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Public Affairs Section 

Known as the American Center, the Public Affairs Section explains and advocates U.S. foreign policy, American culture, and society while promoting dialogue between the U.S. and Tunisia through a variety of educational exchange programs, media relations, cultural activities, and English language training support.

Principal staff in the Public Affairs Section:

John Berry, Public Affairs Officer
Victoria Reppert, Information Officer
Christiaan James, Cultural Affairs Officer

The Press Office:

  • Disseminates and explains U.S. foreign policy.
  • Provides information and assistance to Tunisian media sources.
  • Handles all media inquiries concerning official U.S. government policy. 
  • Provides official texts, transcripts, and statements about U.S. foreign policy via the daily Washington File, electronic journals, and press releases are available to local media. 
  • Organizes press conferences and interviews with U.S. officials and academics, both in person and via American Embassy Television and Digital Video Conferences.

The Cultural and Exchange Office:

  • Manages a variety of educational exchange programs and cultural activities that promote professional, academic, and cultural relations between Tunisia and the United States.
  • Works closely with Tunisian institutions in organizing workshops, lectures, and presentations by U.S. academics, specialists, writers, and artists.
  • Produces ACCESS AMERICA, a monthly newsletter providing information on activities, events, exchange and grants opportunities.

The Regional English Language Office:

Based in Morocco, the RELO supports English language teaching programs in Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco. The Regional English Language Officer (RELO) works with English language professionals at many levels but concentrates on programs which train and provide professional development for English teachers and teacher trainers.  The RELO office contains a small resource library of classroom and teacher training materials, including English teaching Forum magazine.

The Information Resource Center:

The research and reference center of the U.S. Embassy provides Tunisians with up-to-date information on American politics, news and opinions, government, society, history, and culture. 

The IRC is open to the public and hosts a non-circulating reference collection of over 3000 books, 40 print periodicals, 600 videos – including feature films -  and 100 CD-ROM databases. 

The IRC also offers access to a wide variety of on-line databases via the Internet, including full-text periodical databases such as Factiva, Infotrac, Lexis-Nexis, FirstSearch and Proquest. 

Trained IRC information specialists are available to help you find the information you need in the most effective way possible. Queries are accepted by telephone, e-mail, or in person during working hours.