Achievements

Projects

Number

Allocated funds (MD)

Housing (Nbr of homes)

69561

 

Upgrading

29191

228,718

Construction

40370

Dirt tracks (Km)

4569,3

 

Upgrading

885,4

233,306

Asphalting

3683,9

Electrification (Nbr of households benefiting from project)

73032

 

Conventional energy

70649

147,120

Solar energy

2307

Supplying potable water (Nbr of households benefiting from project)

84452

110,488

Basic Health Services Centers (Nbr of interventions )

141

 

Centers created

138

6,394

Centers upgraded

3

Education (Nbr of interventions)

136

 

Constructed

111

  4,412

Various equipment

25

Program for the development of working class neighborhoods in the outskirts of large cities

 

75,000

Contribution to the financing of community housing projects (FOPROLOS 1)

 

3,604

Maintenance of houses and entertainment areas

 

2,200

Maintenance of schools and some educational centers

 

4,000

Upgrading centers for people with disabilities

 

3,000

Other projects (*)

882

22,844

Total number of interventions and projects

 

841,086

Income Sources (Nbr of beneficiaries) (**)

63223

93,250

Total

 

934,336

Contribution to the World Solidarity Fund

 

14,973

Contribution to the capital of the Bank for the Financing of Small and Medium Business

 

5,000

Contribution to digital solidarity benefiting low income families

 

1,000

Total

 

955,309

 
(*)

Sewerage, creation of youth clubs, public showers, entertainment areas, activities for the conservation of water and soil, various management projects, other public equipments, creating crafts and trades centers etc...

(**)

Including 432 who benefited from sources of income projects in 2008 and 2009 within the framework of international cooperation knowing that these projects involved the period from 1994 to 2000 only. This task was subsequently entrusted to other mechanisms such as the Solidarity Bank, the Micro-Credits Association and the NEF).


During the two last decades, Tunisia has witnessed a remarkable change in terms of economic and social development thanks to an effective social policy which has helped reduce the poverty rate and some social, economic and human development indicators. The National Solidarity Fund, a mechanism providing support to government policies and efforts, has contributed through its various projects to a comprehensive development involving the different regions of the country, the development of poverty-stricken areas and improving their living conditions as reflected by the main indicators below:


 

The rate of connection to potable water supply networks in rural areas increased from 60.6% in 1994 to 93.5% in 2008. It is expected that this rate will reach 95.0% in 2009.

 

The rural electrification rate reached 98.8% in 2008 compared to 66.3% in 1994. It is expected that this rate will reach 98.9% in 2009.

 

Reducing the rate of rudimentary dwellings which was in 2007 less than 0.69%.

 

Although the enrollment of children aged 6 years in schools has significantly increased nationally (99.1% in 2007), the FSN intervened to strengthen the network of schools and colleges in rural areas, build classrooms and schools, extend and asphalt local roads develop basic public amenities and therefore help young people access schools. These projects helped improve the schooling rates in some areas and reduced the rate of school drop out particularly among girls.

 

Since 2007, the FSN has equally contributed to qualitative improvements of living conditions in working class neighborhoods found in the outskirts of large cities thanks to projects aimed at developing and improving public amenities and infrastructure, dynamic activities, improving employment opportunities and the quality of life in general.