Tunisia

__**.Task 1: Population and Culture**__  Capital:Tunis

Total Area:163,610 sq km

Population:  10,629,186 (July 2011 est.)

Languages:  Arabic (official, one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)

__**Task 2: Location and climate**__



**TASK 4: POPULATION SIZE, SHAPE AND LIFE EXPECTANCY**

Total Population: 10,629,186 (July 2011 est.) Average life expectancy: 75 Total fertility rate: 2.0



TASK 5: WHAT IS IT LIKE TO LIVE THERE?
Tunisia election results: TUNIS The October 23rd elections will create a Constituent Assembly that will appoint the next government in addition to writing a new constitution. Now that Ennahda is projected to win a plurality of 40% of the seats in the Constituent Assembly, the moderate Islamist party is entering into negotiations with other top finishers, including the Congress for the Republic (CPR) and center-left party Ettakatol. Zitouni’s frank response was the first clear indication of Ennahda’s priorities as these negotiations go forward. The performance of the ISIE during the vote-counting process displays integrity and inexperience, continuing their performance over the last few months. They are committed to accurate results, and originally they wanted to be sure of all results, domestic and international, before releasing any. But leaks forced their hand, and they have scrambled to push out results as fast as they get them. ISIE’s constantly changing estimates of what will be released – and when – simply shows that they do not know the schedule themselves. They have never done this before. Throughout today, journalists will doubtless continue to be frustrated by unpredictability, but through all their bureaucratic chaos, the ISIE is managing a massive operation with a certain chaotic competence. Despite all their minor mistakes, they deserve a large amount of the credit for Tunisia’s so-far successful Constituent Assembly elections. **Gafsa: Ennahda wins 3 seats, the CPR wins 1 seat, the PDP wins 1 seat, Aridha Chaabia wins 1 seat, and Al Adala wins 1 seat.** **Tozeur: Ennahda wins 2 seats, the CPR wins 1 seat, and an independent list called “Loyalty to the Marytyrs” wins 1 seat.** As we closed yesterday, 101 seats out of the total 217 have been assigned. Ennahda has won 43 seats so far, the CPR has won 16, Ettakatol 10, Aridha Chaabia (Popular Petition) 12, the PDP 5, the PDM 3, Afek Tounes 3, and PCOT (Communist) 1, and several other parties and independent lists have a vote each. You can find the details in our [|results tables]. Ennahda’s performance is as high as anyone predicted, though not a full majority. We do not project a majority for them. It looks like they will win about 40% of the seats in the assembly. The TAP state news agency has released results from a few more districts since we signed out of yesterday’s live updates page. They will be online shortly. __ www.tunisia-live.net/ __ __ www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/26/tunisian-elections-live-updates-results-2/ __ Written bye Allan Bradley
 * 11:38 am** – Ennahda wants to hold the position of Prime Minister in Tunisia’s next government. Speaking to a Tunisia Live team well after midnight last night, Lotfi Zitouni from Ennahda’s executive office said, “Ennahda is not presenting a candidate for presidency. For prime minister, it is normal that the majority or the bigger party gets the prime minister seat.” Asked who Ennahda was proposing for Prime Minister, Zitouni responded, “[|Hamadi Jebali], secretary-general of the party.”
 * 10:48 am** – Quiet morning as all await results. The press is running out of gas.
 * 10:44 am** – [|Tunisian newspapers this morning] are split between headlines looking backwards and those looking forward: what made the election a success, how did Ennahda win, and what comes next? With over half of all districts reporting, Tunisia is right now turning a big page.
 * 10:09 am** – There appears to be some lack of communication between the central ISIE and its regional branches. The TAP state news agency has reported results from regional ISIE offices and presidents long before the central ISIE office published the same. In the case of Nabeul I and Nabeul II, ISIE still has not announced the results, even though TAP obtained full results, including vote counts, from regional officials.
 * 9:35 am** - Ennahda has now claimed 51 of 121 seats reported. The CPR is in second with 19 seats. We are awaiting results from twelve more districts.
 * 9:32 am** – The TAP state news agency has also released results for **Monastir: Ennahda wins 3 seats, Moubadara (Initiative) wins 2 seats, the CPR wins 1 seat, Ettakatol wins 1 seat, Aridha Chaabia wins 1 seat, and the Party of the Cultural Unionist Nation wins 1 seat.** Our [|results tables] are updated.
 * 9:05 am** – The new results from the TAP state news agency are updated in our [|results tables].
 * 8:41 am** – Welcome back to Tunisia Live’s up-to-the-minute coverage of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly elections. The Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE) said last night that they would announce final results today, but they have not given a specific time. It is still possible that final results will be delayed until tomorrow.
 * Begin October 26th**
 * This article had been copied from**

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Allan Bradley is Editor-in-Chief of Tunisia Live. He graduated cum laude from Harvard University in May 2011 with a BA in History, secondary in Statistics. While at Harvard he wrote for the Harvard Political Review and worked for the news department of the college radio station, WHRB. In 2010 he wrote for the Hotline, a publication of the National Journal in Washington, DC. Currently he works as a freelance journalist in addition to his work with Tunisia Live. =====

