| SE strategy / action plan 1.2.1 S10S233S30S40S50 Criteria and evidence- S1 · Status: 0 (none)
No dedicated SSE strategy was adopted or pending on 31 Dec 2025: the Plan ESS 2023-2025 and the 'vision ESS 2035' that the ILO helped the Ministry of Economy and Planning draft in 2022 were not adopted, and by April 2023 the SSE law was described as 'mise en stand-by depuis trois ans' with 'aucun millime' budgeted for the SSE; no later drafting announcement was found. S2 = 33 (mention in the Development Plan 2023-2025), so S1 is 0 unless a dedicated strategy is in preparation: 'none' (a lapsed draft counts as nothing). · source 1 - S2 · Dedication: 33 (SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures)
The adopted Development Plan 2023-2025 lists 'renforcer l'économie sociale et solidaire' among its aims, and the minister called the SSE a priority axis, but no SSE measures, bodies, targets or budget are documented: 'SE mentioned in an adopted broader strategy, without measures'. · source 1 - S3 · Operational content: 0 (no adopted instrument)
No adopted SE strategy or action plan: 'no adopted instrument'. · source 1 - S4 · Monitoring: 0 (none)
No SE strategy to monitor: 'none'. · source 1 - S5 · Participation of SE organisations: 0 (no evidence)
No adopted SE strategy, chapter or pillar (S2 = 33), so no instrument whose drafting or monitoring involved SSE organisations; the social partners' role in the 2022 terms of reference concerns the lapsed draft Plan ESS: 'no evidence'. · source 1
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| Institutional structure & dialogue 1.2.2 I1100I233I333I467 Criteria and evidence- I1 · Lead responsibility: 100 (a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE)
Decree no. 3 of 2025 placed community companies under the Ministry of Employment and Vocational Training, which has a Secretary of State for community companies (working session of 28 Nov 2025) and keeps their national register; the Ministry of Economy and Planning had also set up an SSE commission (ILO, 2023): 'a dedicated unit, directorate or agency for SE' (community companies counted as an SE type). · source 1 - I2 · Breadth of mandate: 33 (one type only (e.g. a cooperatives regulator))
The lead structure documented in 2025 covers community companies only; Law 2020-30 leaves 'the ministry in charge of the SSE' unnamed and its bodies were not set up, and the Ministry of Economy and Planning's SSE commission is documented only for 2022-23: 'one type only'. · source 1 - I3 · Consultative body with SE organisations: 33 (foreseen in an adopted law or strategy, not set up)
Art. 7 of Law 2020-30 creates a Conseil supérieur de l'ESS for participatory dialogue, with representatives of SSE enterprises; it was not set up because the implementing decree was unpublished (author ruling; ILO notes the delay): 'foreseen in an adopted law or strategy, not set up'. · source 1 - I4 · Inter-ministerial coordination: 67 (a standing mechanism, or a one-off coordination body)
An inter-departmental steering committee on the SSE was set up right after Law 2020-30 was adopted ('Le Comité de pilotage interdépartemental constitué juste après l'adoption de cette loi n'a pas beaucoup avancé', April 2023), alongside an SSE commission in the Ministry of Economy and Planning (ILO, 2023); no 2024-2025 meeting record was found, and the Conseil supérieur (Art. 7) was not set up: 'a standing mechanism in place, or a one-off coordination body'. · source 1
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| Social clauses in public procurement 2.3.2 P1100P20P30P40 Criteria and evidence- P1 · Legal basis: 100 (reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities (e.g. Directive 2014/24 Art. 77 transposed, a national SSE quota))
Art. 16 of Law 2020-30: 'Il est réservé un pourcentage des commandes publiques au profit des entreprises' of the SSE, the share to be set by government decree (not published by end-2025): 'reservation or preference explicitly for SE/SSE entities'. The basis exists in law but is not operational. · source 1 - P2 · National policy push: 0 (none)
The decree that would set the SSE share was not published (calls for publication of the Law 2020-30 decrees continued in November 2024), and no national SRPP guidance or plan was found: 'none'. · source 1 - P3 · Evidence of use: 0 (none)
With no decree fixing the share, no use of the SSE reservation is reported: 'none'. · source 1 - P4 · Capacity support: 0 (none)
No government training or helpdesk on social clauses or reserved contracts was found for contracting authorities or SSE enterprises: the Art. 16 SSE share has no decree, and procurement capacity work documented (HAICOP/TUNEPS e-procurement training; the TESIM factsheet of Aug 2025) does not cover social clauses or reservations: 'none'. · source 1
| 25.0 |
| Official SE definition 3.1 D1100D2100 Criteria and evidence- D1 · Where defined: 100 (in law)
Law 2020-30 of 30 Jun 2020, Art. 2, defines the SSE and SSE enterprises: 'in law'. · source 1 - D2 · Content (social aim; participatory governance; limits on profit distribution): 100 (all three)
Art. 2 sets a social purpose and a main aim other than sharing profits; Art. 4 requires democratic governance ('chaque membre dispose d'une seule voix'), limited distribution (15% to reserves, at most 25% of the remainder distributed) and indivisible collective ownership: 'all three'. · source 1
| 100.0 |
Legal recognition of SEs 3.2.1 · level 1 of 3Loi n° 2020-30 du 30 juin 2020 relative à l'économie sociale et solidaire (JORT n° 63, 3 July 2020) · sources 1 2 3 4 5 6L1100L2100L30L40L50 Criteria and evidence- L1 · Adoption stage: 100 (in force)
- L2 · Scope: 100 (general: SE broadly, including a status open to several legal forms or any purpose)
- L3 · Implementing rules: 0 (none adopted, or law not in force)
Required: government decree on the ESS label within two months (Art. 3); ministerial order on model statutes within six months (Art. 5); decrees on the Conseil supérieur (Art. 7), the Instance tunisienne de l'ESS (Art. 8), cooperative-bank statutes (Art. 15), the public-procurement share (Art. 16) and financial advantages (Art. 17). None published: decrees reported delayed in 2022, implementing measures still demanded in November 2023, and a UGTT conference in Béja on 16 November 2024 called for their publication; no decree found in French or Arabic searches for 2025. - L4 · Status or register: 0 (foreseen with no entity recognised, or law not in force)
ESS label (Art. 3) and registration regularisation (Art. 22) depend on the label decree; no entity labelled. - L5 · Bodies foreseen by the law: 0 (foreseen, not set up, or law not in force)
Conseil supérieur de l'ESS (Art. 7) and Instance tunisienne de l'ESS (Art. 8) not established; ANETI's transitional technical role (Art. 24) was limited to two years.
