Following the visit
of HE the Ambassador of South Africa, accompanied by senior officials of the
Province of Eastern Cape to the governorates of Medenine and Gabes during the
period from 12 to 14 March 2019, a second Working session was held today thursday,
June 27th, 2019, under the supervision of the General Director of
the Office. The objectives of the meeting were to deepen the consultation on
investment opportunities , partnership and desired areas of cooperation, and the
possibility of concluding cooperation agreements between the Southern
Development Office and similar institution in Eastern Cape Province.
Attending the
meeting Mr. Walid Rahmani, Director of Communications and Marketing of the
Southeast Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Regional Director of Development of
Medenine, Director of Planning and Statistics and Director of Supporting Development
at ODS.
Visit of Italian parliamentary
delegation to the Regional Development Department in Tataouine
Sunday, March, 17th,
2019
In the framework of monitoring
the achievements of the Tunisian-Italian project " Fighting against
poverty through the valorization of the livestock sector in the governorate of
Tataouine", the General Director of the Southern Development Office (ODS)
Mr Khaled Hachicha has received, on Sunday March 17th, 2019 at the
headquarters of the Regional Development Department in Tataouine,
- an Italian parliamentary delegation composed of two
members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Assembly of Italian People's
Representatives Mrs Yana Ehm et Mrs Simona Suriano,
- as well as the First Secretary of the Embassy of Italy
in Tunisia Mrs AngelaZanca,
- and the representative of the Italian Agency for
Development Cooperation Mrs Eleonora Fiorello.
The meeting took place in the
presence of Mr Tayeb Al-Madani and Mr Houcine Yahyaoui, representatives of the
Tataouine governorate at the ARP and Mr Salah Dermech, the regional director of
development in Tataouine. Also were present at the meeting Mr Fethi Neguez,
Coordinator of ODS Cooperation Projects, Mr Chaker Salmi, Project Manager and
Mr Saad Al-Sabah, Head of Planning Department.
The meeting was an opportunity
to present in detail the progress of the project, its importance and its
positive impact on the local populations, particularly on the locality of
Remada, with the recommendation to take all necessary measures to accelerate
the implementation of the different project components. A presentation on the
potential of the region, development issues and investment opportunities has
been shown with some proposals on possible future areas of partnership with the
Italian side.
Visit of HE the Ambassador of South Africa
& Eastern Cape Province Delegation
ODS Headquarters Thursday, March 14th
, 2019
The General
Director of the ODS welcomed, on Thursday, March 14th, 2019 at the
Office Headquarters, His Excellency the Ambassador of South Africa Mr. Mandla
Harold Hoyana accompanied by Ms. N Mbina-Mthembhu, General Director of Eastern
Cape Provinceand officials of the region. The meeting was an
opportunity to present the infrastructure, wealth and investment niches in the
southern region of Tunisia with a focus on the advantages for the foreign
investor appeared in the new investment law. The delegation of the Eastern Cape
province has presented also their region with the sectors they are interested
in for the partnership.
The meeting
was attended by Mr. Azeddine Bouajaja, General Manager of the South East
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Central Directors at the ODS.
Meeting of the Corporate Council of the South Development
Office
Tuesday, 24 July 2018, Tataouine
The corporate council of the South Development Office met on Tuesday 24
July in Tataouine to discuss the following agenda:
• Ratification of the minutes of the meeting of the corporate council held on 27
April 2018.
• Report on the activities of the Office in the first half of 2018,
• Presentation of the computer system for
monitoring private projects,
• Various points.
Working meeting of the
monitoring committee responsible for
setting up and operating the
"Private investment projects monitoring database" June 13, 2018 at the headquarters of the ODS
A working session of the internal
committee responsible for the installation and operation of the private
investment projects monitoring database was organized at the ODS headquarters
on Wednesday June 13, 2018, with the following agenda: the installation and
operation of the private investment projects monitoring database at the ODS,
under the supervision of the General Director and in the presence of all its
members.
The points relating to the progress of the installation of the
exemplary computer database discussed during this meeting are summarized as
follows:
The programmed works:
- Development of the tasks requested and listed in the
specifications.
- Implementation and presentation of the new version
according to the corrections made by the expert in charge of the database.
- Experimental exploitation of the new version at the
central and regional level and communication by email of the anomalies observed.
- Preparation of the Technical Manual and User Manual
documents and the proposal to develop a manual of procedures to coordinate the
supply of the base at the ODS level.
- The organization of an information and training workshop
for the benefit of users at the ODS level on May 11th, 2018 at the head office,
and the generalization of the exploitation of the base at the level of the
Regional Directorates.
- Validation and signature of the provisional receipt of
the IT System entitled: "IT System for the Management and Monitoring of
Private Investment Projects".
- Overview of the presentation of the project monitoring
database to the National Council of Statistics on May 24, 2018.
Next
steps:
-
Arrange, in coordination with the Regional Development Departments, the
schedule for capturing information and statistical data on private investment
projects for the years; 2018 (End of July 2018) and 2017 (End of October 2018)
-
Recapitulation of the remarks raised through the seizure operation and transfer
them to the expert in charge of the development of the database.
-
Preparation of a synthesis report on the information and indicators provided
from the ODS monitoring base and use them at the level of the various private
investment monitoring reports in the Southern region as well as the report
activities using data analysis applications.
-
Enter information on projects through the exploitation of the Tunisian nomenclature
of activity (INS 2009).
- To establish the link of
the base with the governmental decree n ° 417 of the year 2018 relating to the
improvement of the business climate in Tunisia.
Working meeting of the steering committee of the Voucher
system 04
June 2018 at ODS headquarters
As part of the follow-up of the work of the "Voucher" system, a
working meeting of the system's steering committee was held on Monday, June
4, 2018 at the headquarters of the Southern Development Office, chaired by
the General Director of the the SDO and in the presence of the majority of the
committee members.
This meeting was devoted to the study of 5 new requests received by the
internal management committee to benefit from the intervention of the system,
whose distribution is as follows:
O/N
Project
Location
Requested service
1
Unit for manufacturing cleaning materials
Gafsa
Environmental impact study
2
Plastic recycling unit
Tozeur
Environmental impact study
3
Cheese production unit
Médenine-Ben Guerdane
Environmental impact study
4
Table water conditioning unit
Tataouine- Ghomrassen
Hydrogeological study
5
Aquaculture unit
Médenine- Beni
Khédache
Organic certification
It
was also approved the registration of 09 requests from service providers in
different fields to join the list of registered suppliers at the repertoire of
the voucher system management unit at the.
Training Workshop on the Exploitation of the New
Computer
System for theMonitoring
of Private Investment Projects
Friday, May 11, 2018
A
Training Workshop was organized on Friday, May 11th, 2018, at the headquarter of
the Office. This workshop is reserved for the exploitation of the new Private
Projects Monitoring System finalized and installed on the central server of the
headquarter network and accessible to the Regional Offices via Virtual Private Network
(VPN). The training was attended by executives, responsible for the promotion
of private investment, at the level of central and regional services of the
Southern Development Office.
Visit of the PRA Regional
Development Commission Members at the South East Governorates
On: 19 and 20 January 2018
The Members of the Regional Development Committee of People
Representatives Assembly visited the South East Governorates on Friday, January
19, 2018 in Tataouine and Medenine and on Saturday, January 20, 2018 in Gabes.
The
meetings were held in the presence of Commission Members, Deputies of
Tataouine, Medenine and Gabes Governorates and Members of Special Delegations
of Regional Councils. These meetings were devoted to present the development
situation of the aforementioned governorates, monitoring public projects and
especially projects in difficulty in order to identify the main causes of obstruction
and to find solutions to them, as well as reviewing the most important
development concerns in the medium and long term.
The
officers of Office headquarter and its Regional Directorates accompanied these
visits and they prepared and presented the interventions relating to the
development situation of concerned Governorates.
Meeting of the Corporate Council of the South
Development Office
Tuesday, 26 December 2017, Douz-
Governorate of Kebili
The
corporate council of the South Development Office met on Tuesday 26 December
2017 in Douz Governorate of Kebili to discuss the following agenda:
• Ratification of the minutes of the meeting of the corporate council held on 10
October 2017.
