The Minister of Industry, Mines and Energy, Neïla Nouira Gongi, said this Wednesday, February 09, that discussions are underway with a global manufacturer in the automotive components sector, in order to bring it to invest in Tunisia.
In an interview with Express, she added that the announcement to this effect would come in the next few weeks.
The Minister also indicated that Tunisia was attractive in terms of investment, and many foreign investors expressed their confidence in it and their desire to invest there, calling, in this context, on all Tunisians to focus on the value of work and production so that the premises of a way out of the crisis are there, in a few months.
Neïla Nouira Gongi stressed that her ministry was working to encourage new renewal and creation programs in the various companies, as well as digitization and the transition to industry 4.0. A strategy on artificial intelligence is being prepared, she said again.
The Minister added that a series of urgent and exceptional measures were being developed. “They relate to the simplification of certain procedures linked to investment, to certain authorizations which will be abandoned, as well as to the development of industrial and technological spaces, by shortening the deadlines”.
She added that the final touches were going to be put on these measures, before announcing them officially.
The Minister also announced the digitization of services related to investment and administration, such as the services of the agency for the promotion of industry and innovation, and other establishments in direct contact with investors.
Many industrial activities will be organized by specifications, and the authorizations canceled in the process, she said.
The Minister announced that work was underway on a legislative framework governing investment, and Law No. 72, in order to issue a new law, of which freedom is the principle and the basis.
Neïla Gongi also affirmed that the urgent guidelines include the establishment of a series of sectoral agreements, setting the mechanisms, commitments, and objectives in each sector, in partnership with the public and private sectors, which will have an impact in June 2022.
She also announced that a strategic study is being developed in a participatory manner, with a view to designing a clear vision for the future of the industrial sector in the medium term.
“The industry, mining, and energy sector represent more than 25% of GDP in Tunisia”.
