Stories - Tunisia

Realising the promise of the revolution during a health crisis in Tunisia

While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only...

A Nobel Peace Prize for Modern Direct Democracy

Here in Tunisia, we received the news of the Nobel Peace Prize with great joy and emotion, writes Lassaad El...

"Citizens are not a problem; they are part of the solution"

Tunisia is the first Arab country to implement participatory budgeting. In this conversation Bedis Bouziri...

Decentralizing Power in Tunisia — Not So Fast

Who says no one cares about a wonky subject like decentralized power? Asks Joe Mathews from Tunis. A first-...

Tunisian elders nurture decentralisation impetus

Decentralisation in Tunisia is imminent, according to Swiss democracy expert Andreas Gross, who advocates...