1st Edition
of the National Mobile
Application Development
Program
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GENERAL CONTEXT
National Strategic Plan
Digital Tunisia 2020
Transform Tunisia into an international benchmark for digital development
Regional development
Make ‘’digital’’ a vector of
development, while creating a
favorable environment
Capacity building
Employability
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GLOBAL OBJECTIVES
1 Better matching of supply in the labor market
Provide beneficiaries with practical training, not provided in engineering schools of to
better meet labor market requirements.
2 Entrepreneurship Promotion
Allowing young Tunisians, through the acquisition of international standard expertise
in mobile application development, develop their own projects and / or to meet the
needs of businesses in the area.
3 Reducing unemployment in the regions
Indirectly, young people can create their own jobs, recruit others; but also be
recruited by IT companies with needs in the field.
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4 Outsourcing IT services
The global explosion of the mobile application development market could necessitate
turning to low-cost local Tunisian expertise trained according to international
standards
5 Create a Tunisian HUB of expertise in mobile application development
CREATE AN ARMY OF DEVELOPERS
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SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES
Train 8,000 youth in mobile
application development
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Ensure 1,000 mobile applications
are placed in international app
stores
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COMPONENTS
ONLINE TRAINING:
PLAN THE PROJECT
AND ITS COMPONENTS
REGISTRATION
AND VALIDATION:
online via
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• MOOIN / MOODLE
platforms in collaboration
with On Campus
• On-site assistance for
trainees
DEVELOPMENT
OF APPLICATIONS
AND PLACEMENT
IN STORES
RESULTS:
• Selection of the top 200
applications (8 to 9 per
region)
• Placement of all
validated applications in
international app stores
• Training Certificates
GRAND CHALLENGE:
• 200 candidates
• Mobile applications for
various sectors
AWARDS:
• Cash cards valued at
1,000 dinars each
CLOSING AND AWARDS
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CHALLENGE
1 WILLING THE CREATION OF A NEW PATH OF SUCCESS
• National scope of the initiative: targeting the interior regions
• Reduce unemployment among ICT graduates
• Stimulating entrepreneurship
2 Position TUNISIAN EXPERTISE in MOBILE APP DEVELOPMENT
on THE INTERNATIONAL STAGE, and doing more in the long term;
make Tunisia a HUB in the region for its expertise in mobile app
development
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CANDIDATE SELECTION
3560
Distribution of the
selected female candidates
40%
40%
from various
backgrounds
from various
backgrounds
60%
60%
unemployed
graduates
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Distribution of the
selected male candidates
unemployed
graduates
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PARTNERS
SPECIAL INITIATIVE FOR ECONOMIC
STABILIZATION AND YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
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