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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:
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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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Thank you