Object :
- The creation of 1008 ha of palm trees : 672 small areas of 1.5 ha with construction of housings and all the necessary infrastructures
- The distribution of the small area from the plantation to a temporary assignee, according to a contract and well defined choice criteria. And this counterpart 7 years (date in that plantations become productive)
In the end of 7th year, small areas are given up to Ministry of the State's Domains allowing the temporary assignee to sign a definitive rental agreement with the Ministry of Defence
Cost and Financing : Cooperation Agreement between the TunisianRepublic and Italy : 2002 - 2009
- Estimative Initial Cost (42 300 000 TND) :
- Tunisia : 22 980 000 TND
- Italy : 19 320 000 TND
- Supplementary Cost (22 600 000 TND) :
- Tunisia : 12 150 000 TND
- Italy : 10 450 000 TND
Improvements brought to the second slice :
a. At procedures level :
- Creation of a Tuniso-Italian mixed committee, charged of : oversee, estimate the set of the project activities and approve the program and the annual budget
- Fixation of the assignees choice criteria aiming at a better valuation of the small area
- Adoption of a support program for the assignees during 7 years, with a follow-up / estimate and assistance to the assignees
b. At technical level :
- Approach of villages with regard to oases
- Intensification of the protection of oases and small areas
- Increase of the plantation density
- Adoption of an irrigation network allowing a water economy
- Improvement of housings : covered surface, conception and quality
Realizations : (August 2011)
- Creation of 12 drillings
- Organization and placing of irrigation network on 792 ha
- Plantation of 594 ha
- Creation of 25 km of agricultural track
- Creation of 240 km of protection by fences in dry palms
- Construction of :
- 304 rural housings for the assignees
- 01 primary school
- 01 advice center
- A pit of a public market
- 01 rural center for the young people
The beneficiaries :
- 183 common assignees : 1.5 ha / assignee
- 106 graduate assignees (higher education) : 3 ha / assignee