Voting results votes, seats, parties ......etc: __ www.tunisia-live.net/2011/10/24/tunisian-election-results-tables/ __
= Enahda Declares victory = In a press conference at their party headquarters earlier today, moderate Islamist party Ennahda announced that they would receive at least 30% of the popular vote from Sunday’s elections. That plurality will make them the dominant force in the constituent assembly. In a separate conference, the Tunisian electoral commission officially announced the overseas voting results, which showed an even higher level of support for Ennahda. The party won 9 out of the 18 total seats at stake in extra-territorial districts. With the electoral commission not unveiling official domestic results until tomorrow evening, Ennahda’s announcement was based upon the tally of their own vote count observers. In deference to the official election body, they would not release precise statistics, but confirmed the accuracy of the general tendencies they announced. Refka, 25, told Tunisia Live that she voted for the Communist party, PCOT. Though upset about the international results, she said that if Ennahda were to perform as well nationally, she would accept the outcome. “That’s the price of democracy,” she said. A student who did not give his name said he voted for Ennahda and expected a big victory in domestic districts. People should not fear Ennahda, he said, ”Ennahda are not aaganst different opinions or belief. They won’t harm anybody.” The party urged Tunisia’s citizens to remain calm and accept the results, whatever their political orientation. Though Ennahda appears on track to receive an even greater mandate than had been predicted, party officials were quick to stress that they understood the importance of building a national consensus. “Political alliances are urgent under current circumstances,” said Abd Lahmid Ejlassi, speaking on behalf of the party at Ennahda’s conference. He said the party would not rule out working with any party. Soumaya Ghannoushi, party leader Rached Ghannouchi’s daughter, was less guarded about the party’s intentions, saying “We will certainly be working close with Congress for the Republic.” The Congress for the Republic is a centrist party that also appears poised to take a much larger share of votes than was predicted by polls. Ms. Ghannoushi has no official tie to Ennahda. //Farah Samti contributed reporting.// //It Appears that ENAHDA's party had won about 40-50 seats of the 217 and// According to preliminary indications, the CPR and Ettakatol are competing for the second place.

Task 6 - environmental issue
What is the EPI score given to Tunisia?
 * Tunisia has been given a score of 60.6

How does this compare with other countries?
 * It is ranked 74th out of 163 countries.

Which environmental issues are the biggest concern for your country?
 * Current Issues of Concern: Biodiversity & Habitat, Water Stress Index, CO2 Emissions Per Electricity Generation, Marine Protection, Biome Protection.

Summary: The main maritime activities taking place in the waters surrounding Tunisia are the extraction of hydrocarbons, maritime transport and fishing. **Offshore hydrocarbon activities** take place in the Pelagian Province, a marine area surrounding Tunisia, Libya, Malta and Italy. These activities encompass both territorial and cross-border petroleum systems. In this respect, Tunisia is involved in national as well as cross-border exploitations: − Oil exploitation, e.g. the Pantelleria Permit (Italian waters): Sambuca prospect, extends into the Kerkouane permit across the Italian-Tunisian maritime border;

− Gas exploitation, e.g. the Kerkouane Permit (Tunisian waters) - Dougga gas/condensate field;

− Oil wells at the Libyan-Tunisian border are exploited by a Libyan-Tunisian joint venture called the Joint Oil Company.

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**Maritime traffic** is most intense to the north of Tunisia, more particular in the Strait of Sicily. The largest port of Tunisia is located in Tunis. As regards offshore wind energy, the independent marine energy consultancy company 4C Offshore3 identified that one offshore wind farm is in the early planning phase in Tunisia. In general the northern coastal region of Tunisia seems to offer important opportunities for wind energy production. Since 2009 an onshore wind farm is operating near Sidi Daoud. The use of clean and renewable energy is considered a priority in the field of energy in Tunisia.
 * Title: Country reports: TUNISIA
 * Publication: © European Commission study
 * Author: © European Commission study
 * Date Published:February 2011.
 * URL: ec.europa.eu/maritimeaffairs/studies/msp_med/tunisia_en.pdf

TASK 7: EDUCATION
Tunisia is not included in the list nor are any african countries: meaning children are not good in math,science,reading compared to the rest of the world. 7.1% of the GDP ius spent on education(2007).Ranked 15 incomparison to thje rest of the world(2007). 74.3 of the population is illiterate. 83.4% of the males are illiterate and 65.3% of the girls are illiterate(2004).girls and boys are expected to go to school for 15 years, boys should go to school for 14 years and girls 15.

**The Gender Equality Index from Social Watch.**
Data for Tunisia is missing.

**The Global Gender Gap**


Overall Score: 0.6266

Economic Participation and Opportunity: 0.4501

Educational Attainment: 0.9662

Health and Survival: 0.9623

Political Empowerment: 0.1278

The Maternal Mortality Rate for Tunisia: 60 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) country comparison to the world: [|91]

Infant Mortality Rate for Tunisia: total: 25.92 deaths/1,000 live births country comparison to the world: [|79] male: 29.6 deaths/1,000 live births female: 21.97 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.)

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