MEMBERS OF O.N.A.S. O.N.A.S. IN BRIEF EXECUTIVE BOARD Khalil ATTIA President of the E. B. The National Sanitation Utility (O.N.A.S.) is a public Maher KAMMOUN Prime Ministry Sadok SAIDANI Ministry of the Environment and company of an industrial and commercial character, Sustainable Development serving under the authority of the Ministry of the (M.E.D.D.) Environment and Sustainable Development Mohamed BELKHIRIA Ministry of the Interior and Local Development (M.I.D.L.) (M.E.D.D.), and enjoying the status of a civil entity Moncef MILED Ministry of Development and and financial autonomy. It was established by Law International Cooperation (M.D.C.I.) N° 73, dated 3 August 1974, and entrusted with the Rakia LAATIRI Ministry of Agriculture and Water management of the sanitation sector. The Law Resources (M.A.E.R.H.) establishing O.N.A.S. was amended pursuant to Law Ali ABBASSI Ministry of Equipment, Housing and Land Use Planning N° 41, dated 19 April 1993, which promoted the (M.E.H.A.T.) National Sanitation Utility from the status of a Samir BELAID Ministry of Finance (M.F.) networks and sewers management authority to the Mabrouk ENDHIF Ministry of Public Health (M.S.P.) Mohamed Ali KHOUAJA National Water Distribution Utility status of a key operator in the field of protection of (S.O.N.E.D.E.) the water environment. In this regard, the amended Noureddine BEN REJEB National Environment Protection Agency (A.N.P.E.) text entrusted O.N.A.S. with the following missions: Slah EL BALTI Municipality of Ariana • Combating all forms of water pollution; • Management, operation, maintenance, rehabilitation and construction of all sanitation CONTENTS facilities in O.N.A.S. action zone, of which, in particular, wastewater treatment plants, pumping • O.N.A.S. in brief ...... 2

stations and sea outlets; • Foreword...... 3

• Promoting the sector of distribution and • Major events ...... 4 commercialisation of treated wastewater and sludge; • Evolution of sanitation indicators (for 2006)...... 4 • Conducting sanitation studies and works on • New wastewater treatment plants...... 5 behalf of the State or local government; • Human resources ...... 6 • Financial resources...... 6 • Planning and implementation of integrated • Operation activity indicators...... 7 projects relating to the treatment of wastewater • Efficient treatment process and improved treated water...... 8

and the drainage of storm water. • Rationalisation of energy use...... 9

• Studies...... 10 The National Sanitation Utility is managed by an • Reuse of treated wastewater...... 11 Executive Board chaired by a CEO and composed • The private sector participation ...... 11 of representatives of the ministries concerned by • The spinning off programme ...... 11

O.N.A.S. activities, as well as a representative from • Organisational information aspects...... 12

major municipalities, the National Environment • Capacity building and training...... 12 Protection Agency (A.N.P.E.) and the National • International cooperation ...... 13 Water Distribution Utility (S.O.N.E.D.E.). • Fund mobilization ...... 14 • Social activities ...... 15

2 FOREWORD

Thirty two (32) years have passed since the establishment of The National Sanitation Utility (O.N.A.S.), a period in which the Utility has made considerable achievements and taken up major challenges in the environmental field, thus contributing significantly in enhancing ’s environmental and health indicators and in O.N.A.S. visibility on Maghreb, Arab and African level. Now, greater emphasis is placed on ensuring the sustainability of the sanitation sector, as well as upgrading it in line with global changes and developments.

This has brought a whole range of new challenges which O.N.A.S. is currently called upon to face, of which in particular: improving the quality of treated wastewater,enhancing the services provided, generalising the sanitation services to cities with a population less than 10000 inhabitants, rehabilitating old wastewater networks and treatment plants, maintenance of the facilities and installations.The new challenges also include: promoting the participation of the private sector in the field of sanitation, and engaging in the National Economic Enterprises Spinning off Programme, with a view to laying the foundations for the set up of SMEs operating in sanitation-related activities. To such challenges, there should be added the valorisation of the by-products of wastewater treatment plants, better control over operation costs and rationalising energy consumption, which remains a global challenge particularly in view of excessively high energy costs.

