REHABILITATION URBAINE TUNISIE
- Reference: 20120280
- Release date: 20 September 2012
MINISTERE DE L'EQUIPEMENT, DE L'HABITAT
- Tunisia
The project concerns 73 poor urban areas distributed across all 24 regions (Gouvernorats) of Tunisia, top priorities selected on the basis of a wide planning study concerning 1400 areas. It mainly consists of basic infrastructure works, construction and equipment aiming to inmprove living conditions of inhabitants: creation or development of water and wastewater networks, roads pavement and drainage, reinforcement of electricity networks, public lighting, playgrounds, improvement of housing units, creation of sports & socio-cultural centers, industrial buildings.
The overriding objective of the proposed EIB intervention is the improvement of living conditions of populations in 73 urban areas across Tunisia , many of them in regions away from the Mediterranean coast that suffered from lack of urban policies and of investment under the pre-revolution regime.
- Energy
- Water, sewerage, solid waste
- Urban infra.
EUR 30 million
Total cost (Approximate amount)EUR 133 million
Environmental aspectsThe project is expected to have positive social effects, as well as positive and massive environmental effects. Efforts of the EIB in the framework of Technical Assistance to the project Agency ARRU, will focus on optimising the impacts of the project: socially, by maximising local job-creation effects, and fostering the creation and development of local associations managing various activities for a pro-active involvement of populations in rehabilitation schemes, and environmentally, by adding new components to specific schemes as needed: energy efficiency, recourse to renewable energy sources, waste collection and recycling, and preservation of green areas.
All work contracts are procured by the project Agency ARRU following Tunisian procurement laws.The EIB shall check that tendering procedures for all parts of the project shall provide for transparent, fair and non-discriminatory selection of contractors and meet minimal requirements of the EIB and EU. Special attention is to be given, within the TA project, to structuring the procurement plans for works contracts in order to maximise positive impacts of investments, in terms of modernisation, development of local SME's, and job-creation.
Signed - 20/12/2012.
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