Tunisia

(asked on 10th November 2014) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what support the Government is providing to the Tunisian government to encourage continued progress towards stability and security through (a) EU or (b) bilateral means.


This question was answered on 18th November 2014

The UK is providing support to the Tunisian government to promote economic stability and to provide support for security. Both through the EU and bilaterally: (a) EU programmes in Tunisia (€169m in 2014), to which the UK contributes as a Member State, promote stability by supporting economic growth and development of civil society and political institutions. The EU, together with the IMF and World Bank, lead on economic policy dialogue and provide technical assistance for reforms, which will also promote long term stability. A €300m EU macro-financial assistance loan to support economic stability was approved in March 2014. The UK funded an expert to lead a €3m comprehensive EU review of the needs for security sector reform in 2013. The review was approved by Tunisia in May 2014; programmes should launch in 2015. (b) Bilateral UK-Tunisia security cooperation has increased hugely since the revolution. This includes work on security sector reform to build capacity to counter threats; crisis response; security in tourist areas; and border security.

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