Cantine Scolaire (School Feeding Programme)
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children
Programme Details
Programme objectives
Legal Framework: Decree No. 65-70 of 11 March 1965; reference to School Feeding in Law No. 08-04 of 23 January 2008; Executive decree No. 17-42 of 19 January 2017
Government of Algeria. 1965. Decree No. 65-70 of 11 March 1965. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Accessed 27 July 2017. <http://www.vitaminedz.org/articlesfiche/1168/1168781.pdf>.
Government of Algeria. 2017. Executive decree no. 17-42 of 19 January 2017: allocated credits for the Ministry of Education. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Internal archives.
Programme components
School feeding programme.
Child-sensitive design feature: supporting children’s access to education and nutrition; programme targets children.
Start date
1965
Government of Algeria. 1965. Decree No. 65-70 of 11 March 1965. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Accessed 27 July 2017. < http://www.vitaminedz.org/articlesfiche/1168/1168781.pdf >.
Conditionalities (if any)
School attendance
Coverage
Primary education: 13,889 canteens in 2014, offering 3,318,542 meals at the national level (89 per cent coverage); middle and secondary education: almost 1 million beneficiaries (27 per cent coverage).
Number of children covered: about 3.3 million in 2013-2014
CNES. 2015. Rapport National sur le Développement Humain 2013-2015. Quelle place pour les jeunes dans la perspective du développement humain durable en Algérie? Alger: Conseil National Économique et Social. Accessed 27 July 2017. <http://www.dz.undp.org/content/dam/algeria/docs/RNDH per cent202013-2015.pdf>.
UNGA. 2015. Rapport du Rapporteur spécial sur le droit à l’éducation, Kishore Singh — Mission en Algérie. New York: United Nations General Assembly. Accessed 19 September 2017.
<http://ap.ohchr.org/documents/dpage_f.aspx?m=99>.
Programme expenditure
DZD26.6 billion in 2017
Source of funding: Government
Government of Algeria. 2017. Executive decree no. 17-42 of 19 January 2017: allocated credits for the Ministry of Education. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Internal archives.
Government of Algeria. 1965. Decree No. 65-70 of 11 March 1965. Algiers: Government of Algeria. Accessed 27 July 2017. < http://www.vitaminedz.org/articlesfiche/1168/1168781.pdf >.
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Categorical Targeting
Target groups
Children of primary, middle and secondary schools
CNES. 2015. Rapport National sur le Développement Humain 2013-2015. Quelle place pour les jeunes dans la perspective du développement humain durable en Algérie? Alger: Conseil National Économique et Social. Accessed 27 July 2017. <http://www.dz.undp.org/content/dam/algeria/docs/RNDH per cent202013-2015.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
In-kind: school meals
