Jaap de Visser presents at Conference on Decentralisation in Tunisia
Jaap de Visser presented at the 32rd Conference of the Institut Arabe des Chefs d'Entreprises (IACE) in Sousse, Tunisia. IACE is an NGO in Tunisia that works to support the private sector in Tunisia. This year's IACE Conference (7-8 December 2017) was dedicated to decentralisation.
n 2014, Tunisia adopted a new Constitution, following the Revolution of 2011 in which Tunisians demanded a more democratic and decentralised Tunisian state. The Constitution contains a progressive and ambitious chapter on local government.
Prof De Visser's task at the Conference was to provide insight into how South Africa is managing the implementation of its constitutional provisions on local government. He joined a panel comprising of, amongst others, the Tunisian Minister of Local Government and Environment, Mr Riadh Mouakher.