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  • U.S. Policy Spotlights the Human Right of Religious Freedom

    U.S. Policy Spotlights the HRRF

    The release of the International Religious Freedom Report for 2012 by the U.S. Department of State, scheduled for May 20, 2013.

  • Training Helps Tunisians Find Jobs

    Training Helps Tunisians Find Jobs

    Learn more about how this workforce training project helps Tunisians to address crucial economic challenges confronting the country, by enabling Tunisian ICT and ICT-enabled sectors to become catalysts for private sector growth and job creation.

  • Remarks by United States Ambassador to Tunisia Jake Walles for World Press Freedom Day 2013

    Ambassador Jake Walles on WPFD 2013

    "Just three short years ago, a gathering of diplomats, journalists, professors, and students of journalism on World Press Freedom Day would have been impossible here in Tunisia."

  • U.S. Embassy Opens Application Period for New Thomas Jefferson Scholarships

    Thomas Jefferson Scholarship Announced

    Ambassador to Tunisia Jake Walles said: “We are very proud of this new program, which will open up new opportunities for talented young Tunisians to study in the United States."

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Embassy Events

  • Ambassador Walles visits Sousse
    Ambassador Walles visits Sousse

    During his first visit to Sousse, Ambassador Walles visited the American Corner at Amideast and met with graduates of the Embassy-sponsored ACCESS English language program.  

  • WES Entrepreneurship TOT
    WES Entrepreneurship TOT - Training Center Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability

    This TOT workshop is part of a training cycle dedicated to 18 trainers coming from 8 associations identified as WES association partners in 6 different regions: Tunis, Sfax, Sousse, Kairouan, Gafsa and Zarzis. It is a continuation of a project that consists of helping to create 8 WES training centers for 8 associations that would act as social enterprises to train women entrepreneurs and help the association to become self-sustained through offering those training services. 

  • Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Nazanin's visit to Tunisia
    Souk At-Tanmia Awards Ceremony

    Ms. Natalie Brown, the Deputy Chief of Mission in Tunisia, participated in the Souk At-Tanmia awards ceremony which took place last Thursday, January 10th, 2013 at the City of Sciences.  

  • MEPI WES program
    MEPI and IIE Launch the Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability Project in Tunisia

    On Tuesday, November 13, 2012, with the support of a $1.5 million grant from the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), the International Institute for Education announced the launch of the Women’s Enterprise for Sustainability Project (WES).  

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