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Devoting transparency in the environment field (TN0020)

Overview

At-a-Glance

Action Plan: Tunisia, First Action Plan, 2014-16

Action Plan Cycle: 2014

Status: Inactive

Institutions

Lead Institution: Ministry of equipment, urban planning and sustainable development, secretariat of state in charge of sustainable development

Support Institution(s): NA

Policy Areas

E-Government, Environment and Climate, Open Data

IRM Review

IRM Report: Tunisia End-of-Term Report 2014-2016

Starred: No

Early Results: Did Not Change Did Not Change

Design i

Verifiable: Yes

Relevant to OGP Values: Access to Information Civic Participation

Potential Impact:

Implementation i

Completion:

Description

Creation of an environment and sustainable development observatory that will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, publishing data and statistics and indicators about the environment and about sustainable development and responsible for regular publication to ensure follow up of the situation of the environment (diseases, quality of water, pollution). The adhesion of Tunisia to the Aarhus Convention related to access to information and public participation in decision-making and possibility of access to Justice in case of environmental matters.

IRM End of Term Status Summary

20: Transparency in environment protection

Commitment Text: Creation of an environment and sustainable development observatory that will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, publishing data and statistics and indicators about the environment and about sustainable development and responsible for regular publication to ensure follow up of the situation of the environment (diseases, quality of water, pollution).

Responsible Institution(s): Ministry of Equipment, Spatial Planning and Sustainable Development, Secretariat of State in Charge of Sustainable Development

Commitment Text: The adhesion of Tunisia to the Aarhus Convention related to access to information and public participation in decision-making and possibility of access to Justice in case of environmental matters.

Responsible Institution(s): Ministry of Equipment, Territory Planning, and Sustainable Development (Secretariat of State in Charge of Sustainable Development)

Start Date: July 2014 EndDate: June 2016

Commitment aim

This commitment aimed to improve the accessibility of public environmental information by creating a dedicated observatory. The observatory was meant to publish environmental and sustainable development data, such as water quality, diseases, and pollution. The commitment also included a pledge that Tunisia join the Aarhus Convention.[Note 69: The Aarhus Convention is the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe’s Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision making, and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters. For more information, please see http://ec.europa.eu/environment/aarhus/. ]

Status

Midterm: Limited

The Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development drafted an Executive Order to create the Observatory. By the midterm review, the Ministry of Finance was planning to present the order to a Ministerial Board for final approval and adoption. Tunisia’s application process for joining the Aarhus Convention was pending a review by the Chief of Government. For more information, please see the 2014-2015 IRM Midterm Progress Report.[Note 70: OGP, Tunisia IRM Midterm Progress Report 2014-15, http://www.opengovpartnership.org/sites/default/files/Tunisia2014-15_IRM%20Progress%20Report_Eng.pdf. ]

End of term: Limited

According to the government’s self-assessment report, there was no further progress on the implementation of any part of the commitment. The observatory was not set up, and Tunisia has not signed the Aarhus Convention.

Did it open government?

Access to information: Did not change

Civic participation: Did not change

Historically, environmental information in Tunisia has been limited. This commitment could have opened up government information on the environment for public scrutiny in a major way. Limited progress on the creation of the observatory, and Tunisia not signing the Aarhus Convention, mean that there was no change in government practice related to access to information or civic participation in environmental matters.

Carried forward?

This commitment was not carried forward to the second action plan. However, given the importance of opening up environmental information to public, the IRM researcher recommends accelerating efforts to establish a functioning online observatory. The government should also take the necessary steps to sign the Aarhus Convention.

