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File 06: Public Services · Longitudinal Record (2019–2026)

A service is measured where people use it.

Public satisfaction and documented delivery answer different questions. This file connects the service record to specialist investigations.

Service delivery and survey contextLatest supported material · Autumn 2026Latest comparable period · Not available

What This File Documents

Public satisfaction and documented delivery answer different questions. This file connects the service record to specialist investigations.

EXPLICITLY IN SCOPE

Service delivery and survey context. Documentary history, implementation and evidence limitations.

DELIBERATELY OUTSIDE SCOPE

Public-service satisfaction is not institutional trust, a current outage count or proof of operational performance.

Current Overview

Latest supported material is Autumn 2026. This is descriptive; it is not a comparison period or an evidence-through date. Latest comparable period: Not available.

Latest comparable observations

No comparable observation is established in the selected record.

Latest verified developments

FACTFunding allocationAutumn 202615M TND

Administrative Allocation of 15M TND for Regional Medicine Supply Support

15M TND — Administrative allocation of extraordinary annual funding for regional health structures to support pharmaceutical procurement and medicine inventory stabilization.

Recorded status: ANNOUNCED / ALLOCATED. Measures an administrative budget allocation; does not establish physical disbursement, hospital delivery, or resolution of pharmaceutical shortages. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.santetunisie.rns.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

Read evidence · 2026-09-18
FACTAdministrative enrollment baselineAutumn 20262.341M students

2026/2027 School Year Administrative Enrollment Baseline

2.341M students — Ministry of Education administrative baseline recording approximately 2.341 million enrolled pupils and students across primary, preparatory, and secondary public institutions for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Administrative capacity and enrollment baseline; does not measure educational quality, teacher coverage deficits, or learning outcomes. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.education.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

Read evidence · 2026-09-15

No comparable observation is established in this selected dossier.

Summer 2026 snapshot

DATA GAP · No documented observation is available for Summer 2026 in this selected record.

What the evidence shows

Latest comparable observations and verified developments

FACTAutumn 20262026-09-18 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-09

Administrative Allocation of 15M TND for Regional Medicine Supply Support

15M TND — Administrative allocation of extraordinary annual funding for regional health structures to support pharmaceutical procurement and medicine inventory stabilization.

Recorded status: ANNOUNCED / ALLOCATED. Measures an administrative budget allocation; does not establish physical disbursement, hospital delivery, or resolution of pharmaceutical shortages. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.santetunisie.rns.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

MS-MEDICINE-ALLOC-2026 · SRC-MS-MEDICINE2026

FACTAutumn 20262026-09-15 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-08

2026/2027 School Year Administrative Enrollment Baseline

2.341M students — Ministry of Education administrative baseline recording approximately 2.341 million enrolled pupils and students across primary, preparatory, and secondary public institutions for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Administrative capacity and enrollment baseline; does not measure educational quality, teacher coverage deficits, or learning outcomes. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.education.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

MINEDU-RENTREE-2026 · SRC-MINEDU-RENTREE2026

The 2019 baseline

2019 marks the beginning of Kais Saied’s presidency, not the beginning of these systems or their problems. Preserve the reference period when comparing outcomes.

DATA GAP · A comparable 2019 series is not established by the selected evidence.

Inherited conditions / dated context

2021 context Tunisia is classified under absolute water scarcity (<400 m³/capita/year). Prolonged drought from 2020 reduced national dam reservoir fill rates to under 30% by early 2023. ACC-CHAIN-07 · National Water Crisis, Quota-Based Rationing & Desalination Infrastructure

2021 context Tunisia generates ~97% of its electricity from natural gas (of which 65% is imported from or transited via Algeria through the Trans-Med pipeline). Renewable electricity generation remained below 3% of national energy mix. ACC-CHAIN-10 · ELMED Electrical Interconnection, Renewable Energy Transition & Gas Dependence

Context from another year is not relabelled as a 2019 measurement.

What changed, 2019–2026

Complete chronology of documented events

Evidence inventory review date: 13 September 2026; this is not an evidence-through date.

FACTHistorical Context2021-09-01 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-04

Unpublished Comprehensive Civil Service Biometric and Payroll Audit

The results of the nationwide administrative audit into civil service headcounts, irregular recruitments, and suspected ghost workers announced by the presidency in 2021 have not been published in a comprehensive public report.

Recorded status: NOT_PUBLISHED.

ROP-GAP-2026-CIVIL-SERVICE-CENSUS · SRC-MF-DEBT2026Q2

FACTHistorical Context2023-03-08 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-03

Executive Dissolution of All 350 Elected Municipal Councils

President Kais Saied promulgated Decree-Law 2023-9 dissolving all 350 elected municipal councils across Tunisia, transferring local municipal management to unelected special delegations headed by civil servant secretaries-general.

Recorded status: CONFIRMED.

ROP-DEC-2023-MUNICIPAL-DISS · SRC-JORT-DEC2023-8

FACTHistorical Context2023-11-04 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-01

How satisfied are you with civil defense / emergency services?

86% — Satisfied / Very satisfied (Service rating). % of Adult Population (Ages 18+).

Arab Barometer Wave VIII; fieldwork 2023-09-13 to 2023-11-04; n=2406; Face-to-face (CAPI); margin ±2.5%; All Adults (18+). Disambiguation: 86% measures citizen satisfaction with civil defense emergency services, NOT military institutional trust.

TRST-15-SRV-CIVIL-DEFENSE-W8 · SRC-AB-W8-2024

FACTHistorical Context2023-11-04 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-02

How satisfied are you with electricity provision?

65% — Satisfied / Very satisfied (Utility service rating). % of Adult Population (Ages 18+).

