{"id":18654,"date":"2025-05-06T16:16:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/?page_id=18654"},"modified":"2026-03-30T15:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T13:59:36","slug":"youth-parliament-luxembourg-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/our-work\/projects\/topical\/governance\/youth-parliament-luxembourg-2","title":{"rendered":"Active citizen participation programme &#8211; Tunisia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large w-100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-1024x429.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-1024x429.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-300x126.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-768x322.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-1536x644.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie-1000x419.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/banner-tunisie.jpg 1620w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two journalists are doing an interview in the streets of Kef, in Tunsia, in 2023. \u00a9 Lotfi Rahmouni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:auto 36%\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Since 2020, Fondation Hirondelle has been implementing the media component of the PACT (Participation Active des Citoyennes et Citoyens Tunisiens) programme, in consortium with the Danish organisation NIRAS. The aim of the project is to expand civic space and encourage dialogue between governments and citizens, particularly the most vulnerable, so that public action can be genuinely co-constructed in the high steppes region (governorates of Gafsa, Kairouan, Kasserine, Kef, Sidi Bouzid and Siliana).<br><br>Phase 2 of the project started in May 2023. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fondation Hirondelle is pursuing its commitment by continuing to support local media as players in good governance and sustainable development at local level.<br><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1-840x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10418 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1-840x1024.jpg 840w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1-246x300.jpg 246w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1-768x936.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1-1000x1219.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carte-tunisie-1.jpg 1256w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><em>Map of the regions covered by the second phase of the PACT project.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Opening up public space and encouraging dialogue<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Tunisia is currently going through a phase of political and institutional reconfiguration. Fifteen years after the revolution, the media landscape is evolving within a context of power recentralization and a redefinition of democratic balances. In this increasingly restrictive environment for the practice of journalism, media professionals face multiple challenges: legal pressures, the economic fragilization of media outlets, and the growing spread of disinformation, particularly on digital platforms. In this context, strengthening journalists\u2019 skills, ethics, and resilience remains essential to ensure a credible, pluralistic information space that serves the public interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-18654 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/our-work\/projects\/topical\/governance\/youth-parliament-luxembourg-2\/fondation-hirondelle_tunisie_metlaoui_17-06-2015_32'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fondation-Hirondelle_Tunisie_Metlaoui_17.06.2015_32-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18717\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18717'>\n\t\t\t\tRamzi Afdal, correspondant de la radio Gafsa \u00e0 Metlaoui, interview une berg\u00e8re pr\u00e8s de Metlaoui, une ville de Tunisie situ\u00e9e \u00e0 environ 400 km au sud de Tunis, le 17 juin 2015.      &#8211;     Ramzi Afdal,correspondent for radio Gafsa in Metlaoui, is interviewing a shepherdess near Metlaoui, a Tunisian city located about 400 km south of Tunis, on June 17th, 2015.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/our-work\/projects\/topical\/governance\/youth-parliament-luxembourg-2\/fondation-hirondelle_tunisie_gafsa_16-06-2015_17'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fondation-Hirondelle_Tunisie_Gafsa_16.06.2015_17-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18714\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18714'>\n\t\t\t\tLes studios de la radio Gafsa, une ville de Tunisie situ\u00e9e \u00e0 environ 350 km au sud de Tunis, le 16 juin 2015.      &#8211;     The studio of radio Gafsa, a Tunisian city  located about 300 km south of Tunis, on June 16th, 2015.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/our-work\/projects\/topical\/governance\/youth-parliament-luxembourg-2\/fondation-hirondelle_tunisie_gafsa_16-06-2015_07'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Fondation-Hirondelle_Tunisie_Gafsa_16.06.2015_07-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-18720\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-18720'>\n\t\t\t\tHaifa Slogga, correspondante de la radio Gafsa, interview des manifestant r\u00e9clamant leur embauche dans la Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa, le principal employeur de la r\u00e9gion, \u00e0 Gafsa, une ville de Tunisie situ\u00e9e \u00e0 environ 350 km au sud de Tunis, le 16 juin 2015.      &#8211;     Haifa Slogga,,correspondent for radio Gafsa, is interviewing men demonstrating to claim their hiring in the Gafsa Phosphate Company, the main employer in the region, in Gafsa, a Tunisian city located about 300 km south of Tunis, on June 16th, 2015.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:31px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Faced with this reality, Fondation Hirondelle has supported the creation of a network of 19 journalists, almost 80% of whom are women, with an average age of between 25 and 35. This network, trained and coached in local governance issues, represented 14 local and regional media. The network of journalists and media partners is being expanded, with a target of 20 to 25 new media by the end of 2024, including web radio stations, citizen journalists and bloggers.In 2025, Fondation Hirondelle continued its commitment by supporting 16 partner media outlets through a mechanism combining training, editorial coaching, and technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, 42 journalists were trained, including 13 citizen journalists, helping to broaden media participation and strengthen the local anchoring of information. The training programmes incorporated new areas addressing emerging needs in the sector: diction, artificial intelligence applied to journalism, press ethics in a sensitive context, strategic communication, as well as in-house training dedicated to producing debate programmes and providing technical assistance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2025, 148 media contents\u2014123 video reports and 25 radio debates\u2014were produced, totaling 33 hours of broadcasting on FM and online. Focused on local governance and inclusion, they contributed to public debate, including 6 reports broadcast in sign language to ensure more inclusive access to information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The journalistic content was disseminated by the network&#8217;s media, on their airwaves and online platforms, as well as on a dedicated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PACT.tunisie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Facebook<\/a> page, which gave them greater visibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PACT program also aims to build the capacities of communities, to improve their ability to communicate on their issues, and of the network&#8217;s media, in terms of conducting debates, mobile journalism and investigative journalism. To find out more about our operations in Tunisia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hirondelle.org\/en\/our-work\/projects\/geographic\/north-africa-and-middle-east\/tunisia\">visit our dedicated page.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2020, Fondation Hirondelle has been implementing the media component of the PACT (Participation Active des Citoyennes et Citoyens Tunisiens) programme, in consortium with the Danish organisation NIRAS. 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