Ministry of Equipment, Housing and Territorial Development of Tunisia / Ministère de l'Équipement, de l'Habitat et de l'Aménagement du Territoire

The main responsibilities of the Ministry of Equipment are:
In the field of bridges and roadways

• Ensure the development of studies and the completion of bridges and highways projects.
• Ensure the maintenance, modernization and development of the classified road network.
• Control of the operation of quarries and crushing and screening units.
• Management of the network of rural roads under the Ministry and located outside the forest and irrigated areas.

In the field of civil buildings

• Follow-up of the studies and the control of the realization of the projects of the civil buildings.
• Study and realization of projects of civil buildings and procurement of studies and works as delegated project owner.
• Assist the beneficiary department of the project entering the civil buildings program.
• Propose the organization of trades relating to civilian buildings and the control of the activities of those who practice these trades.

In the field of housing

• Implement state policy in the housing sector, improve the availability of housing and encourage their provision or construction.
• Contribute to providing a share of the investments for the construction of vertical dwellings for rental.
• Set the guidelines and choices necessary to ensure the safeguarding of housing stock, its development and promotion.

In the field of spatial planning and urban planning

• The realization of studies and research to know the natural and economic specificities of the different regions of the country.
• The development and implementation of land use guidance at the national and regional levels.
• Mastery of the tools and methods of urban planning and conservation of the architectural specificities of the country.
• Ensure the implementation of state policy in the field of urban planning and architecture in coordination with the services and structures concerned.
• Contribute with local communities to the development and revision of urban development plans with the concern of their conformity with the urban regulation in force.

In the field of air and maritime infrastructures

• The establishment and equipment of air and sea infrastructures and marinas as the client or as delegated project manager.
• The monitoring of the operations of delimitation and revision of the delimitation of the maritime public domain and its protection.

In the field of protecting cities against floods

• monitoring the development and control of studies and city flood protection works
• Maintenance and maintenance of city flood protection works