TUNISIA: €113m from the World Bank for wastewater management via PPPs

The financing agreement was signed on 2 June 2023 in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. The value of the loan is €113.6 million, committed by the World Bank as part of the Support Project for Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in the sanitation sector in Tunisia.

This initiative aims to improve the quality of effluent management services in the North African country, in particular by developing the capacity of the National Sanitation Office (ONAS) to design, manage, monitor and report on PPP transactions with the private sector. The latest contract of this kind was signed in April 2023 between ONAS and a consortium led by the French group Suez for the management of liquid sanitation in the governorates of Sfax, Gabès, Médenine and Tataouine for a period of 10 years