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Ministry of industry and technologiesNational Institute of Standardization and Industrial Property

Tunisia

CASE STUDY:

SR Implementation Process In TUNISIA

By ABDELKEFI Mohamed

INNORPI Tunisia e-mail:

[email protected]


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Know about TUNISIA

Population: over 10.216 millions (2007) Population growth rate: 1.1% (2007) Income per capita: 7500 USD

5% of the national revenue dedicated toeducation Female students in secondary and higher

education:59% (2007) Economic growth: 4.5%(2002-2006) Export: 50.7% of the GDPTunisia's industrial sector is comprised of

5,624 entreprises having 10 or moreemployees, of which 2,717 are totally

exporting enterprises.


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Government interest

Making better living and workingconditions and watching after socialcohesion has been since 1987 a major

governmental concern.Environmental care is also a major

governmental concern.

Children life conditions is a recognizedpriority at governmental policy level.

Adoption of different texts (law- codes)to ensure the wellbeing of differentsocial categories


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Setting up of a three-year negotiation cyclebetween government authorities and

labor representatives (Unions companyinternal labor representatives) to evaluateemployees purchasing power and decideon

A three year salary increase cycle since lateeighties.

Creation of different structures/bodies towatch after the respect of work andenvironment conditions ( occupational

medicine work inspection authority National Agency of EnvironmentProtection).

Commitment of some tunisian economical

operators to UN Global Compact with its


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Steps alreadyundertaken

3 tripartite seminars ( employers employees and labor inspectorate)dealing with:

The global interest of social dialogue;

The importance of SR in building partnership How to conceal between competitiveness and

decent work conditions

9 awareness seminars for labor union

representatives dealing with: Social dialogue; Promotion of equity and non discrimination in

employment;

Health and safety in work places;

Training and development of competencies


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3 training workshops on SR for labor unionrepresentatives tutors

Elaboration of a guiding manual describing the

evolution of SR in 5 modules A two-days regional (arabregion)workshop

organized in December 2009 in collaborationwith ISO was held in Tunis and to which allstakeholders have been invited (more than 100

persons participated) as well as all members ofthe national mirror committee.

Objectives: explaining ISO 26000 principals;

enhancing participatingcountries to create theirnational mirror committeesand vote in favor of theinternational draft;

adopting later the international

standard as a national one; promoting the later use of the


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The way forward

Adoption of ISO 26000 as a nationalstandard;

Recourse to a public enquiry at a large scale(government bodies NGOs- employersfederation) so that all stakeholderswould be aware of its existence and knowabout its principals;

Press releases containing the headlines ofthe standard;

Broadcasted interviews with eitherrepresentatives from the standardizationbody or members from the national mirror

committee who are fully convinced of the


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Organization of workshops or seminars (2 to3) during the year following its adoptionat international level. Internationalexperts on behalf of ISO would be invitedto expose the standard and help differentstakeholders know more about it;

Setting up of a permanent column inINNORPI website for almost half a year to

enhance different visitors to learn moreabout ISO 26000 content;

Encouraging standardizing officers withinINNORPI to have a permanent item on thepublication of ISO 26000 in the agenda ofnational technical committees dealing

with sustainable development (energy


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Collaboration with differentgovernmental or non governmental

bodies/institutions as stakeholdersto promote the application of thestandard principals: as:

The institute for Health and Safety atWork;

Labor inspectorate

Consumer organization

Labor union

National agency of environmentprotection


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Constraints

The reluctance of employers federationrepresentatives to fully back-up theadoption of the standard: They fear that the standard would be an

opportunity for workforces for more claims; The standard requirements need a change in

managerial behavior and may require someinvestment as to environment and workconditions ;

The standard should not be a basis for acertification scheme;

The language barrier: Tunisia is an arabicand french speaking country,unfortunately, most of the literature

developed around the standard and the


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The existence of a great number of off-shore companies whose interests may

conflict with the principles of thestandard if there is the commitment ofthe managers is not strong enough;

The discrepancy in commitment

degree/level between differentstakeholders which may lead to animplementation process with twodifferent speeds;

The increasing number of managementstandards as ISO9001, ISO 14001, ISO31000 and others which require theimplementation of new management

procedures and add more concerns otherthan those pertaining to product /service


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