The new undertaking has required a restructuring of O.N.A.S. services, with the purpose of sustaining the basic sanitation activities and creating new administrative entities to ensure the achievement of the objectives set.The new organisation chart has been implemented in 2006, thus supporting the process initiated by O.N.A.S. towards sustainable development and a healthy environment for every citizen.

O.N.A.S. CEO Khalil ATTIA

3 MAJOR EVENTS BOT projects • Consolidating the two Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) New wastewater treatment plants projects related to the construction of the two wastewater Completion of the works of construction of 12 new wastewater treatment plants “El Attar 2” and “El Allaf” in a single short- treatment plants. These are: , , , Bouhajla, listing of bidders. , ,, Metlaoui, , Béni Hassène, Seminars and workshops ,Jebeniana, and Métouia/ . • Seminar on “The Role of Sanitation in Preserving the Organisational aspects Achievements of the Independence” (25 March 2006), in Inception of the new organisation chart in July 1996, the commemoration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Independence; management control system both on central and regional level, • Participation in the proceedings of the “National Seminar on as well as the computer software applications related to Environmental Job Opportunities” (12 and 13 June 2006); customer service, maintenance and procurement. • Workshop on “Review of Sanitation Rates and Management at O.N.A.S.” (11 October 2006); Spinning off Programme • Information day on the “Construction of the Wastewater Engaging in the spinning off programme with, as a first step, the Treatment Plant in El Allaf Based on a BOT Contract” (27 identification of the sanitation activities likely to allow for the November 2006); launch of spinning off projects. The programme extends until • Information days on “Spinning off at O.N.A.S.” (24 November 2009 and comprises the set up of 46 projects, allowing the 2006) in Béja and (21 December 2006) in Monastir; employment of 234 staff and 46 executives. • Workshop on “Use of Sludge in Farming” (28 December New projects 2006). Inception of the presidential projects involving the construction of the following wastewater treatment plants: El Attar in western , and Hammam Bourguiba. Signing the two financing agreements for the western Tunis project with the World Bank (53.9 million Euros) and the IVth Sanitation Project with the European Investment Bank – EIB (40 million Euros), as well as obtaining final approval, for financing the project of rehabilitation and extension of the wastewater networks in 13 Governorates, by the French Development Agency – AFD (80 million Euros).

XIth National Economic and Social Development Plan Preparing the last phase of finalising the XIth National Economic and Social Development Plan (2007 – 2011).

2006: Completing the Objectives of the Xth National Economic and Social Development Plan Indicators Achievements 2001 2006

Number of municipalities in O.N.A.S. action zone 144 155 Network length 10 220 13 200 Number of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) 61 95 Number of subscribers (in thousand subscribers) 994 1 340 Connection rate to the sewerage network in municipalities in O.N.A.S. action zone 82% 86.7% Volume of collected wastewater (million m3) 187 223 Volume of treated wastewater at the WWTPs (million m3) 170 217

4 NEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS (2006)

Wastewater treatment plant in Wastewater treatment plant in Metlaoui Wastewater treatment plant in El Fahs Treatment capacity:1350 m3/day Treatment capacity:4100 m3/day Treatment capacity:3350 m3/day

Wastewater treatment plant in Agareb Wastewater treatment plant in Oueslatia Wastewater treatment plant in Haffouz Treatment capacity: 2000 m3/day Treatment capacity: 1000 m3/day Treatment capacity: 1000 m3/day

Wastewater treatment plant in Chebba Wastewater treatment plant in Béni Hassène/ Touza Wastewater treatment plant in Nefza Treatment capacity: 3500 m3/day Treatment capacity: 4400 m3/day Treatment capacity: 1500 m3/day

Wastewater treatment plant in Métouia/ Oudhref Wastewater treatment plant in Jebeniana Wastewater treatment plant in Bou Argoub Treatment capacity: 2700 m3/day Treatment capacity: 1300 m3/day Treatment capacity: 2700 m3/day

5 Evolution of funds allocated during the National Development Plans Investment volume (in million TND)

HUMAN RESOURCES Executives Supervisory staff The total number of O.N.A.S. staff, as at end of 2006, counted 4 991 employees, distributed as follows :

Executives 524 Supervisory staff 880 Workers 3 587 Workers

State budget FINANCIAL RESOURCES

1. Capital expenditure:

The volume of investments made, during 2006, has amounted to about 92 million TND. These investments were financed as follows : Loans and grants State budget 35% Loans and grants 65%

