Tarek al-Sharif reveals CONECT's stand

The head of Confederation of Tunisian Citizenship Enterprises (CONECT), Tarek Al-Sherif, stressed that CONECT was one of the first which called for founding the Social Dialogue Organization, so that it would not be like a silent dialogue that does not lead to the stability of Tunisia's economy.

Al-Sherif added that CONECT provided Tunisia and its economy with the initiatives that qualify it to be an important member of this socio-economic council, especially that all state's officials from the prime minister to the ministers to the House of Representatives do not miss any opportunity to sit with CONECT's officials and listen to their proposals.

He added, in interview with Al Maghrib Today, that CONECT members are constantly studying the economic and social situation and contributing to the re-positioning of Tunisia in many promising European, African and Arab markets, as well as opening offices abroad.

CONECT has been established since 2011, but in these few years, it has provided much to the Tunisian economy to extricate it from its crisis.

They took great care of small and medium-sized enterprises and provided them with funding because they are the backbone of their economy. They also provided the government with innovative ideas for funding, the most important of which was the participatory funding. They have also opened up new Arab, African and European markets, built partnerships through formal agreements and paved the way for Tunisian investors to almost all continents.

It is believed that all these achievements enable CONECT to be an active and positive partner in any institution or structure to stimulate the economy of Tunisia and that it has the right to be present in all structures because it is born from the womb of the Tunisian economics' reality.

As for the social dialogue, Al-Sherif said that they were the initiators of pushing for the establishment of a tradition that would establish its success in Tunisia through the effective partnership between all social parties in dealing with labor files, vocational training, development, economic growth, social protection and labor relations.

"They consider that the National Council for Social Dialogue must be represented by all parties in order to be successful in providing solutions in crises, especially since pluralism in Tunisia since the revolution has become a living reality at the political level," he added.

He called for the necessity of devoting proportional representation within the framework of the forthcoming order, in a manner that would enshrine pluralism and allow all organizations to express their views on the various social and economic issues.