The Carthage Investment Forum, organized every year by FIPA-Tunisia under the auspices of the Ministry of Development and International Cooperation, cordially invites you to attend this year’s Forum, to be held on 21-22 June at El Mouradi Gammarth Hotel in the northern suburbs of Tunis, located at some 15 kilometers from downtown Tunis and just at 10 minutes from the picturesque village of Sidi Bou Said and Carthage’s archeological sites.

This 9^th edition of the Forum will focus on two major topics: « industrial internationalization » and « services outsourcing », bringing together Tunisian and foreign decision makers and economic operators interested in the new opportunities available in Tunisia, and in the various factors of attractiveness in sectors likely to enjoy considerable development in Tunisia and worldwide. These topics fit into the subject matter of the 2006 Forum that dealt with the top end of the Tunisian market and the consolidation of the knowledge-based economy.

This upmarket progress hailed by the World Economic Forum of Davos in its 2006-2007 Report, henceforth resulted in positioning the industrial companies operating in Tunisia at an advanced level in the value chain.  In demanding sectors such as mechanical construction, electrical, electronic industries or technical plastic industry, more and more companies employing 100% Tunisian staff are turning out finished goods in strictly in compliance with international quality standards.

Besides, international observers of FDI trends have underlined Tunisia’s evolution from a low cost destination to one where competitiveness goes beyond cost considerations. In light of this new perspective, the Forum organizers will present new Tunisian industrial outsourcing offer during the first panel dedicated to this topic.

The second panel will be devoted to services outsourcing, a worldwide phenomenon reflecting the internationalization strategies of companies increasingly pursuing restructuring based on their core skills while outsourcing services-related activities. The successful experience of international call centers in Tunisia using Tunisian skills need no more evidence. The country plans to emphasize its assets in higher added value activities such as basic technical support services, engineering, and R&D. 

Tunisia has the means to pursue these goals, thanks to available young, skilled, hard-working, and trilingual engineers in the market. The commitment of the Tunisian government has been instantaneous in modernizing the telecommunication infrastructure. The new information and communications technologies (ICT) sector is currently growing at a rate of about 20% and the present 62% share of services in Tunisia’s economic growth is expected to rise to 67% in 2007-2011. Experts will participate in both panels and heads of companies will present their success stories. 

There will also be networking sessions at the Forum, meant to help make the most of your participation in this gathering considered as a key economic event on the southern rim of the Mediterranean, given the large number of major national and international media representatives and participants of the previous editions.
Moreover, the International Car Exhibition of Tunis (SIAT) will take place at the same time and is likely to be a catalyst for the Forum.

You can register free of charge from now on.