Tunisian companies will present joint exposition at the 8th All-Russian Forum-Exhibition “GOSZAKAZ-2012” (total square – 21 sqm).   The interest of international business community to the Forum is growing from year to year thanks to such advantageous features of the Russian market as the statutory equality of foreign companies with local ones in public tenders, the policy of Russian top leaders concerning the acquisition of high quality and innovative goods and services for state needs and ample opportunity to participate in investment projects through federal and local target programs.

Organizers of the Tunisian exposition are Tunisian export agency CEPEX and Russian-Tunisian business council.

Tunisian participants of GOSZAKAZ-2012 represent the following industries and sectors:

• Agrifood
• Textile and Clothing
• Handicraft
• Services
• Pharmaceutical industry

There will be carried out joint session of the Russian-Tunisian business council on the 16th of February in the frame of the All-Russian Forum-Exhibition “GOSZAKAZ-2012”.

Further information you could receive, addressing your questions to Mrs. Milena Lisyanskaya, Executive Secretary of the Russian-Tunisian business council, Tel.: +7 495 258 00 26, ext. 127, e-mail: lisyanskaya@inconnect.ru

On Friday, 16th of December, there was held meeting between His Excellency, Mr. Ali Goutali, Ambassador of Tunisia in Russia and Mrs. Tatiana Sadofyeva, Chairman of the Russian-Tunisian business council. Participants discussed such questions as new opportunities and perspectives of Russian-Tunisian cooperation, as well as work plan of the Business council in 2012. Moreover, Mr. Ambassador underlined that Tunisian side paid big attention to the public procurement system in Russian and that is why joint exposition of the Tunisian companies would be presented in All-Russian Forum-Exhibition “GOSZAKAZ-2012” (15-17 February 2012, Moscow, IEC “Crocus Expo”).

Mr. Adbellatif Zayani, Chairman of the Organization of exhibitions in Sfax (Tunisia) has the honor to invite Russian companies to participate in the upcoming events which will be held in Tunisia in 2012.
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"The Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA Tunisia) organized under the aegis of the Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation, the first post-revolution economic event "Tunisia Investment Forum" which was held on 16 and 17 June, 2011 at the Ramada Plaza Hotel in Gammarth. The Russian delegation included the following high-ranking officials: Mr. Golikov – Deputy Head of the Intergovernmental Russian-Tunisian Commission - Head of the Russian delegation, Mrs. Sadofieva – Chairman of the Russian-Tunisian business council, General director of INCONNECT-GROUP, Mr. Podenok – President, “Moscow Entrepreneurs’ Association” (Dates of stay – 16-19 of June) and other representatives of business circles.

With the slogan "New Tunisia New Opportunities", the event whose opening was provided by M. Beji Caid Essebsi, Prime Minister, was attended by foreign and Tunisian experts and investors who made presentations about the characteristics of the business environment of the new Tunisia.

More than 1,200 Tunisian and foreign participants took part in the event which was remarkably successful.

A thematic panel on "Democratic Transition: Challenges and prospects for improving the business environment" and two workshops presenting the new attractiveness of Tunisia, with a focus on foreign investment in inland areas and offshoring have were held on the second day of the Forum.

The Forum was also a privileged place for informal networking between foreign and Tunisian operators seeking new partnership and business opportunities.