Results achieved as of April 2024 include: (1) the project strengthened the organizational and financial capacities of 22 social economy organizations impacted by COVID-19 in north-west Tunisia (Béja, Jendouba and Kef governorates). A total of 850 women members of these organizations benefited from direct or indirect support; (2) 1OO women managers received training to strengthen their managerial skills. Training focused on the values and principles of the social and solidarity economy (SSE), the administrative and financial management of cooperatives, and technology and IT tools; (3) 22 social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations took part in training courses on sales techniques, commercial prospecting, and received materials to facilitate the sale of their products (packaging); (4) 3 sales outlets in Djebba, Testour and Kef have been fitted out to facilitate the sale of products from social and solidarity economy structures; (5) social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations members have taken part in national, regional and local fairs and events, enabling them to boost the sales momentum of the organizations benefiting from the project. These participations enable a better understanding of the market and the needs of the end customer; (6) the project accompanied 100 women to register in social protection systems, while working on networking with the responsible structures, including the Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale, Affaires sociales, Union tunisienne de l'agriculture et de la pêche and Bureau de l'artisanat for the professional card; (7) sensitized 22 social and solidarity economy (SSE) organizations to safety in the workplace, with the purchase of health and safety equipment for group premises; (8) set up training courses, including those on International labor organization (ILO) tools, Think. COOP & Start.COOP and Get Ahead, in order to strengthen the capacities of institutional partners who support women entrepreneurs, such as the Bureau d'Appui à la Femme Rurale; (9) mobilized a team of experts to work with the Ministry of the economy and planning as part of an SSE commission. This collaboration led to the production of the Tunisian SSE Development plan 2023-2025, a policy note on formalizing the informal economy through SSE, integrating the gender dimension, the SSE 2035 strategic vision report, the report of the SSE 2023-2025 plan preparation commission and the implementation plan for the SSE development plan's axes for the 2023-2025 period.
