287.Furthermore, the institutions under social protection have rich and varied
programmes in the areas of leisure, recreation and cultural activities. These consist in
setting up and organising:
- Teaching of music, painting, drawing, physical education, art, silk painting,
macramé, sculpture, pottery, etc.
- Workshops of photography, computer, editing, silkscreen, agriculture;
- Holiday programs, outings, trips to museums, inter institutions summer camps for
the benefit of children from poor families;
- Events and sports tournaments are organized by associations and sports leagues in
the various disciplines: football, swimming, athletics, volleyball, table tennis, ... etc.
288.In order to ensure a decent life for every child, new rules for urban development
shall require developers to make the realization of playgrounds, recreation and
relaxation facilities as accompanying equipments essential to housing listed under the
programmes of developments in urban and rural habitats.
289.Local authorities, as basic neighbourhood cells, support this concern by
equipping spaces for the child through means and conditions necessary for relaxation,
entertainment and nearby sports and is in charge of the upkeep of the various
structures on the subject "communal pools, sports halls...”
290.An annual levy of 7% of the budget is planned towards the wilaya Fund for the
Promotion of Initiatives Youth and Sports practices. In the same way, councils are
contributing 4% and 3%, levied annually on their tax resources.
291.An operation to achieve 1,176 municipal libraries and reading rooms was
launched and a financial allocation estimated at 15 billion AD was set aside for this
purpose by the Common Fund for local authorities in 2006.
292.Socio-educational, leisure activities and youth tourism: Demonstrations
(festivals, meetings, exhibitions...) are dedicated each year to mark children’s
activities carried out in youth institutions through children’s competitions children to
detect young talents in various fields (opera, drama, visual arts, etc.). By way of
illustration: national song festival for children (M'sila) theatre festival for children
(Constantine and Sidi Bel Abbes), doll exhibition (Algiers), exhibition of the young
resourceful (Tizi Ouzou).
293.Holiday and leisure centres: Educational leisure for children is a priority in the
action programme of the youth and sports sector, which is why special interest is
reserved for this activity sector which is considered as the socio-educational extension
to the school and home environment, particularly during the long school holidays in
the summer and also the winter and spring holidays.
294.A national program of support for children aged between 6-14 years from the
highlands wilayas and southern provinces (26 wilaya) in holiday and youth leisure
centres of the National Leisure Agency for youth at the 14 coastal wilayas to
accommodate 16,000 children in 14 centres reserved for this purpose, amounting to
217,056 million dinars. Also, it should be noted the valuable assistance of the central
government to support the transport of children from the provinces of the deep south
(05 wilayas) for a total of 60,606,000 dinars.
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