EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3.95 To address these numerous challenges, the government has implemented, or is mapping out, a number of policies, strategies and actions, the most important of which are: (i) the Land Development Plan of 1987 which, even then, aimed to deal with regional disparities by providing basic and essential infrastructure for assisting disadvantaged regions that were lagging behind; (ii) the new Land Development Plan under preparation, which extends to 2025. It will integrate at least 15 sectoral master plans that are nearing completion and are devoted to key areas such as the environment, industrial strategy, transport infrastructure, etc.; (iii) the National Environmental Strategy (SNE) and the National Action Plan on the Environment and Sustainable Development (PNAEDD); (iv) the National Agricultural and Rural Development Plan (PNDAR); (v) the housing policy, which provides for one million houses to be built in urban and rural areas, and for the rehabilitation of existing ones; and, finally, (vi) the recently finalised industrial strategy. The CRM noted, however, that even though these are all welcome initiatives, they do not form part of a clearly articulated vision for the structured and integrated space that the country is to become. 3.96 While appreciating the value of these initiatives to ensure environmental, spatial and economic equilibrium, the APR Panel would like to recommend the following: (i) that the network for the surveillance and monitoring of the quality of ecosystems be strengthened; and (ii) that there be sustained efforts to resolve land issues promptly, especially in the rural areas, thereby removing impediments to private and modern land use. 3.97 Good practices The headings below have been developed into Best Practice boxes within the Report. Algeria‟s historic role in pan-Africanism and the decolonisation of Africa Personal involvement of the President in the country‟s selfassessment exercise National reconciliation and the promotion of peace and unity Tolerance in an Islamic country Neighbourhood police Information and communication technology, and justice Amendment of the Family Code of 1984 Observatory for the Employment of Women Fund for the Regulation of Receipts (FRR) from Hydrocarbons (Stabilisation Fund) Recourse in the public procurement process 26