The Ministry of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Hydraulic Resources and Fisheries, and the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) co-organized a national workshop for the Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation (CSPE) conducted by IOE in the course of 2018, as a final step in the evaluation process.

The national workshop took place on 23 October 2018 in Tunis. Around 50 participants attended the workshop including the honourable Minister of Development, Investment and International Cooperation, representatives of the Government of Tunisia, representatives of multilateral and bilateral development organizations (including the European Union and the Argentinian cooperation), academics and research institutions, private sector (including microfinance institutions), the Farmers Union and Farmers Syndicate, and selected resource persons.

The objectives of the national workshop were to:

• Share and discuss the key findings and recommendations of the Country Strategy and Programme Evaluations; and
• Provide an opportunity for reflecting on the main aspects and priority areas for the forthcoming Tunisia Country strategic opportunities programme (COSOP).