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Sidi Bouzid (TAP) - The craft sector in Sidi Bouzid has become one of the pillars of development, especially since it has more than 14,000 artisans.

This has allowed the governor to occupy an important place at the national level, taking advantage of incentives and incentives introduced by the State which, inter alia, the participation of the Tunisian Solidarity Bank to finance over 220 projects with 33 projects in the glass industry and 45 in the olive wood.

In this sense, the exploitation of olive wood is one of the major specialties in the promising field of handicrafts. 19 companies including five fully operate in the export sector, providing 200 permanent employment positions and houses more than 100 trainees recruited.

Direct exports of olive wood made by the region amounted to more than one million dinars, regardless of marketing and purchasing this product by the tourists, shops and coastal tourism.

The structures encourage artisans to create groups of professionals who help for collective purchases of raw materials, strengthen their ability to participate in public tenders relating to the olive wood and cane, in particular.

These same groups reinforce the participation of artisans in exhibitions, fairs, festivals and fairs to publicize their product and learn about the desires of consumers and, therefore, be built on the direction of the market and current uses of product.

Action is on the other hand, oriented towards the rehabilitation and restructuring of workshops to improve productivity and promote the competence of workers and production facilities.

Business leaders and workshops have been called recently to seek alternative markets for their products, beyond traditional ones such as France and Italy, through the creation of websites for each worker or company to promote their products and skills, and therefore join the system of electronic commerce.

This is likely to enable no longer restricted to traditional applications with single or grouped dependent suppliers and intermediaries.

Business leaders are encouraged to use college graduates of arts and crafts, and fine arts in order to benefit from their ideas and knowledge to innovate and develop production and, consequently, improve productivity and quality, and expand marketing opportunities.

Among the successful projects in the region of Sidi Bouzid, it is worth quoting the Company's olive wood Ms. Hajer Harraba.

The company employs 60 people and accommodates 15 students, has started production since 1994, with the help of a French partner.

She regularly participates in numerous national and international expertise, particularly in France where she managed to find the Tunisian product at a wider scale.

The company official said it has benefited from the constant concern for the handicraft sector. She has worked to promote this rare specialty and has adapted to major developments in the sector so that Sidi Bouzid is an industry cluster of olive wood.

She also indicated that it will be an extension of this project, to polarize an additional manpower and improve the productivity of its business to meet the demands of its customers in many European and American countries .

For its part, the young Kamel Ghanmi obtained a loan of 4,000 dinars to the Tunisian Solidarity Bank (BTS), creating a small studio in the industry of olive wood, which employs seven people.

He said he has long since realized the multiple benefits of this project. It thus has mobilized all its resources and potential to add value to this specialty in the region.

The capital of this unit reaches currently 15,000 dinars.

This young sells all its production to customers in Tunisia and France. He said he expects that he assigns a place in the new industrial area to locate its headquarters and make some renovations and improvements.

The olive wood industry has exceeded the boundaries of the governorate of Sidi Bouzid, which has a reputation beyond Tunisian borders, which is likely to help revitalize the economic and social life, and open up broad prospects for this activity, in particular, and the craft sector in general.

Zaghouan (TAP) - Ahead of Eid El Fitr, Zaghouan, a city famous for its patisserie "Kaak Warka" making a comeback festive ambiance.
For while this pastry is now a national scale, it refers to the expertise of women zaghouanaises transmitted from generation to generation.

The key zaghouanaise is, indeed, in how to knead the dough and break and flavor to the water rose hip, says proudly, Yousef, owner of a workshop for the preparation and sale of Warka Kaak .

This local product is poised to become a pastry popular in much of the celebration of happy events (weddings, births, religious festivals ...) in an autonomous area that contributes to the creation of sources of income to many families in the region who engage in this profitable throughout the year.

Making Kaak Warka also calls for the distillation of rose hips, another activity which stands in the region. This deal comes in the month of May The wild rose, used to flavor "the kaak" contains several medicinal virtues.

For Maram, pastry, who dreams of a proposed development of the Tunisian pastry, the difficulties faced by the manufacturing sector of Warka Kaak are primarily related to the scarcity of skilled labor.

The regional branch of the National Crafts in Zaghouan included Kaak Warka making the cultural heritage of the region.

Today, the club's efforts "SIEF" Higher Institute of Applied Studies humanity Mogren, works on the establishment of an association of labor in the bakery shop. And why not, if learning to prepare this delicacy local programs of vocational training centers specialized.

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Sfax (TAP) - The handicraft sector in the governorate of Sfax, saw a sharp recovery in the first half of 2010 compared to 2009, as evidenced by the achievements made by the indicators relating to investment, development level of small businesses and exports. The number of registered artisans has increased by 37 per cent after the issuance of press cards to 24 new artisans. Now they are operating some 7458 artisans in the region.

The same period has seen, too, began operating five new craft units, bringing to 277 the total number of companies operating in the sector especially in jewelry, textile crafts, wood processing olive woodwork, metalwork, basketry.

Also, a dynamic she was observed at the level of investment and the export sector. The volume of private investment has reached 1 million registered 94,000 dinars and it is expected that the planned projects generate 95 jobs scheduled.

According to the national office of the craft sector exports grew 9 per cent, or 1 million 72 thousand dinars, against 986,000 in 2009.

Sfax region is especially known for the transformation of olive wood and the quality of items made from this material. This activity represents 90 per cent of exports sector. The particular product is sold on the European markets.

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Zaghouan (TAP) - The center of tourist animation created recently, near the Temple of the waters, Zaghouan, will house eight outlets of handicrafts.

This initiative is part of the program established by the regional delegation of the National Handicraft to market the crafts of the region.

A village in the trades will be created next year and will include 13 workshops

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Tunis (Le Figaro) - In Egypt and Tunisia, European designers help revitalize local crafts. Some of the objects from these workshops will be presented on Friday, on the stand of Egypt at Maison & Objet. Others, designed in Tunisia win the first store Monoprix House, near Tunis, just after Ramadan. Reportage.

Released 08/31/2010 by Sandra Vivies