[PRESS RELEASE]

Launch of the Call for Projects for Tunisian Entrepreneurs and Tunisian Investors Resident Abroad (TRE)

Tunis, January 12th, 2024

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Tunisia announces the launch of the Call for Projects within the framework of the "Mobi-TRE" project Phase 2 "Migration as a resource: mobilizing the Tunisian diaspora and stabilizing disadvantaged communities in Tunisia". The project is funded by the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS) and implemented by IOM, in close collaboration with institutional partners and authorities in Tunisia. The project aims to mobilize innovative initiatives contributing to Tunisia's economic development, with particular emphasis on regions with high migration potential.

This Call for Projects focuses on promoting the effective realization of a Matching between a Tunisian entrepreneur and a Tunisian investor Resident Abroad (TRE). It aims to create sustainable jobs, reduce poverty, and promote the link between migration and development. It is open to Tunisian entrepreneurs in Tunisia and Tunisians Resident Abroad (in Côte d’Ivoire, France, Germany, Italy, and Saudi Arabia only), who are invited to submit their applications from January 15th, 2024, to February 29th, 2024.

Applicants are invited to submit their applications from January 15th, 2024, to February 29th, 2024 by clicking on this link to fill the application form and read the Terms of Reference, also available on Moubader.tn. For more information, please read the project’s guidelines.

Participants are kindly invited to join a host of sessions dedicated to the presentation of Phase 2 of the Mobi-TRE project and the launch of the Call for Projects. These sessions will be organized with institutional partners in Tunisia as follows:  

  • 6 workshops from January 15th to January 24th, from 8:30am to 12:45pm, in regional development areas for young entrepreneurs in Tunisia and Tunisians Resident Abroad (TRE) available in Tunisia on these dates: Jendouba (January 15th), Kef (January 16th), Kairouan (January 17th), Gabes (January 18th), Medenine (January 22nd), and Tataouine (January 24th). These workshops will include an interactive Q&A session and a B2B (Business to Business) session, promoting interaction between participants.
  • Two online information sessions on January 17th and January 24th, 2024 from 2pm to 4pm for Tunisians Resident Abroad (TRE).

For further information on the Call for Projects, please contact:

Pour toute information supplémentaire concernant l’Appel à Projets, veuillez contacter :

  • Boubaker BOURICHA: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +216 29 686 462.
  • Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS): This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or +216 71 893 144.

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