12 Rue Sidi Ben Naim
Bab Souika
1006 Tunis
Tunisia
- Democracy and community development
- Environment/Sustainable development
- Heritage
- Human rights
- International/Cultural relations
- Media
- Youth and education
PONTES Tunisia, as its name suggests, is an association that aims to create "bridges" between citizens and local authorities realities. It is composed of 8 members, including 6 active and does not adopt a protocol of accession. It seems necessary to emphasize that this young association, nonprofit, was born in a Tunisian civil society in full construction phase and into an extraordinary cultural and associative movement. It is part of the active and effective participation and involvement of diverse social actors for the reconstruction of post-revolutionary Tunisia. the average annual budget of about 20,000 euros per year from European funds and Mediterranean the main partner of Tunisia Pontes Pontes is Italy, which works on immigration and Tunisian immigrants in Italy.
PONTES Tunisia, aims to create and strengthen the emergence of new meeting spaces, dialogue and collaboration around scientific themes, cultural and artistic, considering the fundamental role of civil society as development actor and social growth. Indeed, the approach that we are trying to build through our activities and projects confirm our vision of civil society as a fundamental element registered in the interaction with its political, institutional and associative organisms. This includes local, national and international realities of civil society. An objective became result was that strengthen our own institutional capacity and we would successively develop actions to strengthen other Tunisian associations of new civil society. This course has already begun through the establishment of counseling and guidance in the creation of new associations. This work is voluntary and meets our slogan: "A democratic know-how for a democratic society."
PONTES Tunisia Association in collaboration with the Cultural Médiatique Club, Cultural Médiatique Cell (CMC) and the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences of Tunis (Tunis University April 9), organized a discussion meeting entitled "Civic Engagement for Peace "April 4, 2014 at 10am at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of Tunis. PONTES Tunisia Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Human and Social Sciences (University of Tunis on April 9), the Università degli Studi di Firenze organizes within the framework of the European program SPRINGARAB a workshop entitled "Social movements share and other Mediterranean reflections elements ". "Dante Aleghieri" the PONTES Tunisia Association co-organized the discussion meeting "between Tunisia yesterday and today" with the presentation of the book "rivolta dei dittatoriati" of Ouejdane Mejri and Afef Hagi (éditionsMesogea, 2013). Pontes organize sessions of Awareness of the local community's involvement in civil society in 2014-2015: A Seminar on the birth and history of silent film in Tunisia was organized in November 2014. Organization of a conference debate on immigration: the conditions of Tunisian immigrants in Italy: young neighborhood of Bab Souika be invited to attend and debate in February . Organization of a conference debate on citizenship and involvement in sustainability Bab Souika: Citizen Skills and Employability in January 2015.
Tunisia association Pontes has premises that are at the heart of Tunis, Bab Souika, we want to open this space to interassociatives activities and develop actions to match the history of this district aui had known "Jmaaet Taht Resour" PONTES Tunisia proposes the promotion of cultural and social revitalization of one of the districts of the Medina, Bab Souika by the amenities a new cultural space. The main objective is to promote an engaged citizen culture. Our commitment is also part of the concern for protection of the environment through conservation of local heritage (especially related to the dimension of the concept of "neighborhood") and the real action on the environment through the culture. the offices of Pontes, picturesque and friendly places, will therefore be open to our future new employees of the network ALF
We want to evolve as part of the ALF network contributing to its development with our activities and also by generating interassociatives and intercultural actions.