BUSINESSMED represented by its General Secretary, Mrs Jihen Boutiba, participated on 27 November 2018 in the 1st Constitutive Assembly of the National Council for Social Dialogue (NCSD) in Tunisia.

The work of the assembly began in the presence of the Head of the Tunisian Government, representatives of national trade unions and employers' organisations, representatives of civil society as well as several NGOs.

The NCSD is one of the recommendations of the «Social Contract» signed in 2013 and aimed at promoting social cohesion, political stability and strengthening growth through increased productivity and employability.

During his intervention, Noureddine Taboubi, Secretary General of the UGTT, stressed that the National Council for Social Dialogue will be the appropriate space to strengthen dialogue around the priorities set out in the social contract, which will allow designing a new model of inclusive and participatory development that breaks with the past.

For his part, Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social Affairs, said that this new structure will help to prevent social conflicts and develop social legislation, particularly as regards social protection and vocational training.

The various exchanges and points of view converged on the idea that the institutionalisation of the social dialogue constitutes one of the foundations of good governance and the strengthening of democracy.