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LOCATION:Online\, Tunisia
SUMMARY:National launch of the eTrade Readiness Assessment of Tunisia
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DESCRIPTION:The Ministry of Commerce and Export Development of Tunisia and 
 UNCTAD are organizing the national launch of the eTrade Readiness Assessme
 nt of Tunisia.\n\nThe event will present the main findings and recommendat
 ions of the assessment and discuss the Government priorities regarding the
  implementation of the actions contained in the assessment. It will gather
  several high-level Government officials including the Ministers of Commer
 ce and Export Development\, Economy and Planning and Communication Technol
 ogies\, the Governor and President of the Central Bank of Tunisia\, UNCTAD
 ’s Deputy Secretary-General\, the United Nations Resident Coordinator an
 d ITC. The event\, held virtually\, is open to national and international 
 stakeholders interested in e-commerce development in Tunisia.\n\nThe asses
 sment - funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and
  Development (BMZ) through their &quot\;Digital Transformation Program&quo
 t\; - is based on quantitative and qualitive information gathered through 
  a series of national consultations and bilateral meetings  with multipl
 e stakeholders - including public and private sector\, civil society organ
 izations\, non-governmental organizations and development partners\, and c
 lose to 1\,000 responses to public\, private and consumer surveys.\n\nAs a
 n immediate follow-up to the assessment\, the Government of Tunisia\, with
  the support of UNCTAD and the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenar
 beit GmbH (GIZ)\, is currently developing an Action Plan\, which will serv
 e as an operational and planning tool to mobilize resources and fast-track
  the implementation of the selected recommendations contained in the asses
 sment.\n\nThe eT Ready assessment will also be launched at UNCTAD’s eCom
 merce Week 2022 on 25 April.\n\nThe eTrade Readiness Assessment (eT Ready)
  Programme has assisted 24 LDCs and 5 developing countries to identify the
  challenges and leverage the opportunities for the development of e-commer
 ce. The demand-driven assessments aim to provide a thorough overview of th
 e current e-commerce ecosystem in each country and recommend conducive pol
 icy measures in seven policy areas that are key to advancing their digital
  transformation agenda.\nhttps://unctad.org/eweek2022\n\nView meeting on u
 nctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/node/36980
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