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TunisiaTunisia: “twinning” to manage health and environmental risks, supported by the EU
February 5, 2016
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Tunisia and its partner countries designated by the European Commission – France and Netherlands – launched, on Tuesday 2 February, a “twinning” operation proposing “institutional support in terms of health and environmental risk management”. The operation is financed by the EU up to the amount of 1 million euros, in the form of a grant.
“This twinning is in fact a partnership with the French Health Ministry and the Dutch National Institute of Public Health and Environment, and will mobilise around 15 experts” over a period of 24 months, a European Delegation press release in Tunis states.
According to this press release, the program will enable conferring the health and environmental prevention sector with a “national strategy based on scientifically proven facts” and the use of the “best practices of health risk management and consumer protection”.
“This project aims to mobilise all the institutional, scientific and civil society stakeholders, with the perspective of redefining the outline of the new regulatory framework, as well as the mission at the heart of the National Agency of the Sanitary and Environmental Control of Products (ANCSEP)”, the press release mentions.
The EU Ambassador in Tunis, Laura Baeza emphasized: “This twinning is part of a wider support programme for the competitiveness of services, the PACS Programme, which was officially launched last week”.
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