ESIS Events- Workshop in Tunisia

On Friday, 13th of October, 2000, IRSIT (Institution de Recherches en Sciences Informatiques et Telecommunications) organised a workshop  for the ESIS II Initiative in Tunisia. The workshop was held at the Parc Technologique des Communications.  Ms Natasa Anastasiadou, representing OTE Consulting, prime contractor for ESIS Tunisia, made a presentation outlining the ESIS Initiative and the progress of the ESIS II project up to date. 

Other speakers were:

• Mr Rached Bousemma from SERST and Focal Point for the EUMEDIS Initiative for Tunisia.  Mr Bousemma spoke of the EUMEDIS Initiative to the attendees, explaining the various sectors and categories of the initiative.
  
• Mr Nejib Abida from IRSIT spoke of the ESIS Initiative within the Tunisia and of the various efforts made within the Information Society sector in Tunisia.
  
• Mr Noureddine Boudrigua of the Ministry of Communications discussing issues around Electronic Commerce and the various projects that have been instigated or are programmed for the Tunisia.  Here, the projects for distance inscription (registration on-line for universities), tele-education, and many other topics were presented and discussed.
  
• Mr Lofti Ammar of ISET'COM explained the new currency, the "e-Dinar"- its concept and progress so far.  Examples on its use and application were shown and an on-line example was shown outlining the ease of its procedure and security issues around this new concept/currency.
  
• Mr Ridha Ben Slama of CEPEX spoke about Information Technology and Enterprises.
  
• Mr Mohamed Mnif from IRSIT discussed Electronic Orders and highlighted two projects that are operational. One is the transfer of telegraphic messages either in Arabic or Latin from the Post-Office. This new system targets the automation and the diversification of the types of messages (telegram, e-mail, fax) and supports the intermediaries (telegraph and telephone lines, RNIS, etc).  The other project is the establishment of a national server with security capacity permitting the tele-collection (distance) of accounts payable from various companies.

At the conclusion of all of the presentations, a round table discussion was conducted on IS issues in Tunisia, the ESIS questionnaire and its importance and advantages. 

At this occasion, a Newsletter discussing the ESIS Initiative, recent IS events in Tunisia, the EUMEDIS Initiative, and many other topics/issues has been distributed.

>> Download the ESIS Newsletter "Focus on Tunisia"

Workshop Programme 1 - Présentation d'ESIS 2 - EUMEDIS 3 - Economie immatérielle: Stratégie et programme 4 - ESIS Results 5 - Inscription en ligne 6 - Technologie de l'information et l'entreprise 7 - Mandats électroniques 8 - Table-ronde: discussion des projets de la société de l'information en Tunisie : les composantes d'un projet, l'importance du questionnaire ESIS