Profile of operating costs

Other 2. Operating costs: services

The operating costs amounted, for 2006, State budget to about 163 million TND. These costs were Sanitation financed as follows : rates

Sanitation rates 61% State budget 30% Other services 9%

6 OPERATING ACTIVITIES INDICATORS Length of operated network 13 200 km Number of connection boxes 937 000 boxes Number of pumping stations 621 stations Evolution of sewer clearing rate Number of wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) in urban areas 92 WWTPs Number of wastewater treatment plants in rural areas 3 WWTPs Volume of water collected 223 million m3 Volume of water treated 217 million m3 Number of inhabitants connected to the network 68 000 new subscribers Clearing of network 7 500 km of pipes Clearing of connection boxes 336 655 units Clearing of inspection manholes 427 406 units Clearing of storm water gullies 52 122 units Clearing and flushing of water courses 58 water courses over 126 km Clearing of storm water basins 28 with 1 million m3 of storage capacity Removal of sediment deposits 90.000 m3

Evolution of connection rate

Evolution of length of public sewerage network operated (in km)

Rate of connection to drinking water network in urban areas Rate of connection to public sewerage network in urban areas Rate of connection to public sewerage network in O.N.A.S. action zone Rate of connection to wastewater treatment plants

7 EFFICIENT TREATMENT PROCESS AND IMPROVED QUALITY OF TREATED WASTEWATER In its endeavour to achieve better control over the operating • Design and execution of works related to the installation of of sanitation facilities, especially that of wastewater treatment an aeration system at the wastewater treatment plant plants with a view to boosting their outputs and enhancing the (purchase of aeration equipment, installing a power quality of treated wastewater, O.N.A.S. drew up a work plan generator, installing water circulation pumps . . .); consisting in a set of measures, ranging from the urgent to the • Drawing up an integrated plan for the management of the drastic, according to the situation concerned and its sensitive sludge produced by the wastewater treatment plants in view character. of its direct impact on the quality of the treated water; • Rehabilitation and extension of the natural sludge dewatering Urgent measures beds in several wastewater treatment plants, such as those of • Boosting the aeration system at the southern Méliane , Ouardanine, Nefta, etc . . .; wastewater treatment plant; • Rehabilitation of the sludge process and clearing the tanks at • Constructing the mechanical sludge dewatering installations the wastewater treatment plants of , at the wastewater treatment plants of southern Hammamet and ; and SE4 in and Soliman; • Purchase and installation of measurement and control • Executing the works of extension of the sedimentation tanks equipments as well as sample taking comprising about 40 of the southern Hammamet wastewater treatment plant; wastewater treatment plants, and this, with a view to an • Stepping up the wastewater lift system at the northern enhanced control over the technical aspect of the screening Hammamet wastewater treatment plant, and boosting the process in these plants. screening output during the summer season, based on the technique of injection of thickeners to avoid any rise of The cost of these works has totalled an amount of 2.5 million wastewater flow; TND. This action will be pursued during the current year, to • Design and execution of works related to boosting aeration, cover a number of the remaining wastewater treatment plants, installation of sedimentation tanks and a physio-chemical and this, at a additional cost of about 2.5 million TND. screening unit at the wastewater treatment plant, and this, in order to combat the pollution likely to result from Drastic measures the industrial water arriving at the plant and to guard against Rehabilitation and extension of certain old plants or ones that causing it to exceed its treatment capacity; are currently prompted beyond their design treatment • Boosting the aeration system at the Dkhila wastewater capacity, such as the southern Méliane, Chotrana, , treatment plant, and addition of thickeners to address the northern , southern Sousse and southern plants... possibility of exceeding the design treatment capacity of the plant in the summer season;

8 RATIONALISING ENERGY USE

Breakdown of energy consumption cost O.N.A.S. energy use, in 2006, was as follows:

• Medium voltage power energy: 96.1 GW/hour; • Low voltage power energy: 4.1 GW/hour; Low Voltage power • Fuel: 2 648 680 litres. Medium Fuel Voltage power For a total cost estimated as: 12.14 million TND.

It is worth pointing out that wastewater treatment plants rank first in energy consumption, thus accounting for over two thirds (2/3) of “Medium Voltage” power (66.5%), as against 31%, for pumping stations, and 2.5%, for buildings and other facilities.

