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AFD launches a call for projects for solid waste recycling in Tunisia

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The French Development Agency (AFD) is backing sustainable development in Tunisia through its “SUNREF” program. A call for projects has been launched to provide funding for solid waste recycling initiatives in Tunisia. The Sustainable Use of Natural Resources and Energy Finance (SUNREF) program, which is part of the French Development Agency’s “SUNREF” program, is designed to support the recycling of solid waste in the country. The program is designed to promote the use of natural resources and energy. Besides, SUNREF promotes green investment projects, as part of AFD’s call for…

Ooredoo Night Run by Xiaomi: First night sports event of Ramadan in Tunisia

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“Ooredoo night Run” is a foot race that has been launched in partnership with the mobile phone brand Xiaomi. Scheduled for Saturday, April 23, 2022, at Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the “Ooredoo night Run by Xiaomi” competition will be an opportunity for sports enthusiasts to participate in a brand new experience during the holy month, marked by a particularly festive atmosphere. “This competition is for runners of all ages and categories. It aims to offer Tunisians an opportunity to enjoy themselves during the month of Ramadan and to liven up the…

Eexhibition of studies in France and Europe” on March 25 and 26, 2022

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Campus France Tunisia and Student Events are organising “The exhibition of studies in France and Europe” on March 25 and 26, 2022 at the French Institute of Tunisia. The programme includes plane tickets and prizes to be won, conferences and some forty exhibitors.  French universities and schools, as well as Tunisian institutions offering French diplomas, will participate in the fair alongside some European countries and agencies providing services and promoting higher education in France and Europe. Services and organisations such as the French Office for Immigration and Integration – OFII…

Hult Prize Final competition to be held at FSEG Sfax in its second edition

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This year, Hult Prize is back in a 2nd edition to FSEG Sfax with the OnCampus Final Competition which will be held this Sunday, March 13th at FSEG Sfax, where students are challenged to help the world Get Back to Work by creating social ventures that will ensure 2,000 jobs by 2024. The selected startup will qualify for the Hult Prize Regional Summit and get one step closer to the Global Accelerator, during which they will directly compete to pitch at the Finals & Award Ceremony in order to receive…

Tashil: Advans Tunisia and USAID Tunisia JOBS support 4,800 entrepreneurs affected by COVID-19

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Advans Tunisia launched its innovative Tashil programme last year with a $1 million grant from the U.S. government through the USAID Tunisia JOBS program to support 4,800 Tunisian entrepreneurs during the COVID-19 crisis. With this programme, Advans Tunisia has chosen to pay particular attention to disadvantaged regions as well as to women and young people working in sectors of activity weakened by the health context. This programme with a strong social and economic impact took the form of a package including a loan adapted to the needs of the beneficiaries,…

Belvedere Day: Bizerte sees environmental cleanup project

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A second phase of the Tunisian environmental cleanup project known as Belvedere Day will take place today in Bizerte. Project organizers seek to clean up and revamp nature trails throughout Tunisia, following similar cleanups in Tunis and Gammarth. Launched by Tunisian recreational and environmental organizations in partnership with the EU Delegation to Tunisia, the initiative forms part of a larger campaign to raise awareness and inform Tunisians of the need to preserve the environment and combat climate change. Tunisia is particularly vulnerable to climate change-induced rising sea levels: its coastal…

17th Extraordinary Session of OIC Council of Foreign Ministers due in Islamabad December 19

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Pakistan’s Ambassador to Tunisia Taher Andrabi said during a meeting with the press that the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) will meet at Foreign Ministers’ level for Extraordinary Sessions to consider any emergency situation and the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (current OIC Summit Chair), last month, proposed to convene an Extraordinary Sessions of the OIC FM. Pakistan welcomed the proposal and offered to host the Extraordinary Session, which will be held in Islamabad on 19 December 2021 (Sunday). The meeting will be preceded by…

TouMaLi project to clean up coastal project

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The International Center for Environmental Technologies in Tunis (CITET) is launching the TouMaLi project “Contribution of sustainable waste management systems in the tourism sector to the protection of marine ecosystems”. The initiative aims to combat pollution of coastal areas in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Morocco. A new initiative aims to clean up coastal areas in North Africa. The TouMaLi project “Contribution of sustainable waste management systems in the tourism sector to the protection of marine ecosystems” was launched on November 13th, 2021 in Tunis, the capital of Tunisia by the International Center…

Tunisia: Civilian parachuting in Tozeur, a premiere in Tunisia

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SKYS Tunisia made it now possible to experience the sensation of a parachute jump in the middle of the desert. In this first edition, which started on October 27th and will continue until November 30th, the parachutists have settled in the city of Tozeur. Organizer and founder of this incredible experience is a Tunisian-Canadian, Hedi Abada, who was able to learn this extreme sport in Canada, where he has been living for about fifteen years. He was able to bring experienced parachutists from all over the world to assist adrenaline…

Tunisian fishermen have become accidental migrant rescuers

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Credit goes to infomigrants In the south of Tunisia, fishermen regularly rescue boats full of migrants that are in distress. For them, coming across an overloaded boat has become part of their daily “routine”, just like finding dead bodies floating in the water. Slah Eddine Mcharek is sitting on the terrace of a café in Zarzis, a small coastal town in southern Tunisia. The 53-year-old fisherman is having a morning coffee after a night spent at sea. This time, his night was just occupied with finding fish. For several days,…