Joint Programming
Status
Joint Strategy
Progress status:
Draft
Progress status:
Date:
Draft
Description
Mission and Meetings
Expert Mission
Date:
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Joint Programming: State of play - The EU+ Development Partners has developed a strategic document of Joint Programming in Tunisia covering the period 2017-2020, which includes a joint analysis of the socio-economic and political context of Tunisia as well as a joint response of the EU+ Group (division of Labour between the actors and results matrix). Lastly, this strategic document includes indicative financial allocations of donors for the different sectors.
In alignment with the National Development Plan, the key priority areas of the Joint European Strategy are:
Challenges and opportunities for Joint Programming in the country
Opportunities:
Challenges:
Roles of EU+ Development Partners
The countries participating to the Joint Programming process in Tunisia is the "G7+5 Group", composed of the G7 countries plus the EU, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland.
Political situation in Tunisia
Beji Caid Essebsi came to office in December 2014 after winning the first free presidential election since the uprising that toppled autocratic leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Youssef Chahed became Tunisia's seventh prime minister in less than six years when he took office in August 2016. His unity government includes a broad coalition of secular, Islamist and leftist parties, independents and trade union allies. He has warned of tough economic reforms, including a possible programme of austerity, to satisfy international lenders and boost economic growth and boost job creation (BBC country profile).
Joint implementation initiatives
The EU+ Development Partners have set up 5 working groups to coordinate at the sector level.
Links with CSO Roadmap, Democracy and HR profiles and the Gender Action Plan
The Joint Programming strategy takes into account cross-cutting issues such as Human Rights promotion, Gender equality, Engagement with Civil Society and Climate Change mitigation. Consultations with the private sector, civil society and other stakeholders gave positive results; the participants showed a high interest in Joint Programming.