Medium Voltage (MV) power consumption indicators

2005 2006 Facilities concerned 66 wastewater treatment plants 74 wastewater treatment plants 247 pumping stations 268 pumping stations Volume of treated wastewater (in million m3) 200 215 Eliminated organic pollution 65 000 70 500 Total power consumed (GW/hour) 93.2 96.1 Power consumption at WWTPs* (GW/hour) 64.0 66.8 Power indicator at WWTPs* (KW/hour/ Kg organic pollution) 1.16 0.95 Power consumption at pumping stations (GW/hour) 29.2 27.3 Power indicator at pumping stations (KW/hour/ Kg organic pollution) 0.15 0.13

In view of the high rate and cost of the “MV” proportion in kg of removed organic pollution, and this, by comparison with power consumption, O.N.A.S. has focused its efforts on the internationally accepted rate of 1.4 to 1.6. increasing energy saving initiatives in this type of energy. Besides, as part of the national effort to promote renewable The programme of better management of power supply alternative energies based on biomass, O.N.A.S. is due to contracts (of the “MV” type) has allowed, since the inception conduct a technical - economic feasibility study for projects of of its implementation towards the middle of 2002 and as at the production of biogas at large and medium-size wastewater end of 2006, a total saving of 1.5 million TND, which has treatment plants. A preliminary list has been drawn up, contributed in an annual reduction of consumption comprising 8 plants (southern Méliane, northern Sousse, expenditure by about 5%. southern Sousse, southern Sfax, Ferina, Gabès, Béja and Bizerte), with a view to highlighting the potential of biogas Besides, the implementation of the various programmes and production in these plants, and this, to make better use of the measures has made it possible to maintain the exceptional advantages granted under the Carbon Fund in the context of general indicator of power consumption dedicated to the Kyoto Protocol. wastewater treatment at a reasonable rate of 1.2 KW/ hour/

9 STUDIES The National Sanitation Utility (O.N.A.S.) entrusts most of the • Final design studies related to the extension and rehabilitation technical studies related to sanitation projects to specialised of 8 wastewater treatment plants in Nabeul SE4, , consultancies, and this, in order to benefit from the expertise and Sahline, Dkhila, Maharès, Gafsa, Soliman and ; specialisation relevant to each particular situation, especially in such • Final design studies related to the extension and rehabilitation fields as water treatment and preparation of sanitation studies and of 80 pumping stations; master-plans, in its endeavour to ensure technology transfer. • Updating the study related to the sanitation networks and On the other hand, O.N.A.S. conducts part of the studies based wastewater treatment plants of 4 cities, namely: , on its own competencies, especially with regard to projects of Makthar, Jerissa and Maknassi; extension and reinforcement of the public sewerage network. • Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment studies related to the project of treatment of wastewater in Studies completed the cities of Bir M’cherga, ,Menzel Kamil and Souassi; • a study on the sanitation networks and wastewater treatment • Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment plants of Mornaguia, Bouarada, Makthar, Sers, Jerissa and studies related to the project of wastewater in collection and Maknassi; treatment in the cities of Mazzouna, , Bir Lahfay, • a study on O.N.A.S. sanitation rates and management. and Jelma. Studies in progress • Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment studies related to the extension and rehabilitation of 11 wastewater treatment plants and 50 pumping stations; • Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment studies related to the extension and rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plants of Moknine, Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid, Nefta and Ksour Essaf, as well as 24 pumping stations; • Preliminary design and environmental impact assessment studies related to the extension and rehabilitation of the wastewater treatment plants of El Jem; Kalaa Sghira, Mahdia, Sayyada, Sidi Bouali and Ouardanine, as well as 26 pumping stations; THE PRESIDENTIAL PROJECT FOR THE SANITATION OF “POPULAR QUARTERS” Number of “popular quarters” serviced in sanitation in 2006 28 “popular quarters” Number of works underway in “popular quarters” 38 “popular quarters” Number of “popular quarters” serviced in sanitation since 1989 700 “popular quarters” Total number of the population beneficiary of the Programme About 1.5 million beneficiaries Total cost of the Programme About 343 million TND

Number of beneficiaries

(in thousands)

SCOPE OF THE PROGRAMME 10 REUSE OF TREATED WASTEWATER

Currently, about 30% of the treated hectares wastewater (that is, about 65 million m3) is reused for the irrigation of 9 300 hectares, distributed as follows:

Irrigated farmland 8 000 hectares Golf courses 900 hectares Landscape 400 hectares

The following graph shows the evolution of these areas:

Besides, in addition to the reuse of treated wastewater for irrigation, it is currently reused for such other purposes as recharge of the aquifers and the protection of biodiversity in wetlands (wetland of Korba, for instance).