Tunisia's Commitments

  1. right to information

    TN0036, 2018, Capacity Building

  2. open data framework

    TN0037, 2018, Capacity Building

  3. Access to geographic information

    TN0038, 2018, E-Government

  4. open transport data

    TN0039, 2018, E-Government

  5. Improve water resource governance

    TN0040, 2018, E-Government

  6. Join EITI

    TN0041, 2018, Capacity Building

  7. open contracting in hydrocarbons

    TN0042, 2018, Capacity Building

  8. anti-corruption framework

    TN0043, 2018, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  9. participatory budgeting

    TN0044, 2018, Audits and Controls

  10. youth participation

    TN0045, 2018, Marginalized Communities

  11. Implement initiatives to apply the OGP at the local level

    TN0046, 2018, E-Government

  12. online administrative services

    TN0047, 2018, Capacity Building

  13. access to civil service

    TN0048, 2018, Capacity Building

  14. Joining the extractive industries transparency initiative "EITI"

    TN0021, 2016, Capacity Building

  15. Modernizing the regulatory framework to enforce the Right to Access to Information

    TN0022, 2016, Capacity Building

  16. The completion of the legal and regulatory framework of open data at the national level

    TN0023, 2016, Capacity Building

  17. Improve the transparency and local Gov Openness

    TN0024, 2016, Capacity Building

  18. Enhance the transparency in the cultural sector : “open culture”

    TN0025, 2016, Capacity Building

  19. Enhance the transparency in the environment and sustainable development sector

    TN0026, 2016, Aid

  20. Enhancing transparency in the transport sector

    TN0027, 2016, Capacity Building

  21. Promoting financial and fiscal transparency

    TN0028, 2016, Fiscal Transparency

  22. Elaborating a legal framework for citizen’s petitions

    TN0029, 2016, Capacity Building

  23. Developing an integrated electronic civil petition and corruption reporting platform

    TN0030, 2016, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  24. Developing new mechanisms to promote interaction with the youth and enable them to pursue dialogue about public policies

    TN0031, 2016, Capacity Building

  25. Adopting the corporate governance referential on the sectoral level

    TN0032, 2016, Capacity Building

  26. Developing mobile applications which could be downloaded on the mobile phone to reinforce transparency of government activities and participatory approach

    TN0033, 2016, Capacity Building

  27. Enhancing access to the archive

    TN0034, 2016, Capacity Building

  28. The development of an electronic mechanism to ensure transparency of Public Servants recruitment

    TN0035, 2016, Capacity Building

  29. strengthening legal framework for corruption fight

    TN0001, 2014, Anti-Corruption Institutions

  30. Developing an integrated electronic civil petition and corruption reporting platform

    TN0002, 2014, E-Government

  31. Publishing an annual report on audit activities in public sector

    TN0003, 2014, Audits and Controls

  32. Review of the legal framework of personal data protection and ensuring conformity with article 24 of Tunisian constitution

    TN0004, 2014, Human Rights

  33. Developing an Open Data Portal

    TN0005, 2014, Infrastructure & Transport

  34. Preparing a national corporate governance repository

    TN0006, 2014, E-Government

  35. Establishing a legal framework that regulates communication and interaction within public sector and between public structures and citizens with usage of ICT

    TN0007, 2014, E-Government

  36. Simplifying administrative procedures

    TN0008, 2014, E-Government

  37. Develop a number of administrative services on-line

    TN0009, 2014, E-Government

  38. Enhancing people participation in the decision-making process

    TN0010, 2014, E-Government

  39. Capacity-building of civil servants and citizens in the area of open governance

    TN0011, 2014, Capacity Building

  40. Creation of a structure specialized in training in the governance area

    TN0012, 2014, Capacity Building

  41. publication of budget reports

    TN0013, 2014, Audits and Controls

  42. Development of the open budget system

    TN0014, 2014, Fiscal Transparency

  43. Use of the data extracted from the application dedicated to budget management (ADEB) in public sector

    TN0015, 2014, E-Government

  44. publication of reports related to attribution and execution of public procurement and audit results

    TN0016, 2014, Audits and Controls

  45. publication of recommandations included in audit reports of public procurement

    TN0017, 2014, Audits and Controls

  46. Development of an "Open Data" platform dedicated to information dealing with oil and mine sector investment

    TN0018, 2014, Extractive Industries

  47. Improve transparency in the area of infrastructure projects

    TN0019, 2014, Infrastructure & Transport

  48. Devoting transparency in the environment field

    TN0020, 2014, E-Government