• Report on the activities of the Office in the fourth quarter of 2017,
• Program of activity of the Office for the year 2018,
• Report on International Cooperation projects,
• Presentation of the final budget of the
Office for 2018
• Various points.
Workshop on the new investment reform.
Thursday 07thDecember 2017
A workshop for the benefit of executives responsible for the promotion
of private investment at the Southern Development Office, took place Thursday,
December 7th , 2017 in Tozeur, under the aegis of Mr Salah
MTIRAOUI Governor of Tozeur and in the presence of Mr. Faouzi GHRAB the
General Director and Mrs. Mongia KHMIRI the President of the General
Committee of the Investment Framework at the Ministry of Investment
Development and International Cooperation, on the presentation of the new
reform of the investment in Tunisia.
Workshop on the promotion of private investment.
Wednesday 06thDecember
2017
A workshop for the benefit of executives responsible for the promotion
of private investment at the Southern Development Office, took place on
Wednesday, December 6th , 2017 in Tozeur, under the aegis of Mr
Faouzi GHRAB the General Director in the framework of the second phase of the
mission "Strategic and organizational support to central and regional
services responsible for the promotion of private investment in the Southern
Development Office" and led by the expert Mr. Anis Safi in the
framework project "Strengthening the Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in
Southern Tunisia" implemented by UNDP.
Consultation
Meeting with Representatives
of the World
Bank in Tunisia
Wednesday,
November 15, 2017
A consultation meeting was held Wednesday, November 15th,
2017 at the headquarters of the ODS in Medenine, under the aegis of Mr Faouzi
GHRAB the General Director of the Office and Mr Tony VERHEIJEN the Resident
Representative of the World Bank in Tunisia; were attented at this event representatives
of development institutions, profession and civil society of the governorate of
Medenine. The meeting was dedicated to present and discuss the vision and
development priorities that could benefit the region of Medenine.
The agenda was:
* Presentation of the World Bank Development Plan;
* Presentation of Regional Development Plan of the
Governorate of Medenine for the period 2016-2020;
* Debate on development guidelines for the region of Medenine.
Workshop on the promotion of the private
investment
Friday, 27th October 2017
A workshop for the
benefit of the executives responsible for the promotion of private investment
at central and regional departments of the South Development Office, took place
on Friday, 27thOctober 2017, under the aegis of Mr
Faouzi GHRAB the General Director of the Office to examine the following
topics:
- Presentation of the progress of setting up a monitoring data base for private
investment projects.
- Restitution of the first phase of the report "Strategic and organizational
support to the central and regional services responsible for the promotion of
private investment in the South Development Office" by the expert Mr. Anis
Safi, in the framework of the project «Strengthening the entrepreneurial
ecosystem in southern Tunisia" implemented in collaboration with UNDP.
Meeting of the Corporate Council of the
South Development Office
Tuesday, 10th October 2017, Medenine
The corporate council of the South Development Office met on Tuesday 10th
October 2017 at its headquarters in Medenine to discuss the following agenda:
• Delegating authority to Mr. Fawzi GHRAB, new General Director of the South Development
Office.
• Ratification of the minutes of the meeting of the corporate council held on
29th December 2016.
• Report on the Office activities during 2016.
• The Office's activity during the first seven months of 2017.
• Submission of the final budget project of the Office for 2018.,
• Various points.
Meeting of the Board of Directors of the
South Development Office
Friday, 6th October 2017
The meeting of the board of directors of the South Development Office
took place on Friday, 6th October 2017 under the supervision of Mr Faouzi GHRAB the new General Director
of the Office to discuss the following points:
- The results of the study " Strategic and organizational support
of the private investment promotion activity at the ODS " by the expert
Mr. Anis Safi.
- Prepare the corporate council meeting of the Office.
- The activities of the Office and the working program for the coming
period;
- Preparation of a note on "The development of the Sahara";
- Various points.
Project Regional Development Plans/ Strategies for six Southern Governorates
The Office South Development in cooperation with the JICA expert team realize a draft Strategic Plan for the Development of the South 2015-2035 aiming the six governorates (Médenine, Tataouine, Gabes, Kebili, Gafsa and Tozeur) during the period betweenNovember 2013 and the end of 2015.