Regional and Country Reports developed through Social Rights Monitor tool - Tunisia
Introduction
In this report, we aim at assessing the overall situation in terms of social protection, decent work and civil society space in Tunisia. In particular, we wish to track the progress that has been made since the implementation of the European Neighborhood policy. Relations with the European Union (EU) started in 1976 and economic and trade relations materialized further with the signature of the Association Agreement in 1995. Following the 2011 Revolution, EU-Tunisia bilateral relations became stronger and in 2012, Tunisia became a Privileged partner of the EU. Subsequently, an Action plan (2013-2017) covering trade, security, rule of laws, education, etc. was set in the framework of the European Neighborhood policy.
With the revised European Neighborhood policy of 2015, there are now four main domains at the heart of the cooperation with the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, which are (1) good governance, democracy, rule of law and human rights; (2) economic development for stabilization; (3) security and (4) migration and mobility. As the Privileged Partnership Action Plan draws to an end, the EU and Tunisia have ‘agreed on the importance of making progress in identifying a new framework for the future EU-Tunisia Partnership to replace the current Action Plan, to define priorities that reflect the scale and the depth of our privileged relations, and to meet their ambitions for the future in respect of the principle of a differentiated approach as provided for in the revised European Neighborhood Policy’1 at the EU-Tunisia Association Council held on 11 May 2017. This offers a new opportunity to redefine joint priorities that correspond to Tunisian’s needs, based on a sound assessment of the current situation.
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