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Official visit to Tunisia: social security agreement
On 25 March in Tunis, Alain Berset and the Minister of Social Affairs, Mohamed Trabelsi, sign a social security agreement. It covers old age, survivors and invalidity, guarantees equal treatment and allows pensions to be paid abroad.
He is received by President Béji Caïd Essebsi and by the Head of Government, Youssef Chahed, then meets the Minister of Cultural Affairs, Mohamed Zine El Abidine. In the evening, he launches Switzerland’s regional cultural cooperation programme for North Africa.
On 26 March, he visits two projects supported by Switzerland that give prospects to young people in the suburbs of Tunis, to prevent radicalisation. Switzerland invests nearly 20 million francs a year in cooperation in Tunisia.
Monday 25 March 2019 — Tunis
- Courtesy call on the Head of Government, Youssef Chahed, at the Kasbah
- Courtesy call on President Béji Caïd Essebsi, Carthage Palace
- Meeting with Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social Affairs
- Signing of the social security agreement
- Meeting with Mohamed Zine El Abidine, Minister of Cultural Affairs
- Press briefing
- Meeting with Ghassan Salamé, UN Special Representative for Libya
- Launch of the regional cultural programme of Swiss cooperation, speech
Tuesday 26 March 2019 — Le Kram, Douar Hicher
- Visit to the Mobdiun – Creative Youth project in Le Kram, theatre workshop with young people
- Visit to an International Alert project in Douar Hicher
- Lunch with the partners of the project to prevent violent extremism
Speeches on this site
- Lancement du Programme culturel Afrique du Nord de la coopération suisse (French-language page)
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