the Prime Minister recalled Tunisia's core principles, particularly the preservation of national sovereignty, independence and self-reliance, and the country's social policies and regional integration. This is in light of Tunisia's political stability and comprehensive reforms, which have made it an attractive investment destination. The meeting took place in the presence of Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Abdelhafidh, Chief of Staff of the Prime Minister, Moncef Hamdi and a number of Prime Ministry executives. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
20-05-2025
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Tunisia: Prime Minister urges accelerated implementation of economic and social public projects
Tunis – Prime Minister Sara Zaafrani Zenzri urged all relevant ministries to redouble their efforts and enhance daily field monitoring to expedite the implementation of public projects across economic and social sectors, as she chaired a cabinet meeting at the Kasbah on Monday. She emphasised the need for high-quality completion within optimal deadlines, holding accountable any party causing delays or failing to resolve obstacles. Zenzri affirmed that the Prime Ministry's offices would continue overseeing all details of these economic and social projects, which are critical to boosting economic growth. According to a statement from the Prime Ministry, she stressed the importance of intensified coordination among all stakeholders to address challenges hindering project execution. 'This aligns with the President of the Republic's directives to streamline procedures, shorten timelines, and meet deadlines to fulfill the legitimate aspirations of the Tunisian people.' These vitally important projects are particularly relevant to the following sectors: Health: Construction and equipping of hospitals in multiple governorates and rehabilitation and modernisation of medical departments and hospital IT systems. Education and vocational training: Upgrading infrastructure in primary schools, project to support the quality of the basics of school education, project to support primary education, programme to develop vocational training, programme to support vocational training and integration and construction and equipping of higher education institutions. Cultural Affairs: Restoration of the historic Zitoune Mosque and its surrounding area in Tunis. Religious Affairs: Maintenance of King Abdulaziz Al Saud Mosque in Tunis. Environment: Completion of the Small Municipalities Cleanup Programme, the Energy Control Programme for wastewater treatment plants, the Integrated Decontamination Programme for the Bizerte Lake area, and the protection of the coastline from sea erosion in Gammarth, Carthage and La Goulette. Transport: High-speed rail network project. Energy and Mines: 'Mdhilla 2" project, natural gas transmission network project, development of the natural gas transmission and distribution network, project to upgrade and equip the electricity transmission network, and programme to support the installation of the national plan 'Digital Tunisia'. Public Works and Housing: - Bizerte Bridge and Tunis-Jelma motorway and second phase of the Programme for the Rehabilitation and Integration of Residential Areas. Agriculture and Water Resources: Deep well development in southern oases, Saïda and Kalaa Kebira dams and water transfer systems related to them, drinking water network improvements, three new dams and integrated agricultural development in Sfax. Regional and local development: Financing line project created for the Fund for the Promotion and Assistance of Local Communities. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
Zawya
24-04-2025
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Tunisia: President urges top priority for social aspect and fair taxation in 2026 Finance Bill
Tunis - President Kais Saïed stressed the urgent need, at the stage Tunisia is going through, to break away from outdated perceptions and prioritise the social aspect, alongside fair taxation, to achieve the desired justice and equity. This came during a meeting with Prime Minister Sara Zaafrani Zenzri and Finance Minister Michket Slama Khaldi at Carthage Palace on Wednesday, which focused on the general orientations of the 2026 Finance Bill. "When justice prevails and the state reclaims its natural social role, stability follows, paving the way for inclusive, sustainable growth," the Head of State was quoted as saying in a Presidency statement. © Tap 2022 Provided by SyndiGate Media Inc. (
