SKL / SALAR: Tunisia Local Governance Project 2018-22 - SKL / SALAR: Tunisia's decentralisations process 2018-22 New SKL: Lokalt styre i Tunisien 2018-22 SKL har skickat in en projektansökan till Sida med en total budget på 49,600,000 SEK för att implementera "Tunisia Local Governance Project" i Tunisien under 48 månader under åren 2018-2022. Sida är ensam finansiär. Sida planerar även att genomföra en extern utvärdering år tre eller fyra av projektet för vilket ytterligare 700,000 SEK beräknats. Detta ger en total kostnad på 50,300,000 SEK.

Projektet syftar till att bidra till förbättrade förutsättningar för mänsklig utveckling i Tunisien genom förbättrad lokal styrning. För att uppnå detta övergripande mål avser SKL bidra till förbättrade lagbestämmelser för demokratiska kommun-och länsstyrelser i Tunisien att interagera med medborgare, och att agera för deras behov och berättiganden. Detta förväntas uppnås genom fortsatt stöd till decentraliseringsprocessen i landet, genom tillhandahållande av tekniskt stöd till det tunisiska parlamentet, relevanta nationella ministerier och oberoende instanser, och till FNVT, den tunisiska motsvarigheten till SKL, för att utveckla förslag vad gäller specifika aspekter av decentraliseringen och bistå de tunisiska partnernas organisationsutveckling. SALAR has applied to Sida for funding of 49,600,000 SEK to carry out the "Tunisia Local Governance Project" in Tunisia for a period of 48 months during the period 2018-2022. Sida will be the only funder of the project. Sida also plans to conduct an external evaluation year three or four of the project with an additional 700,000 SEK. This gives a total cost of 50,300,000 SEK. 

The intervention aims at contributing to improved conditions for human development in Tunisia through improved local government performance. In order to achieve this goal SALAR aims to contribute to improving provisions for democratic local governments to interact with citizens and respond to their needs and demands. This is expected to be achieved through continuing to support the decentralisation process in the country, namely the provision of technical assistance to the Tunisian parliament, relevant national ministries and independent instances, and to FNVT, the Tunisian equivalent of SALAR, in order to develop proposals on specific aspects of decentralisation and drive their organisational development. The specific objective of the intervention is "Improved provisions for democratic local governments to interact with and respond to citizens' needs and demands" which will in turn lead to the project's overall objective "Improved conditions for human development in Tunisia through improved local government performance",
the project comprises the following outcomes;
- Legislators, contributing government institutions and other public entities strengthen municipalities' legal framework to deliver services to citizens that best fit decentralisation in Tunisia.
- Relevant state bodies coordinate, monitor and contribute to the decentralisation process and support municipalities after decentralisation.
-National bodies relevant to local financial management, oversight and control support local government in realising their roles and establish routines for preventing corruption.
- National Federation of Tunisian Cities (FNVT) represents local governments towards the national government and other entities and offers services that strengthen their performance, build their capacities and enables exchange with other local governments, as well as effective service delivery.