Secretary of State to the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training: We Aim to Establish 5 Community Companies in Each Delegation

The Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training aspires to establish 5 community companies in each delegation, as stated by the Secretary of State to the Minister of Employment and Vocational Training in charge of community companies, Hassana Jeeb Allah, during her supervision today, Saturday, in Zaghouan, at a regional forum on the reality of community companies in the Zaghouan Governorate. Jeeb Allah announced in a media statement on the sidelines of this regional forum held at the Higher Institute of Technological Studies in Zaghouan that at the beginning of next week, a memorandum will be signed containing a set of articles that define the nature of the interaction of community companies with banks to obtain the necessary financing according to the cost of the project. She added that the interests of the State Secretariat for Community Companies are working in coordination with various ministries to resolve the issues raised and to overcome the difficulties facing the owners of these institutions in order to win the challenge and succeed in this experience, pointing out that the number of community companies has reached 160, including 145 legally established companies. The Secretary of State also handed over a notice of financing to the regional community company "Zaghouan Innovators" with a loan from the Tunisian Solidarity Bank worth 91 thousand dinars to finance its activities. Accompanied by the governor of the region, Karim Al-Barinji, she also announced the opening of subscriptions for the regional community company for the transportation of agricultural workers and the regional community company "Az-Zaytouna Al-Bahira" for agricultural services in Nadhour, and the organization of two elective sessions for the local company "As-Saba" in Zriba and the regional company "Ritaj" to value forest products in Fahs. The regional forum on the reality of community companies in the Zaghouan region was attended by members of the founding bodies of community companies in the region, as well as a number of officials and heads of relevant regional structures.