Arab Barometer Wave VIII; fieldwork 2023-09-13 to 2023-11-04; n=2406; Face-to-face (CAPI); margin ±2.5%; All Adults (18+). Disambiguation: 65% measures electricity provision satisfaction, NOT police institutional trust.

TRST-16-SRV-ELECTRICITY-W8 · SRC-AB-W8-2024

FACTHistorical Context2023-11-04 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-06

Satisfaction with internet access

61% — Satisfaction with internet access.

Wave VIII; fieldwork 2023-09-13 to 2023-11-04; n=2406; Face-to-face (CAPI); margin ±2.5%. Historical survey context, not Summer 2026 measurement.

ARAB_BAROMETER_WAVE_VIII.internetSatisfaction · SRC-AB-W8-2024

FACTHistorical Context2023-11-04 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-07

Satisfaction with water services

43% — Satisfaction with water services.

Wave VIII; fieldwork 2023-09-13 to 2023-11-04; n=2406; Face-to-face (CAPI); margin ±2.5%. Historical survey context, not Summer 2026 measurement.

ARAB_BAROMETER_WAVE_VIII.waterSatisfaction · SRC-AB-W8-2024

FACTAutumn 20262026-09-15 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-08

2026/2027 School Year Administrative Enrollment Baseline

2.341M students — Ministry of Education administrative baseline recording approximately 2.341 million enrolled pupils and students across primary, preparatory, and secondary public institutions for the 2026/2027 academic year.

Administrative capacity and enrollment baseline; does not measure educational quality, teacher coverage deficits, or learning outcomes. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.education.gov.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

MINEDU-RENTREE-2026 · SRC-MINEDU-RENTREE2026

FACTAutumn 20262026-09-18 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-09

Administrative Allocation of 15M TND for Regional Medicine Supply Support

15M TND — Administrative allocation of extraordinary annual funding for regional health structures to support pharmaceutical procurement and medicine inventory stabilization.

Recorded status: ANNOUNCED / ALLOCATED. Measures an administrative budget allocation; does not establish physical disbursement, hospital delivery, or resolution of pharmaceutical shortages. Primary institutional source anchored at http://www.santetunisie.rns.tn (document-level URL unavailable / institutional provenance anchor).

MS-MEDICINE-ALLOC-2026 · SRC-MS-MEDICINE2026

Trace the record

State Response & Known Outcomes

PROMISE → DECISION → ACTION → MONEY → RESULT → RESPONSIBILITY → EVIDENCE

Responsibility ≠ causation. Responsibility ≠ wrongdoing. Temporal sequence ≠ causal proof.

Who had institutional responsibility?

ACCOUNTABLE INSTITUTIONS

ACC-CHAIN-07

Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Maritime Fisheries LEAD_AUTHORITY
Statutory jurisdiction over national water code, dam infrastructure, and irrigation restrictions.

Causal boundary: Ordered rationing quotas and national water allocation rules.

National Water Distribution Utility (SONEDE) IMPLEMENTING_AGENCY
Public utility charter for potable water treatment, pipe networks, and desalination operations.

Causal boundary: Executes overnight supply cuts and manages network repairs and plant operations.

Ministry of Finance FINANCING_SOURCE
Sovereign loan guarantees and budgetary subsidies for SONEDE capital projects.

Causal boundary: Secured external concessional loan packages (JICA/KfW).

ACC-CHAIN-10

Tunisian Company of Electricity and Gas (STEG) LEAD_AUTHORITY
Statutory national electricity monopoly; co-owner and operator of ELMED with Terna.

Causal boundary: Manages technical procurement, grid stability, and thermal power generation.

Ministry of Finance FINANCING_SOURCE
Sovereign borrower of World Bank/EIB/KfW loans and guarantor of STEG external liabilities.

Causal boundary: Provides sovereign loan backing and covers annual fuel deficit subsidies.

European Union (European Commission & EEAS) FINANCING_SOURCE
Connecting Europe Facility (CEF-Energy) grant agreement governance.

Causal boundary: Provided €307.6M direct grant co-financing for European interconnector status.

What the evidence establishes

ESTABLISHED

  • 15M TND — Administrative allocation of extraordinary annual funding for regional health structures to support pharmaceutical procurement and medicine inventory stabilization. Evidence
  • 2.341M students — Ministry of Education administrative baseline recording approximately 2.341 million enrolled pupils and students across primary, preparatory, and secondary public institutions for the 2026/2027 academic year. Evidence

NOT ESTABLISHED

Public-service satisfaction is not institutional trust, a current outage count or proof of operational performance.

DATA GAP

No comparable 2019 or Summer 2026 national series covering health access, transport reliability, administrative waiting times and municipal waste collection is linked in the selected audited archive. Inventory record

Data gaps

DATA GAPDATA_GAP2026-09-13 · ISS-PUBLIC-SERVICES-05

Limits of the selected evidence

No comparable 2019 or Summer 2026 national series covering health access, transport reliability, administrative waiting times and municipal waste collection is linked in the selected audited archive.

This is a bounded inventory gap, not a claim that no such data exists anywhere.

R3.1 inventory review · R3.1-INVENTORY

Evidence register

Canonical provenance is preserved. A named document without a direct URL is identified as such; it is not presented as newly retrieved or independently verified.

SRC-AB-W8-2024 · PRIMARY_SURVEY
Arab Barometer Wave VIII Tunisia Country Report (14 May 2024) 2024-05-14
R3.1-INVENTORY · EDITORIAL_AUDIT
R3.1 selected repository evidence inventory 2026-09-13 · Direct document URL not supplied in canonical record