Ministry of Environment and sustainable developpement (MEDD) |
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(Ministère de
l’Environnement et de developement durable : MEDD) 
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Establishment:
10 October 1991
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Objective:
Strengthening environment-related organizations
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Main
duties: Proposal of environmental policy of the Government,
Promotion the environmental legislation, Anticipation, reduction
and removal of the risk for man, flora, fauna and all natural
resource Cooperation of organizations related to environmental
protection as subordinate, including the ONAS, the ANPE, APAL,
CITET, ANER, the Land Use Planning Agency of the Equipment Ministry,
the Environment Bureau of the Agriculture Ministry, the Environment
Bureau of the National Economy Ministry, the Standardization Bureau,
and the Quality Control Bureau
- Decentralized
structures: North littoral (Tunis), highland and plain of north
(Beja), Center littoral (Sousse), South littoral (Sfax), the steppes
(Kairouan) and Saharan South (Touzeur)
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Duties
of Local Offices: Environmental management within the jurisdiction,
follow-up of project implemented by the MEDD, implementation of
territorial plans, technical cooperation with local governments.
- MEDD
use an incitement system based in advantages of investments code or
depollution fund (FODEP) that contribute by 70% of cost of the
industrial depollution project. It uses also a performance awareness
tools (mascots) to promote environmental education nearby of the
large public and young children (Labib: fennec, Morjana: siren of
sea, and Maya: water).
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