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The achievements of the National Solidarity Fund have drawn the attention of international organizations and institutions. The Fund has, in fact, become a reference for many countries, as an effective mechanism to fight poverty and marginalization, and to promote social integration.
The experience of the National Solidarity Fund has also constituted a practical ground from which His Excellency President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, President of the Republic of Tunisia , launched, on September 7, 2000 during the Millennium Summit, his call to the international community for the creation of a World Solidarity Fund. This initiative won the unanimous approval of the international community and has already been brought into effect.
International cooperation as part of the Fund's projects has been materialized in various ways:
 A number of countries have financed projects implemented as part of the Fund's interventions;
A number of friendly countries have offered contributions in the form of equipments;
The experience of tripartite cooperation has been launched;
New files in the field of bilateral cooperation have been followed.
International Cooperation |
Project financing by foreign countries |
Country |
Funds allocated |
Years of implementation |
Target zones |
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Luxemburg |
9,4 MD |
1997-2005 |
Béja (5 zones)
Bizerte (2) Kairouan (3) |
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Belgium |
8,2 MD |
2000-2002 |
Le Kef (3) Jendouba (4) |
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Ongoing project
As part of the Tunisian-Belgian cooperation, Belgium pursued its support to the National Solidarity Fund, by providing a new contribution amounting to 3.8 million Euros for the implementation of an Integrated Rural Development Project in a number of regions in the Governorates of Le Kef, Jendouba and Kasserine. |
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2,9 MD |
since 1997 |
Gafsa |
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Greece |
0,15 MD |
2005 |
Zaghouan |
Total |
20,65 MD |
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7
governorates (18 zones) |
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Contribution through equipments |
Country |
Contribution |
Funds (MD) |
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China |
Granting 3 sets of computer and office equipments 1.2 MD (Computers, fax, video, and photocopy machines, and sports and leisure equipments)
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1,2 MD |
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USA |
Equipments : two trucks, a “trax”
and medical equipments |
0,25 MD |
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UAE |
Two buses |
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TATRA Foundation (Czech Rep.)
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One bus |
0,1 MD |
Total
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1,55 MD |
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The Fund's Contribution to international solidarity |
Country |
Activity |
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Mali |
- Helping with the creation of the Malian Solidarity Fund and the Malian Solidarity Bank,
- First meeting of the steering committee of the triangular cooperation project involving Tunisia , Mali and Luxemburg.
- A Tunisian expert was sent to Mali for two years.
- Second meeting of the steering committee held on June 29, 2006 in Bamako, Mali.
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Senegal |
- Visit to Tunisia of President Wade, followed by the visit of the Senegalese Minister of Social Action and Solidarity
- Concluding a cooperation agreement between the Fund and the Senegalese Ministry of Social Action, providing for the exchange of expertise in the field of poverty eradication
- Creating a solidarity fund in Senegal , with the support of the National Solidarity Fund.
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Burkina Faso |
- The secretary general of the Burkina Faso solidarity fund visited, in November 2001, the 26-26 Fund where he took cognizance of its work methods and mechanisms.
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The Tunisian experience in terms of social development, poverty eradication and family integration, has drawn the attention of several other developing countries, including Cameroon , Côte d'Ivoire , South Africa and Yemen , which expressed their desire to benefit from the Tunisian experience and to establish similar mechanisms.
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