Ministry of Interior allocates 780 million dinars to support municipalities in 2027
Interior Minister Khalid al-Nuri announced the allocation of 780 million dinars to support municipalities and create 68 digital service houses during 2027. The announcement was made at dawn on Friday, November 13, 2026, during a joint public session between the Assembly of the Representatives of the People and the National Council of Governments and Regions dedicated to discussing the Ministry of Interior's important budget under the draft State Budget for 2027.
Municipalities receive annual financial support through the State Transfers Fund for the benefit of local communities, in parallel with the observation of 127.4 million dinars in 2027 for the interest of the lending fund and helping local communities to continue financing projects and providing technical assistance. The interventions included allocating 90 million dinars for the municipal road saline program, and 10 million dinars to concentrate a camera-monitoring system to monitor health violations and randomly dispose of waste throughout the republic's soil.
78 updated municipalities benefit from non-employee assistance of 10 million dinars for the implementation of their annual investment projects, along with allocating 2 million dinars to contribute to the mandate for the benefit of 29 municipalitions. The appropriations also include the allocation of 3.6 million dinars to the national programme for the rehabilitation of markets and municipal warehouses, 3 million dinars for reducing the environmental impacts of fertilizers, as well as 1.8 million dinar for waste management development.
Khalid al-Nuri explained that the digital services role project spans four years at a rate of 17 houses per year, and has been identified with credits worth 6 million dinars within the ministry's budget for 2027. These offices will provide fully digitised administrative services and engage citizens in the filing of transactions and complaints, focusing on bringing management closer to the inland population and promoting digital inclusion.
The Interior Minister said that municipal work has experienced a structural crisis and decline in the quality of governance and services over the past years due to lack of financial, human and logistical resources and poor configuration. Through the new funding, the Ministry is helping municipalities assess their financial situation and borrowing capacity and make joint purchases of equipment.