The Minister of Communication Technologies Nizar Ben Neji presented to Leaders his record since he took office in the ministry. Here are the main points
• Update of the Tunisian digital strategy: ramification of the axes for more precision and efficiency (10 axes):
1. Revision of legal texts and mode of governance
2. Social inclusion (digital and financial)
3. Development of network infrastructure and hosting capacity
4. Digital transformation of the various administrative services
5. Cybersecurity and the fight once morest cybercrime
6. Data mining, AI and technology watch
7. Capacity building in the digital field
8. Positioning of Tunisia as a land of digital and innovation
9. International cooperation as an auxiliary facilitator
10. Communication and change management
• Revision of the digital code which has become obsolete with the rapid technological evolution in the world.
• Appointment of 10 new managers between companies under supervision and departments within the ministry
• Revision of the composition of the boards of directors of the companies under supervision
• Constitution of the new college of start-ups: members proposed by the Minister of ICT and confirmed by the Head of Government
• A first in Tunisia: the online issuance of the first administrative document recognized by legal texts and recognized internationally, for millions of citizens: the famous vaccination pass
• A first in Tunisia: the upgrade of Evax.tn, the largest G2C (Government – Citizen) service for millions of Tunisians, which digitizes the vaccination process from start to finish.
• Implementation of the first two e-participation platforms in Tunisia: e-istichara.tn and e-Iblagh.tn: e-Istichara to carry out a national opinion survey for the general public and e-Iblagh for reporting problems that the Tunisian Internet user meets online.
• Establishment of an online platform with the National Frequency Agency to inform citizens regarding the level of the field and electromagnetic pollution in their environment.
• Launch of work for the implementation of a national strategy for artificial intelligence aimed mainly at connecting sectoral observatories and the superposition of sectoral data for the creation of value and the implementation of intelligent solutions and assistance to decision-making in various sectors.
• Launch of work for the deployment of IPv6 in Tunisia: a project that has not been able to move for years. A subject of great importance for the IoT and 5G, a subject completely neglected by former ministers.
• Launch of work to set up a mobile-ID with telecom operators and structures under supervision such as CNI, Ance and Ansi. The mobileID service will allow the citizen to authenticate and sign documents electronically, thus being able to eliminate the legalized signature and better serve the citizens online.
• A citizen portal being designed in parallel with the design of mobile ID, so that citizens can finally have their birth certificate online, for example, with all the necessary electronic proof.
• Preparation of a national program for the regulatory audit of the information systems of public companies and support for ISO27001 certification. 6 million dinars for the first phase of the project which will last two years, a very important project so that the case of the Central Bank does not happen once more.
• Preparation of a national strategy for the hosting of national applications and the establishment of a GCloud and NCloud labeling system: digital sovereignty requires very clear regulation for data storage and for cloud services.
• Preparation of an intelligent solution for toll systems at Tunisian highways: contactless, cashless, ticketless, badgeless, more economical and more efficient for vehicle drivers.
• Preparation of a national benchmark for digital skills and professions which will be a reference document between the university and the company to unify the concepts and clearly define the digital professions.
• Visit the premises of all the companies under supervision to closely identify problems and concerns and interact with employees in the sector. Visits made every Friday and marked by the hashtag #Vendredi_Des_Entreprises on social networks
• Ecosystem meeting to find out the expectations of the various players: Utica, Connect, Order of Engineers, young entrepreneurs, private companies, start-ups, etc.
• Launch of three calls for applications for the selection of the best Tunisian start-ups in order to encourage them to prospect and exhibit in fairly prestigious meeting events in the world in terms of ICT:
– Dubai Espo 2021
– Sitic Africa 2022
– VivaTech 2022
