Head of Government, Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, Presides Over Ministerial Council to Examine 2026-2030 Development Plan
On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at the Government Palace in the Kasbah, the Head of Government, Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri, chaired a Ministerial Council meeting dedicated to reviewing the draft Development Plan for the period 2026-2030.
At the opening of the session, the Head of Government recalled that the plan was developed after a series of consultations with local, regional, and district councils, which played a central role in defining projects and development priorities. In line with the vision of the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed, this plan is based for the first time on a bottom-up and participatory approach, starting from the local level to the national level, with the aim of promoting economic and social integration, creating a favorable investment climate, and breaking with past policies that have led to social, economic, environmental, and institutional imbalances.
The Head of Government emphasized that the 2026-2030 Development Plan constitutes a strategic roadmap, ensuring harmony between the state's policy and the programs proposed by the various councils. It aims to establish a development model based on social justice, equity, and respect for the values enshrined in the Tunisian Constitution, reflecting the legitimate aspirations of citizens for balanced and inclusive development.
The Minister of Economy and Planning, Samir Abdelhafidh, presented a detailed report on the project's progress, highlighting:
- Development issues identified at the local, regional, and national levels (social, economic, environmental, and institutional)
- Proposed reforms and measures to stimulate the economy, strengthen social integration, improve the environment, and consolidate the institutional and legislative framework
- Main contents of the state policy reports in all sectors
- Key challenges for the upcoming period, including social issues, digital transformation, regional disparities, energy transition, and financing
The Council also presented the strategic axes of the 2026-2030 Plan, including:
- Strengthening social integration and supporting vulnerable populations
- Improving basic services (health, education, public transport)
- Employment programs and support for young entrepreneurs
- Optimizing the employability of young graduates and strengthening their skills
- Strengthening social protection
- Reducing regional and local disparities
- Connecting interior and less developed areas through infrastructure development
- Creating a regional development dynamic and reducing territorial gaps
- Building a sustainable and inclusive economic model
- Stimulating public and private investment
- Increasing agricultural production and productivity through modern technologies and water management
- Developing industrial and agricultural value chains while respecting environmental standards
- Integrating the informal sector
- Strengthening trade partnerships and attracting more foreign investment
- Water sovereignty
- Optimizing the use of traditional and non-conventional water resources
- Developing water-saving irrigation systems
- Generalizing wastewater treatment
- Promoting smart agriculture and water digitization
- Energy sovereignty
- Reducing fossil fuel consumption and increasing the share of renewable energies
- Valuing alternative energy sources (solar, wind, biogas)
- Rationalizing energy consumption and reforming the sector's governance
- Exploiting the ELMED energy connection project
- Digital transformation
- Digitizing administrative services and extending high-speed connectivity
- Digitally transforming the economic fabric
- Implementing a national strategy for artificial intelligence
- Modern industrial development
- Adopting an industrial model based on the knowledge economy and clean technologies
- Supporting industrial decentralization and SME competitiveness
- Deploying intelligent and integrated industrial zones
- Encouraging research, development, and technological innovation
- Promoting competitiveness and exportation
- Facilitated access to financing
- Strengthening financial balance and mobilizing public and private financing
- Using green and accessible financing
- Defining projects to be implemented in public-private partnerships
- Financial inclusion of vulnerable populations
The Head of Government stressed that the 2026-2030 Development Plan is not only an economic document but also a major national stage that sets the political orientations for the upcoming period, in accordance with the directives of the President of the Republic, Kaïs Saïed. She emphasized the need to include clear performance indicators and establish an integrated information system to continuously monitor and evaluate the progress of projects.
In conclusion, she specified that the Plan will be submitted again to the Council of Ministers after finalizing the list of projects to be implemented during the next phase.
