Tunisia: Priority Reforms for the Remainder of 2012
9 October 2012
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The adoption of a new investment incentive code, the development of a new social contract, the amendment of the competition law, and the revision of the national public procurement system are the main reforms that the government intends to carry out by the end of 2012.
These reforms are the main focuses of the second Economic Recovery Support Program (PARE 2), the theme of an information day held on Friday in Tunis.
The reforms are classified, according to a document from the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, into three parts: growth and job creation, regional development and social protection, and governance.
Thus, in terms of growth and job creation, the government plans to revise the investment code of December 1993, the law on companies in difficulty, and the order relating to franchise contracts.
The authorities also plan to adopt a bill creating an asset management company for the debt of the tourism sector and the adoption of the implementing decree of the new law on public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Also on the government's agenda in this area are several reforms in the field of new information and communication technologies, including the overhaul of regulations, in order to allow the National Telecommunications Authority (INT) to regulate international interconnection and reduce international call termination costs.
Regarding the labor market and employment, in the short term, the government plans to develop a social contract for the 2012/2020 period and reorganize the National Employment Agency and independent work, as well as modify Article 64 of the Labor Code, the objective being to facilitate women's access to the job market.
Regarding regional development and social protection, PARE 2 provides for the revision of the local tax code in order to restore tax equity at the local level and strengthen the means of municipalities, starting at the beginning of the 2013 budget year.
It is also a question of institutionalizing participatory auditing of the general control of public services and revising the national public procurement system, based on the recommendations of the evaluation report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regarding governance, the program notably mentioned the revision of the national public procurement system and the revision of Decree-Law No. 115 relating to freedom of the press, printing and publishing "in consensus" with the entire media sector."
The document from the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation did not comment on Decree-Law No. 116 relating to freedom of audiovisual communication and the creation of a High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA), the two decree-laws having appeared together on November 4, 2011.
Babnet.net
Published October 5, 2012.
Posted online October 9, 2012.
These reforms are the main focuses of the second Economic Recovery Support Program (PARE 2), the theme of an information day held on Friday in Tunis.
The reforms are classified, according to a document from the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation, into three parts: growth and job creation, regional development and social protection, and governance.
Thus, in terms of growth and job creation, the government plans to revise the investment code of December 1993, the law on companies in difficulty, and the order relating to franchise contracts.
The authorities also plan to adopt a bill creating an asset management company for the debt of the tourism sector and the adoption of the implementing decree of the new law on public-private partnerships (PPPs).
Also on the government's agenda in this area are several reforms in the field of new information and communication technologies, including the overhaul of regulations, in order to allow the National Telecommunications Authority (INT) to regulate international interconnection and reduce international call termination costs.
Regarding the labor market and employment, in the short term, the government plans to develop a social contract for the 2012/2020 period and reorganize the National Employment Agency and independent work, as well as modify Article 64 of the Labor Code, the objective being to facilitate women's access to the job market.
Regarding regional development and social protection, PARE 2 provides for the revision of the local tax code in order to restore tax equity at the local level and strengthen the means of municipalities, starting at the beginning of the 2013 budget year.
It is also a question of institutionalizing participatory auditing of the general control of public services and revising the national public procurement system, based on the recommendations of the evaluation report of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regarding governance, the program notably mentioned the revision of the national public procurement system and the revision of Decree-Law No. 115 relating to freedom of the press, printing and publishing "in consensus" with the entire media sector."
The document from the Ministry of Investment and International Cooperation did not comment on Decree-Law No. 116 relating to freedom of audiovisual communication and the creation of a High Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA), the two decree-laws having appeared together on November 4, 2011.
Babnet.net
Published October 5, 2012.
Posted online October 9, 2012.