THE PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION

Network operated by the private sector

Network operated by the private sector 1 512 km of pipes Number of wastewater treatment plants operated by the private sector 7 Number of pumping stations operated by the private sector 40

Network operated by O.N.A.S

THE SPINNING OFF PROGRAMME

The National Sanitation Utility (O.N.A.S.) has been at the forefront of public institutions engaging in the “Spinning off Programme”. In this regard, it has undertaken the following steps:

• Identifying the activities likely to allow for setting up spinning off projects; • Defining a preliminary programme comprising 46 spinning off projects distributed all over the country and allowing the creation of not less than 279 jobs; the projects are expected to be completed in the period 2006 – 2009; • Examination of 16 application files submitted by project developers in the field of sanitation, of which three applications by candidates from outside O.N.A.S. staff; six (6) projects have thus received final approval, Operation while the remaining ten (10) projects are being further refined in Works cooperation with the applicants themselves. Studies Training and re-training Services

11 ORGANISATIONAL AND INFORMATION ASPECTS

Organisational aspects: Information and communication aspects:

• Entry into force of the new O.N.A.S organisation chart on • Establishing and incepting the implementation of the 1st July 2006; Information Technologies (IT) applications dedicated to the • Appointing the heads of the central and regional directorates; management of the operating budget, national and • Hiring the operation staff on regional level; international procurement, stock management, and the • Defining the attributions and reassignment of the human and management of fixed and mobile equipments; material resources according to the requirements of the new organisation chart. • Incepting the establishment and pilot-testing of the IT application dedicated to customer management and to the Thus, O.N.A.S. has been able to achieve a set of objectives, of relations with SONEDE (National Water Distribution Utility); which: streamlining the employment positions from 1 168 to • Incepting the establishment of an IT application dedicated to 646; reinforcing the basic divisions entrusted with management the management of sanitation facilities, customer relations and monitoring; ensuring efficient use of skills and competencies; and water quality monitoring; streamlining the production means and human resources; and cutting down operating costs. The new organisation chart also • Incepting the establishment of IT applications dedicated to stepped up treatment activities, by setting up a central the management of investment projects and contract directorate for treatment and valorisation and a division monitoring; dedicated to treatment in each regional directorate, in addition to setting up a central directorate dedicated to commercial • Launching a new tri-lingual website (Arabic/ French/ English); activities. Finally,the new organisation chart stepped up O.N.A.S. regional representation by establishing a regional directorate in • Publication of multi-media communication tools to each Governorate and providing it with the prerogatives and disseminate knowledge about O.N.A.S. and its activities in the means necessary to boost its regional role. various fields of its action. CAPACITY BUILDING AND TRAINING Training Topics Number of Number Number of Training sessions of Training Days Beneficiaries Clearing of networks and facilities 17 31 175 Operation of sanitation facilities 14 21 217 Monitoring treated water quality and analysis of wastewater and treated water 9 20 120 Maintenance of equipments 10 14 289 Monitoring the execution of studies and works, and contract management 15 29 185 Graph representing the evolution of the Rationalisation of energy number of participants in training sessions consumption 3 12 47 according to staff profiles Occupational health and Executives safety 21 25 277 Supervisory staff Information and Workers communication technologies 10 39 72 Financial and administrative management 17 32 183 Staff re-training and reassignment 2 78 9 Total 118 301 1 574 The beneficiaries of these training sessions totalled 538 executives, 556 supervisory staff and 480 workers.

