Recommendations

Facilitators

I. DESIRABLE REFORMULATION OF THE LAW

1) Decentralize sufficiently the execution and follow-up of the law by integrating in the statement of this law provisions of free application according to the cases by the local assemblies (City, Commune)

Interministerial decree

Governments

Assemblies

2) Integrate in the preamble of the law on easements, the statement of the law No. 18/034 on the National Order of Architects, in order to be updated to the context of existence of the ONA

II. FIELD APPLICABILITY

3) Bring back to the forefront of any urban action, especially of subdivision, the concerted PLANNING (STATE-POPULATION-EXPERTS) Ensure compliance with the regulations and revisit the regulations in force if necessary

Public authorities Populations (local assemblies)

Professionals of the sector¹

4) Reinvigorate the provincial building permit commission in order to monitor the mass and situation plans as well as the specific plans for the development of the frontage of the parcels (to be submitted before construction for possible authorization)

Public authorities

The order of Architects

5) Ensure the effectiveness of the actions of the urban control brigade in charge of enforcing the law on easements. Decentralize to the communal levels (districts)

Urban planning at different level

6) For ongoing encroachments, revisit neighborhoods on a case-by-case basis in order to bring public utility areas back within their boundaries without necessarily evacuating small business occupations (take into account the social reality that justifies these occupations [11] ).

Urban services: Urban planning, Environment

The order of Architects

7) Create frameworks for popularization and sensitization of the population. (media, local assemblies)

Public authorities

The order of Architects

Socio-community actors

8) Appoint a State Urban Architect for the City (role: advice and animation, supervision, control and expertise in the central or deconcentrated services of the City and in the scientific, technical and cultural networks. He can also be in charge of teaching, research and project management missions... concerning the State services)

Public authorities

The order of Architects

9) Initiate studies for the redevelopment of the city according to the neighborhoods or avenues most affected by private encroachment of setback areas. (PPA on a case-by-case basis). Articles under study.

Public authorities (city or municipal level)

The order of Architects