Improve Water Resource Governance (TN0040)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Tunisia Action Plan 2018-2020
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status: Active
Institutions
Lead Institution: Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries
Support Institution(s): Access to Information Authority CSOs, private sector, multilaterals, working groups - React Association, - “Dynamique autour de l’eau” Association, - Tunisian Association of Local Gover- nance, - Tunisian Association for Development and Training.
Policy Areas
E-Government, Public Participation, Public Service Delivery, Water and SanitationDescription
mprove water resource governance
Beginning of October 2018 – End of August 2020
Lead implementing agency/actor
Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries
Commitment description
Tunisia has faced major challenges in recent years in water resources, such as increased and excessive consump- tion, limited water quality in some areas, in addition to the world-wide decline of national water reserves. Given the strategic value of this wealth, this commitment aims to implement some projects that will contribute to enhancing water resource governance and encourage all actors involved in this field to implement initiatives to achieve this strategic goal through a participatory and open approach. Therefore, these projects are mainly:
- Publishing data that enable the monitoring of water consumption by sector (drinking water, agricultural field, industrial field, tourism ...) and by geographical distribution across the Tunisian territory.
- Developing an electronic platform to report violations and abuses related to the consumption or water resource management.
- Establishing and implementing a policy according to a participatory approach in order to rationalize distribution and consumption of water.
Moreover, this commitment relates to the sixth objective of the sustainable development goals "clean and healthy water, ensuring the abundance and sustainable water management and health for all".
Problem/Background
Information about the water wealth management and the water quality in Tunisia is highly limited. In addition, existing mechanisms do not allow for interaction between government actors in charge of this field, citizens, and all civil society actors. Also, due to continued depletion of the water reserves in Tunisia, coupled with increasing demand of all sectors, this field should have a priority to strength efforts to enhance water gover- nance transparency and adopt a participatory approach to achieve required reforms to govern this wealth.
Identification of commitment objectives/expected results
- Publishing information applying water resource management transparency, namely those regarding available water reserves, its geographical distribution, water quality indicators, current issues and decisions taken to solve them;
- Providing mechanisms allowing citizens and other civil society actors active in this field to contribute to public policies that will be aimed to govern this sector and establish tools to detect all violations and abuses related to it.
How will the commitment contribute to solve the public problem?
- Information dissemination allows a clear and accurate diagnosis of major challenges and issues facing water wealth management, which would enable all stakeholders involved, governmental or non-governmental actors, to contribute and cooperate in finding solutions and achieving more effective results;
- Publishing information and adopting a participatory approach allows changing the relationship between the administration, citizens, and civil society while ensuring the commitment of each actor to upholding their responsibility and positive role on the governance of this sector.
Relevance with OGP values
- Transparency and openness: this commitment will enable more dissemination of information and improve the quality of the access to information process, in addition to the possibility of the reuse of these data to create added value. - Public participation : this commitment will allow the establishment of new mechanisms to enhance communication between administration, citizens, and civil society, while ensuring the commitment of each actor to upholding their responsibility and positive role in managing this sector.
Source of funding/
Relation with other programs and policies
Steps and execution agenda Beginning of October 2018
End of October 2018
Contact Information
Name of the responsible person from implementing agency
Mr. Anis Mansour
Title and Department
Director at Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries (Gen- eral Directorate of Organization, informatics, documents management and documentation)
E-mail address
anis.mansour@iresa.agrinet.tn
Other Actors involved
State actors involved
Access to Information Authority
CSOs, private sector, multilaterals, working groups
- React Association,
- “Dynamique autour de l’eau” Association, - Tunisian Association of Local Gover- nance,
- Tunisian Association for Development and Training.