12 TECHNICAL COOPERATION

O.N.A.S. received, in 2005, several foreign delegations from for two trainees from the National School of Water friendly and sister countries, namely Algeria, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Engineering and the Environment in Strasbourg (France). France, Italy, Mauritania, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Senegal and Singapore. Such visits have led to drawing up promising 4 September to 6 October 2006: programmes of joint cooperation.They have also led to signing Training session for 8 engineers from the National Drinking a cooperation agreement with Office National de Water Bureau of Morocco, financed by the German l’Assainissement (National Sanitation Utility) of Senegal, and a consultancy GKW.The session focussed on the operation of cooperation programme between O.N.A.S. and Office wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations. National de l’Assainissement (National Sanitation Utility) of Algeria, covering such areas as the exchange of experiences in 3 to 17 December 2006: the field of supervision of works, operation and maintenance of Training session for 4 staff from the National Water and Health sanitation facilities, as well as training, capacity building and Utility of Burkina Faso.The beneficiaries included a laboratory administrative management. staff and 3 drivers of hydrocleaner trucks and a camera- inspection unit. Training sessions 5 June to 5 August 2006: Missions and training sessions abroad A number of O.N.A.S. staff conducted 38 missions and 7 Organisation of two field training sessions on the valorisation training sessions abroad. of treated wastewater in agriculture and treatment processes,

13 FUND MOBILIZATION

Project of Sanitation of Western IVth Sanitation Programme • Construction of the wastewater transfer Tunis (El Attar), partly financed by (O.N.A.S. IV): networks for the two wastewater treatment plants of Tazarka/ Somâa/ Maâmoura, and On 15 December 2006, a loan agreement was the IBRD: Kerkennah. signed between the Tunisian Government and The International Bank for Reconstruction The total cost of the Programme is estimated the European Investment Bank (EIB) for a and Development (IBRD) granted O.N.A.S. a as 150 million TND and is scheduled for total amount of 40 million Euros towards the State-secured loan of 53.9 million Euros, that implementation between 2007 and 2012. is about 90 million TND. The loan was financing of the IVth Sanitation Programme approved by the Board of Governors of the (O.N.A.S. IV).The Programme comprises: Bank on 6 July 2006 as was signed by the two Project of Rehabilitation and parties on 18 July 2006. It will allow the • Reinforcement of the sanitation system in Extension of the Sanitation following actions: western Tunis and sanitary servicing of the Networks of 13 Governorates: town of , and this, based on laying These Governorates are: Tunis, Ariana, • Construction of a wastewater treatment about 107 km of pipes and connecting 14 000 , , Nabeul, , 3 plant of capacity 60 000 m / day; households to the public sewerage network; , Monastir, Mahdia, Gabès, Médenine, • Construction of the system of wastewater • Reinforcement and rehabilitation of the Tataouine and Gafsa. transfer to the treatment plant, and this, wastewater transfer system from Charguia The French Development Agency (AFD) has based on the laying of 16 km of pipes, as well to Chotrana, and this, based on laying about given its final approval for financing the as the construction of two pumping stations; 17 km of 2 000 mm pipes; Project of Rehabilitation and Extension of the • Construction of the treated water transfer • Rehabilitation of the treated wastewater Sanitation Networks of 13 Governorates, and system, and this, based on the laying of 23 transfer canal from Chotrana to canal al-Khalij, this, based on a dedicated loan of 80 million km of pipes. and this, based on laying about 4.8 km of pipes; Euros; the project implementation time- • Extension of the wastewater treatment period extends from 2007 to 2011. The Besides, the project comprises reinforcing plant of southern Hammamet, by upgrading project consists in the rehabilitation of about O.N.A.S. capacity in the fields of its capacity to 40 000 m3/ day; 630 km of pipes, extension 740 km of environmental, financial and commercial • Construction of 3 wastewater treatment sanitation network in these Governorates and management. The project is scheduled for plants in / , , connection of about 41 000 households to implementation between 2007 and 2011. and Tazarka/ Somâa/ Maâmoura; the public sewerage network.

14 SOCIAL ACTIVITIES

In its concern to extend support to its employees, in times of need, O.N.A.S. undertook, in 2006, several social actions, of which in particular:

• Extending 659 grants, amounting to 198 000 TND, through the Relief Fund; • Extending financial aid by the Staff Mutual Association, with General Management support, to 1 350 beneficiaries of a total value amounting to 60 000 TND. The financial aid targeted special social cases and temporary staff, in consecration of the national solidarity principle, and this on the occasion of religious, national and seasonal feasts and events; • Organising several cultural and leisure events for the children of O.N.A.S. employees covering all Regional Directorates (celebration of “Education Outstanding Achievement Day” and of the National and World Environment Day; organisation of summer holidays for children in the country and abroad); • Organising cultural and leisure activities for O.N.A.S. employees in support of the social and human dimension within the institution.

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