The Interministerial Network for Ecological Transition to monitor and evaluate the 2035/2050 National Strategy for Ecological Transition was officially launched at the 2nd National Conference on Ecological Transition (NCET) held Friday in Tunis.
Made up of representatives of the Presidency of the Republic, the Prime Minsitry and various ministries, the network aims to inform, raise awareness, communicate about and monitor the implementation of the measures of this strategy, Deputy Director of the Tunis International Centre for Environmental Technologies (French: CITET) Ahmed Herzi said.
The creation of this network was one of the main recommendations of the 1st edition of the NCET, held in June 2023, he added. Participants had insisted on the mobilisation of all stakeholders from all sectors and funding so as to implement the 53 measures included in the National Strategy for Ecological Transition.
This strategy is based on the promotion of human well-being, in its tangible
and intangible aspects, the achievement of social equity and intra- and inter-generational justice, protection of the environment in all its components, and continuous and progressive quest for sustainability and circularity in all its dimensions.
Taking the floor, Environment Minister Leila Chikhaoui said the five pillars of this strategy are governance and financing, climate change, sustainable management of natural resources and ecosystems, including the fight against desertification and drought resilience, the promotion of sustainable consumption and production patterns and the fight against all forms of pollution, and development of culture, science and knowledge in the service of ecological transition.
A proposed charter to be signed by all municipalities and to be supported by UN-Habitat Tunisia was also presented during this event.
Head of UN-Habitat Tunisia Aida Robbana said this charter will be proposed to the 350 municipalities in order to align their actions with the National Strategy for Ecological Transition.
The municipalities’ commitment should focus on three points, namely governance and financing, climate change and natural resources and ecosystems, she highlighted.
This event provided an opportunity to define the building blocks for the implementation of the National Strategy for Ecological Transition over the coming years, starting with the decade 2025/2035.
This conference takes place every year and provides an opportunity to review the results achieved in relation to the previous edition and identify efforts still to be made by all stakeholders in order to speed up the implementation of ecological transition.