Commitments
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Right to Information
TN0036, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Data Framework
TN0037, 2018, Access to Information
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Access to Geographic Information
TN0038, 2018, Access to Information
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Open Transport Data
TN0039, 2018, Access to Information
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Improve Water Resource Governance
TN0040, 2018, E-Government
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Join EITI
TN0041, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Open Contracting in Hydrocarbons
TN0042, 2018, Access to Information
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Anti-Corruption Framework
TN0043, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Participatory Budgeting
TN0044, 2018, Anti-Corruption
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Youth Participation
TN0045, 2018, Marginalized Communities
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Implement Initiatives to Apply the OGP at the Local Level
TN0046, 2018, E-Government
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Online Administrative Services
TN0047, 2018, Capacity Building
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Access to Civil Service
TN0048, 2018, Capacity Building
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Joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative "EITI"
TN0021, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Modernizing the Regulatory Framework to Enforce The Right To Access to Information
TN0022, 2016, Access to Information
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The Completion of the Legal and Regulatory Framework of Open Data at the National Level
TN0023, 2016, Access to Information
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Improve the Transparency and Local Gov Openness
TN0024, 2016, Access to Information
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Enhance the Transparency in the Cultural Sector : “Open Culture”
TN0025, 2016, Access to Information
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Enhance the Transparency in the Environment and Sustainable Development Sector
TN0026, 2016, Access to Information
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Enhancing Transparency in the Transport Sector
TN0027, 2016, Access to Information
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Promoting Financial and Fiscal Transparency
TN0028, 2016, Fiscal Openness
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Elaborating a Legal Framework for Citizen’S Petitions
TN0029, 2016, Capacity Building
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Developing an Integrated Electronic Civil Petition and Corruption Reporting Platform
TN0030, 2016, Anti-Corruption
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Developing New Mechanisms to Promote Interaction with the Youth and Enable Them to Pursue Dialogue About Public Policies
TN0031, 2016, Capacity Building
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Adopting the Corporate Governance Referential on the Sectoral Level
TN0032, 2016, Capacity Building
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Developing Mobile Applications Which Could Be Downloaded on the Mobile Phone to Reinforce Transparency of Government Activities and Participatory Approach
TN0033, 2016, Capacity Building
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Enhancing Access to the Archive
TN0034, 2016, Capacity Building
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The Development of an Electronic Mechanism to Ensure Transparency of Public Servants Recruitment
TN0035, 2016, Capacity Building
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Strengthening Legal Framework for Corruption Fight
TN0001, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Developing an Integrated Electronic Civil Petition and Corruption Reporting Platform
TN0002, 2014, E-Government
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Publishing an Annual Report on Audit Activities in Public Sector
TN0003, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Review of the Legal Framework of Personal Data Protection and Ensuring Conformity with Article 24 of Tunisian Constitution
TN0004, 2014, Access to Information
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Developing an Open Data Portal
TN0005, 2014, Access to Information
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Preparing a National Corporate Governance Repository
TN0006, 2014, E-Government
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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
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Simplifying Administrative Procedures
TN0008, 2014, E-Government
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Develop a Number of Administrative Services On-Line
TN0009, 2014, E-Government
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Enhancing People Participation in the Decision-Making Process
TN0010, 2014, E-Government
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Capacity-Building of Civil Servants and Citizens in the Area of Open Governance
TN0011, 2014, Capacity Building
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Creation of a Structure Specialized in Training in the Governance Area
TN0012, 2014, Capacity Building
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Publication of Budget Reports
TN0013, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Development of the Open Budget System
TN0014, 2014, Fiscal Openness
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Use of the Data Extracted from the Application Dedicated to Budget Management (Adeb) in Public Sector
TN0015, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Publication of Reports Related to Attribution and Execution of Public Procurement and Audit Results
TN0016, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Publication of Recommandations Included in Audit Reports of Public Procurement
TN0017, 2014, Anti-Corruption
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Development of an "Open Data" Platform Dedicated to Information Dealing with Oil and Mine Sector Investment
TN0018, 2014, Access to Information
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Improve Transparency in the Area of Infrastructure Projects
TN0019, 2014, Access to Information
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Devoting Transparency in the Environment Field
TN0020, 2014, Access to Information