UNDP ready to continue supporting Tunisia in implementing development programmes (Al-Dardari)

Tunis: United Nations (UN) Assistant Secretary-General and Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Regional Office for Arab States, Abdallah Al-Dardari, stated UNDP's readiness to continue supporting Tunisia in the implementation of its development programmes. During a working meeting held in Tunis on Wednesday with Minister of Economy and Planning, Feryel Ouerghi Sebai, Al-Dardari added that cooperation would include human development through the provision of technical assistance and expertise. The meeting was attended by a number of advisers to the programme as well as the UNDP Resident Representative in Tunisia, Celine Moyroud, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Economy and Planning on Thursday. It was an opportunity to discuss the existing cooperation between Tunisia and the UNDP, as well as ways to further strengthen it in the next phase through technical support for development projects related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In this context, Sebai pr aised the UNDP's support for several development projects, particularly those related to human development, social progress, economic empowerment of vulnerable groups and poverty reduction. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse