Official Name: Tunisian Republic
Capital: Tunis
Independence Day: 20 March 1956
Currency: Tunisian dinar (TND)
Key Result
NEPAD Agency and JICA jointly established the Africa Kaizen Initiative (AKI) in 2017. Only eight AU Member States, including Tunisia have adopted Kaizen management.
The pilot Skills Initiative for Africa Program (SIFA) was launched in Tunisia and four other pilot countries. The Initiative aims to support Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) as a means of increasing employment opportunities mainly for youth and women.
Tunisia is a part of the North Africa Transmission (DFS) project, which involves the construction of a 2,700 km transmission line from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya.
Tunisia is among the countries that received advocacy support, which contributed to strengthening of Negotiation Capacities of African countries on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP).
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A critical AU Model Law aimed at harmonizing medical products regulatory systems in Africa was endorsed by African Heads of State and Government at the January 2016 AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The AU Model Law will contribute towards accelerate the regulation of safe, quality and affordable medical products and technologies in Tunisia.
CAADP Implementation: Tunisia is engaged in launching CAADP implementation in the country.
Project : TAH programme
Description : This is phase I of the continental connectivity programme that focuses on completion and standardisation of the TAH missing links by 2030
Project : Single African Sky phase 1 (design and initial implementation)
Description : Single African Sky is a continental programme that will create a high-level, satellite-based air navigation system for the African continent
Project : Yamoussoukro Decision implementation
Description : Accelerate Yamoussoukro Decision implementation by identifying countries that are ready to fully implement it, and discussing and agreeing with both their governments and airlines to launch the voluntary club on a full membership basis;
Project : ICT Enabling Environment
Description : This programme would improve the environment for the private sectors to invest in high-speed broadband infrastructure
Project : ICT Terrestrial for Connectivity
Description : This programme has two main components: secure each country connection by at least two broadband infrastructure and ensure the access to submarine cable to all landlocked countries
Project : Internet Exchange Point (IXP) programme
Description : The aim of this programme is to provide Africa with adequate internet node exchange to maximise internal traffic
Project : North Africa Transmission (DFS)
Description : 2,700 km line from Morocco to Egypt through Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
Project : Trans-Maghreb Highway
Description : This programme is designed to improve travel for people and goods across the Maghreb countries, which have had their trade and travel limited by artificial barriers between countries at the borders. This programme would design and implement a smart corridor system along the highway and install one-stop border posts
Involvement of the country on the ASTII project commenced in September 2007. There are ongoing efforts to support the country to collect data on core indicators and innovations that will be featured in the African Innovation Outlook (AIO) reports.
Contact: M. Wahid Hidri (wahid.hidri@mes.rnu.tn), Directeur de la Coopération Multilatérale, Ministère de l’Enseignement Supérieur, de la Recherche Scientifique et de Technologie de L’Information et de la Communication, Dr Arbia ben Othman (arbia.benothman@mes.rnu.tn;arbia.benothman@gmail.com).
Website : http://mes.rnu.tn
Results (2013 – 2015)
Advocacy and Strengthening of Negotiation Capacities on Post-2015 Development Agenda through the Common African Position (CAP):
• The multi-stakeholder framework of engagement specifically enhanced dialogue towards ensuring the required mass to influence the Post-2015 Global Agenda and Development Goals relevant to the Continent;
• This intervention helped strengthen country and regional level negotiating capacities for the effective incorporation and articulation of Africa’s priorities as enshrined in CAP in the final Global SDGs;
• The project enabled the participation of African stakeholders at the Means of Implementation Engagement, 3rd Financing for Development Conference and the UN General Assembly that adopted the new SDGs. This ensured the incorporation of Africa’s development priorities into the new goals through developing essential negotiation capacities;
• Through the CAP/SDGs space on the Africa Platform for Development Effectiveness (APDev), knowledge products and negotiation documents, as well as, policy briefs where successfully disseminated to the African negotiators in New York and kept the continent’s stakeholders informed of the overall process;
• Development and dissemination of post-2015 Policy Briefs on “Financing and Partnerships” and “Structural Economic Transformation and Inclusive Growth”. These are priorities outlined in the CAP and the policy briefs where utilized in the negotiation process for the African continent.
Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC):
• Africa secured the hosting of the 2nd High Level Meeting (HLM) of the Global Partnership. This was attained through robust negotiation and facilitating a common voice from Africa with regards to this critical engagement by the NEPAD Agency. The 2nd HLM will be held in Nairobi Kenya;
• The NEPAD Agency advocated for the full inclusion and participation of Africa’s Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in conducting the 2nd GP Monitoring Exercise. This was a fundamental achievement considering the RECs are the continent’s building blocks with regards to socio-economic transformation;
• The Africa Action Plan on Development Effectiveness (AAP) was granted the status of an official Global Partnership Initiative (GPI) at the Planning Meeting in Brussels. The AAP was developed by the NEPAD Agency in consultation with African multi stakeholders. This has enabled the Agency to successfully mobilize resources towards the implementation of the AAP.
Project : Solar – Desertec Sahara Solar Project
Countries/Region : Algeria, Niger, Libya, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt, Chad | Northern Africa
Project Location : North-Western Sahara
Sector/Subsector : Energy/Generation and Transmission
Project Description : The Desertec organisations promote the generation of electricity in North Africa, the Middle East and Europe using renewable sources, such as solar power plants and wind parks. In addition, they are developing a Euro-Mediterranean electricity network, primarily made up of high-voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission cables.
Project : Missing Links on the Trans-Sahara Highway
Description : Construction of 225 km of road between Assamakka and Arlit, Niger
Estimated total cost : USD102 million
Description : The use of political gravitas and goodwill to unblock and facilitate political bottlenecks affecting the implementation of ICT broadband and optic fibre projects on the continent
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