Selected Activities
Poverty reduction through productive activities
Engaging Tunisian Youth to Achieve the MDGs: a UN Joint program
Tunisia registers one of the highest unemployment rates in the world with more than 14% of the active population being unemployed. Unemployment is severely affecting youth (particularly young graduates) and women.
UNIDO – Hewlett Packard partnership to promote youth employment
On May 2008, UNIDO signed a strategic partnership agreement with HP to work together on the HP “Graduate Entrepreneurship Training through IT” (GET-IT) programme in Africa.
Youth Led Development Programme
The youth-led development programme is an approach used by UNIDO in tackling the issue of youth unemployment in the Mano River Union countries.
Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP)
The Entrepreneurship Development Programme (EDP) promotes the creation and/or growth of enterprises.
Energy and Environment
Cleaner Production Programme
UNIDO Cleaner Production Programme in Tunisia aims at enhancing the competitiveness of industrial SMEs.
Demonstration project on the alternatives for the fumigation of high-moisture dates
According to recent studies, Tunisia is the largest exporter of dates in the world. The total production of dates in Tunisia has reached 145 thousand tons during the 2008-2009 season.
The MED-TEST project
The MED-TEST project address pollution from land-based activities in priority industrial hot spots.