| 40.0 |
| SE support ecosystem 4.3.6 E133E267E333E4100E5100 Criteria and evidence- E1 · National programme: 33 (project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead))
SE business support comes from JEUN'ESS, implemented by the ILO with EU funding and the Ministry of Economy and Planning as partner; for community companies the regional employment directorates act as an administrative interface, not a support programme: 'project-based only (donor, EU or NGO projects without government lead)'. · source 1 - E2 · Territorial coverage: 67 (several regions)
JEUN'ESS works in seven governorates (Gabès, Kébili, Kairouan, Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine, Jendouba, Le Kef): 'several regions'. · source 1 - E3 · Public funding of support: 33 (mainly donor or EU funded)
JEUN'ESS has a budget of EUR 9,198,800, 97.82% EU-funded: 'mainly donor or EU funded'. · source 1 - E4 · Continuity: 100 (five years or more)
JEUN'ESS started in January 2020 and was still contracting services in March-April 2024 (dated ILO terms of reference): 'five years or more'. · source 1 - E5 · Range of services: 100 (three or more)
Incubation (1,235 young people incubated and trained), grants through the Social Innovation Fund and Re-Fund Challenge (finance), and a Market Fund for selling SSE products (market access): 'three or more'. · source 1
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| EU funds mobilised for SE 5.1.1 F1100F2100F367F4100 Criteria and evidence- F1 · Programming: 100 (a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget)
JEUN'ESS (promotion of the SSE and decent jobs for youth; EU4Youth, financing agreement ENI/2018/041-142) is a dedicated SSE action with EUR 9.2 million: 'a dedicated SE measure or priority with an allocated budget'. · source 1 - F2 · Calls and instruments: 100 (recurring dedicated calls, or an EU-funded financial instrument for SE)
EU-funded funds dedicated to SSE structures (Social Innovation Fund, Re-Fund Challenge with 42 structures, Market Fund) ran in successive cohorts, the latest of 137 enterprises after six months' incubation (October 2023): 'recurring dedicated calls'. · source 1 - F3 · Channel: 67 (government as co-partner)
The ILO implements JEUN'ESS with the Ministry of Economy and Planning as main partner, which hosts its steering committee: 'government as co-partner'. · source 1 - F4 · Evidence of take-up: 100 (monitoring data on SE beneficiaries or amounts published)
The ILO's published evaluation gives indicator results (42 Re-Fund beneficiaries against a target of 35; 47% financial execution at 30 Sep 2022), and 2023 reporting gives 179 SSE structures and 1,341 jobs: 'monitoring data on SE beneficiaries or amounts published'. · source 1
| 91.7 |
| Dedicated national funding 5.2.2 N167N267N367N4100 Criteria and evidence- N1 · Dedicated line: 67 (dedicated line for one type (e.g. WISE subsidies, a cooperatives fund))
Finance Law 2023 (Art. 29) opened a TND 20 million preferential loan line from the Fonds national de l'emploi for community companies, topped up by Finance Law 2025 (Art. 48), with the stated aim to 'promouvoir l'entrepreneuriat social'; community companies count as one SE type: 'dedicated line for one type'. · source 1 - N2 · Instrument types: 67 (two types)
Preferential loans plus a TND 10 million allocation to the Fonds national de garantie (Finance Law 2025): 'two types'. · source 1 - N3 · Continuity: 67 (two to four years)
Line budgeted in 2023 and topped up for 2025, with disbursement continuing through 2024: 'two to four years'. · source 1 - N4 · Execution: 100 (amounts or beneficiary numbers published for 2024 or 2025)
The ministry's written reply to Parliament reports 67 community companies financed by BTS for about TND 18.5 million as of 9 Jun 2025: 'amounts or numbers of beneficiaries published for 2024 or 2025'. · source 1
| 75.0 |
