Chambre de Commerce et d'Industrie de Sfax

Support program for jobs in businesses affected by COVID 19 pandemic

The German Bank Development Bank KfW granted a subsidy of (20 million Euros) to the Tunisian Republic to help preserve jobs in private companies affected by the COVID 19 pandemic.

The subsidy program is directed by the Ministry of Economy, Finance and Investment Support which has mandated the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) to implement it.

For more information, download the press release related to the program.

The Central Bank posted a notice for financial organisms,

https://www.bct.gov.tn/bct/siteprod/documents/Note_2021_16_fr.pdf

And the forms for the file constitution can be downloaded from here

https://www.lfs-advisory.com/bct-ife

Please note that:

Only banks are authorized to submit files to the BCT, but every business eligible to the selection requirements can contact their bank and ask their account manager to forward their application.

Only the corporate bank constitutes the central point of contact for any request for information.

Reading the note and the forms provides the necessary clarifications.

The subsidy is provided by the Investment Facility for Employment and implemented by the KfW on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).