Sectorial Policy On Water And Sanitation.

This Sectorial Policy on Water and Sanitation sets up the overall objective of the sector as: to improve the living conditions of the population through optimal use of water resources and access of all to water and sanitation services.
The Policy seeks to make agriculture more productive and sustainable. The specific objectives of the Policy are established, including: Rational and sustainable management of water resource; Increased rate of access to water of agro -livestock; Mastery of water for environmental protection; etc.
The country recognizes the importance of water and sanitation for the improvement of the living conditions of its population. Thus, better water resources management inevitably contributes to the reduction of poverty and to socio-economic development of the country. The relevant specific objectives of the Policy include: Increased rate of access to drinking water; Development of sanitation and promotion of hygiene; etc. The sector-based strategies, in coherence with the national strategy for poverty reduction and international and regional goals , are developed. The strategies of water and sanitation services are: Set up of politic, regulatory and institutional framework favourable to rational water resources management; Integration of gender to water resources management; Development of water supply systems and sanitation services; Development of storage and conservation of water infrastructures for multiple uses (agriculture, energy, environment, tourism…); etc. Water supply and sanitation program in rural area aims to improve the population rate with access to water and increase the sanitation rate to 66% in 2010, to 80% in 2015 and 100% in 2020.