Strengthening the competitiveness of the IT sector in Tunisia

Project Fact Finding Mission 02-18 June 2020

Proposal for a new partnership project in Tunisia Project Structure

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ)
is using a Special Initiative on Training and Job Creation in order to support
German, European and African companies and investors in their business activities
in Africa. sequa gGmbH is a globally operating non-profit development organization
and partner of the German private sector. With sequa's "PartnerAfrica" program,
German business associations and chambers (of commerce, trade, industry) can
become part of the Special Initiative and propose and implement partnership
projects financed by the BMZ.

The German Euro-Mediterranean-Arab Association (EMA) e.V. is proposing a

project to strengthen the competitiveness of the Tunisian IT sector. The project fact
finding mission in June 2020 is aimed at identifying new project partners and
concretizing the project idea.

Project contact person: Clara Gruitrooy

E-Mail: c.gruitrooy@ema-germany.org
Project idea Project key facts

Digitization and digital transformation offer potential for creating employment and Project duration
income through increased competitiveness of enterprises. The planned project is to ca. September/October 2020 – December 2023
focus on capacity development of local chambers and associations in order to
strengthen them in their role as service providers and to promote the digitization of Project objective
companies and the qualification of IT specialists. By strengthening local project partners (associations, chambers, educational
institutions), the future viability of the ICT sector and framework conditions for
digitization of businesses and public administration is ensured.
Project partner
Final target group
German project partner • Businesses and their employees
• Euro-Mediterranean-Arab Association (EMA) e.V.
• VOICE – Bundesverband der IT-Anwender e.V. Direct target group, intermediaries and project partners in Tunisia
• Business membership organizations
Tunisian project partner – Required profile • Educational institutions
• Willingness to actively participate in shaping the project - Willingness to • Multipliers in companies (entrepreneurs, managers, IT specialists)
cooperate in the form of a participatory cooperation and transparent • Digital decision-makers, policy-makers and educational authorities in public
communication administrations
• Acceptance and awareness of the project in the own organization
(ownership)
• Willingness to further develop the own organization in the sense of the
members / employees / trainees - Willingness to change
• Availability of sufficient human, financial and organizational resources for
project implementation - Provision of own services (e.g. personnel,
premises, organizational support in terms of ownership and financial
sustainability)

Source: EMA

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