This report summarises the findings of a project on green entrepreneurship in Tunisia financed by German international cooperation. The two-year project (2013/2014) was implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) within the framework of the programme for entrepreneurship and innovation (PAEI). A series of training courses were offered to a selected group of potential multipliers of the green business concept: local consultants, support organisations and college teachers, all already active in the promotion of entrepreneurship in general. They were trained by national and internal consultants. Over the two years, they built a strong network of promoters of green entrepreneurship and came up with an action plan for the time after the end of the German funded project.
The author of this report collected the most important facts and figures presented in workshops and supplemented them with data from international and national scholars and institutions through desktop research. This resulted in a brief study on green entrepreneurship as a driver for the green economy and ultimately a sustainable future. Thus, the scope of the ideas presented in this publication is not limited to the Tunisian context, even though this North African country serves as a point of reference.
This report is also available in French.