Month: October 2020

Tunisia’s CEPEX organizes e-business meeting for Nigerians

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The Tunisia Africa E-business Meetings will be organized by the Tunisian Export Promotion Center (CEPEX) from November 18 to 20th in collaboration with the German cooperation Office, GIZ. The event is held as part of the efforts to develop exchanges with African countries in the area of tourism, agriculture and other businesses. While shedding more light on the e-meeting, the Head of Tunisia Trade Office in Nigeria, Mr. Mohamed Sellami said: “Tunisia Africa E-business Meetings is a virtual B2B event aimed at linking Tunisian exporters  with their  partners from sub-Saharan…

Med-EcoSuRe & Co-Evolve4BG: unifying Expertise, skills and data for institutions, universities and scientific research centers

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A collaboration agreement was signed on October 27, 2020 between the National Institute of Marine Sciences and Technologies (INSTM) and the Mediterranean Renewable Energies Center (MEDREC), at the premises of the Ministry of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia. The event was organized under the Patronage of the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries in Tunisia, and saw the participation of Mr. Fethi BEN Mimoun, General Director of Cross-border cooperation in Tunisia, representatives from the Joint Technical Secretariat of ENI CBC Med programme, namely Ms. Aida Darghouth Asli and Mr. Zied Kbaier, and key national actors…

EU Re-Med project launched, using rubble waste for roads in Mediterranean

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 The RE-MED project was launched on Tuesday during a videoconference attended by project managers and representatives of Mediterranean and European media. It aims to transform construction and demolition (C&D) waste into resources for road construction and maintenance in Mediterranean countries, The RE-MED project consists of the “Application of innovation for the development of the circular economy for sustainable construction in the Mediterranean, ” involving four countries: Tunisia, France, Italy and Lebanon. This project which is part of the largest European cross-border cooperation programme with the Mediterranean countries, is supervised by…

Tunisia Digital Summit: National Digital Transformation Strategy for 2021- 2025 period

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The national strategy of digital transformation (2021-2025) is based on 7 axes, including the development of infrastructure and the generalisation of Internet services in the different regions, financial integration through the encouragement of e-commerce and electronic payment, said Minister of Communication Technologies and Digital Economy Mohamed Fadhel Kraiem. “The strategy also provides for the strengthening of Tunisia’s position as a field of digitisation and innovation, and as a destination for investment in the ICT field and the consolidation of the innovation system and incentives for private initiative,” added the minister…

Tunisia tightens precautionary measures to curb spread of COVID-19

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Tunisia established tightened precautionary measures amid a rapid spread of COVID-19 across the country, a statement released on Thursday by the Prime Ministry reads. The measures, taken after a meeting between Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and members of Tunisia’s committee to confront COVID-19 and several ministers, included the extension of the night curfew, suspension of the collective prayer, a ban of gatherings and suspension of classes. Mechichi call on all 24 governors to announce a curfew in their provinces, from Monday to Friday between 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. local…

‘Queen Maria of Romania’ Plaza inaugurated in Tunis

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The ‘Queen Maria of Romania’ Plaza was inaugurated today in Tunis, in the Cite Jardins neighbourhood, in front of the consular department of the Romanian Embassy in Tunisia. Attending the event on behalf of the Tunisian authorities were Mrs. Souad Abderrahim, mayor of Tunis and Sheikh of the Medina, city council advisers and representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, the Romanian Embassy in Tunisia. The inaugural plaque dedicating Queen Maria’s name to this public space was unveiled in a ceremony where Romania’s ambassador to Tunisia,…

Tunisia Digital Summit 4th edition 100% online

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The 4th edition of Tunisia Digital Summit will be held on October 27 and 28, 2020 under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Communication Technologies This edition will be entirely online through a very innovative digital platform with a 100% Tunisian product developed by TPM in partnership with a Tunisian startup. TPM, since the appearance of COVID19 has invested in developing with the help of its partners and sponsors such as TDS, a digital solution to virtually bring together actors and decision-makers in the digital transformation in Tunisia. The idea…

Active Citizens presents the citizen program “Eukairia” for the integration of resigning women

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“Active Citizens”, a program of the Tunisian League of Citizenship and the British Council, announce that the “Eukairia” project, carried out by the “kairos” team, has been chosen to be implemented within the Mourouj (Ben Arous) Commission. kairos, which means “god of opportunity” in ancient Greek, is an elected project amidst a growing need for employability in this locality of Tunis. A project aimed mainly at out-of-school and unemployed girlsIn an effort to initiate a radical change, the members of this team are considering encouraging young women to stop taking…

Italy to allow entry to 18,000 non-EU seasonal farmhands

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A decree by the Italian Interior Ministry will make it possible for 18,000 non-EU seasonal workers to enter the country. Requests for labourers can be sent online via the interior ministry website until December 3, infomigrants.net reports.  The country’s largest farmers association, Coldiretti,  underscored that the 2020 decree on immigration is especially important for addressing the lack of foreign seasonal workers in agriculture due in part to border and quarantine issues resulting from COVID-19 measures. “The measure is important for the work in the fields in the autumn,” a Coldiretti…

Some 1800 teachers to benefit from Teaching for Success Tunisia program

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Some 1800 teachers will benefit from this first phase of the virtual program “Teaching for Success, Tunisia”, the British Council Tunisia announces in a press release made public Tuesday, October 13. With the new school year of 2020-2021, Teaching for Success Tunisia continues the training in an adequate format respecting the health protocol, says the same source. Moreover, continues the British Council Tunisia, “this new edition of the training program aims to support English language teachers of the 5th primary year”. This new training cycle begins on October 12, 2020,…