1/- The idea to create the National Solidarity Fund was premised upon the principles of solidarity and mutual assistance among Tunisians. The citizens' contributions would complement the national community's efforts, and would alleviate the State budget's burden.

Contribution is voluntary and spontaneous, and is made through donations deposited into the 26-26 current account. Donations can be made all year round, by Tunisians living inside the country and abroad.

The National Solidarity Day, celebrated on December 8 th of each year, offers an optimum occasion for the collection of donations. One year after the other, an increasing number of Tunisian men and women offer donations to the Fund. The number of donors has remarkably increased from 182,000 on December 8, 1994 to more than 4 million on December 8, 2006.
the interventions of the Fund benefited some 1,817 regions inhabited by over 255,000 families; that is more than 1.3 million citizens.

This bears clear testimony to the people's massive attachment to this avant-garde project, in view of its noble objectives, sound management, and tangible results.
The concept of solidarity as a civilizational value has been elevated to a constitutional status. It has established a civilizational relationship between the State and all components of society.
Article 5 paragraph 3 of the Constitution provides that «  the state and society shall strive to entrench the values of solidarity, mutual assistance and tolerance among individuals, social categories and generations . »

2/- The 26-26 Fund's interventions have made it possible to break the circle of isolation in which “shadow areas” used to live, and to improve living standards therein, and have been at the origin of the establishment of the Tunisian Solidarity Bank. Tunisian have responded positively to the idea of creating such a bank, by massively subscribing to its capital with an amount of 18 million dinars, out of a total capital of 30 million dinars.

This bank is a popular financial institution which constitutes an effective mechanism allowing university graduates, craftsmen and qualified persons to launch their own projects with easy conditions and without any required guarantees.
Voluntary donations offered by Tunisian individuals and enterprises;
Allocations from the State Budget, and, if need be, credits transferred to the Fund from treasury accounts
Donations offered by sisterly and friendly countries;
Other resources for the Fund set by the legislation in force.

The National Solidarity Fund would not have accomplished considerable success within a short period of time, and would not have achieved, and even exceeded, the objectives set for it, had it not been for the sound and efficient management of this mechanism which is subject to permanent control and follow-up in order to ensure full transparency in its actions and expenses.

The regions play an important role in proposing and prioritizing projects according to their needs. They work, in conjunction with all the parties involved and the various components of the national system of solidarity, to carry out these projects in a cost-effective way, in the shortest periods possible, and in accordance with the required technical specifications.

To guarantee an optimum use of the collected funds, the law establishing the Fund provides for the publication, each year, of a detailed statement including the amounts and sources of donations made to the Fund.

For transparency’s sake, the Fund’s projects are governed by a rigorous legislation, and public contracts are subject to control at all phases of implementation.

Once prepared, the Fund’s budget is submitted to a Cabinet meeting chaired by the President of the Republic, and then to the Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Advisors during the examination of the draft State budget.