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Mohamed Agrebi General Director Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs

The Private sector as the driving force for employment, case of Tunisia. Mohamed Agrebi General Director Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs. Main features (I). More than 11,000 manufacturing companies Of which 5,468 companies employing 10 or more employees 90 % of them are SMEs

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Mohamed Agrebi General Director Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs

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  1. The Private sector as the driving force for employment, case of Tunisia Mohamed Agrebi General Director Ministry of Industry, Energy and SMEs

  2. Main features (I) • More than 11,000 manufacturing companies • Of which 5,468 companies employing 10 or more employees • 90 % of them are SMEs • 2,360 export 100% of their production • Industrial enterprises with 10 or more employees account for the employment of 550,000 persons. (1/4 of the labour force). • More than 20,000 new job creations are registered annually

  3. Main features (II) • Tunisian population: 10 millions, growth rate of 1.08 % • Active population: 3.3 millions • Unemployment rate: 13.9 % (2004) 10 % by 2016! • University graduates percentage • 1994: 1.6 % (6,300) • 2004: 9.4 % (40,700)

  4. Adapted measures (I) • Specific organisations (state agencies) • ANETI (National Agency for Employment) • Industrial Promotion Agency (API) • Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency (APIA) • Incentives for university graduates recruitment • Subsidies for pension and insurance programmes (both employers and employees) • Wages paid by the State (totally and partially) especially through the National Upgrading Programme (project creation or extension)

  5. Adapted measures (II) • Specific Treasury Funds programmes • National Fund for Employment (FNE or 21/21) • Solidarity National Fund (FNS or 26/26) • FOPRODI • FODEC • FONAPRAM • Specialised Banks • Tunisian Solidarity Bank (BTS) -micro financing • SMEs Financing Bank (BFPME) – Bank for SMEs

  6. Adapted measures (III) • Specific programmes  Meeting 95% of the additional demand for jobs by promoting a labour-intensive growth, improving the employability, encouraging self-employment, reinforcing the regions contribution to the investment effort and the creation of enterprises and improving the labour market follow-up mechanisms of the labour market • Regional Development Strategy (PDR) • Spin-off National Programme (Essaimage)

  7. Political strategies • Implement sound economic policies aimed at enhancing Tunisia’s growth performance and job creation. • The creation of 380 thousand new job opportunities to meet 95% of the additional demand in this field. • These job opportunities would arise basically in manufacturing industries (240 thousand) which offer real opportunities that had mostly been seized during the Tenth Plan (2002-2006). • The NEW purpose is the creation of 70,000 new projects/enterprises for the period 2005-2009

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