“I am Mrs. Selma Trigui, I work at the CRDA of Medenine as head of hydraulic resources.

Since the start of the “Fesquietna” project, I have been in charge of monitoring the progress of the project with the NGO AJEM in view of achieving the target objectives as scheduled.

I participated in activities conducted in the field as well as in workshops and working sessions organized for the identification of public tanks and the assessment of their condition which was an important key activity.

For the first time in Tunisia, a project succeeded in carrying out an inventory of all existing public tanks in Djerba, then converting it into a web mapping as an online GIS application open to the public and professionals. It is a dashboard that allows the regional Units of the Ministry of Agriculture and municipalities to have an exhaustive evaluation of these infrastructures in the hydraulic public domain. 

Also, the rehabilitation works of 13 cisterns in different districts of Djerba, and of 3 other cisterns in primary schools can be considered as an excellent result. Cisterns were equipped with filtration systems to preserve the water quality for washing and other domestic use through an appropriate piping system. It will also allow these establishments to save money on the water bill.

Today, it is important to carry on raising awareness campaigns for the benefit of students on the impact of climate change on water resources in Djerba and on the method of preserving them.

This project really constitutes an asset that should be valued and was the result of the collaboration agreement between the AJEM and the CRDA of Medenine (signed September 2019), and I hope that it will be consolidated with the support of the UNDP. 

Overall, the work was carried out within the framework of the partnership between the project “Addressing Climate Change Vulnerabilities and Risks in Vulnerable Coastal Areas of Tunisia”  implemented through the Coastal Protection and Planning Agency (APAL) in collaboration with UNDP Tunisia and financed by the GEF, and the NGOs to implement small adaptation projects.”