The documents on the Security Sector Reform Support Project and the Local Development and Local Governance Project for the period 2023-2027 were signed on Wednesday in Tunis during a meeting between the Minister of Interior Kamel Feki and the Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Office for Arab States, Abdallah Al Dardari, and the Resident Representative of the United Nations Development Programme in Tunisia, Celine Moyraud.
According to a statement issued by the ministry, the meeting included an exchange of views on the existing areas of cooperation between the Ministry of Interior and the UNDP, in particular the Security Sector Reform Support Project. The latter has been launched since 2011 through the implementation of a number of important projects, such as the community policing project and the code of conduct for internal security forces.
In this regard, the parties expressed their satisfaction with the level of partnership between the two sides and their desire to further strengthen areas of cooperation of mutual interest, especially in the field of local development and local governance.
During the meeting, the UN official was also briefed on the reality of the situation of irregular African migrants in Tunisia and the fallacies that have been put forward about the Tunisian State’s handling of this file.
The efforts made by the security services to deal with this phenomenon and to protect and assist migrants, despite the difficulties faced by Tunisia, were also presented. The Minister called on the UN to support national efforts to implement the programme for the voluntary return of irregular migrants to their countries of origin.
Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse