The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad hosted today, November 10, 2026, the signing ceremony of a donation agreement granted by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tunisia to contribute to financing the Tunisian coastal protection program, amounting to €60,920,000.00.
The agreement was signed by Mr. Mohamed Ali Nafti, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, and Ms. Melanie Maas Geesteranus, Director General of the Dutch institution “Invest International B.V,” which works to finance projects contributing to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. The signing ceremony took place in the presence of Ms. Dewi van de Weerd, the designated ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Tunis, and Ms. Elisabeth Wolbers, the ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Tunis.
The Dutch grant will be allocated to financing phases four and five as well as the additional phase of the coastal protection program, launched since 2013 as part of the Tunisian-German cooperation with funding from the Bank for Reconstruction (KfW), and this through the realization of protection works for three additional sites, namely Bizerte, the area extending from Sousse-Sud to Skanès and Qaraiya to Monastir, and the northeast coast of the island of Djerba, in addition to carrying out a coastal protection study from Ben Khiar to Yasmine Hammamet.
The Minister commended, during a meeting he had on this occasion with Ms. Maas Geesteranus, the solidity of the distinguished friendship and cooperation that unite Tunisia and the Kingdom of the Netherlands, confirming our country’s appreciation for Dutch support and its aspiration to give a new impulse to bilateral cooperation in various fields and to benefit from Dutch pioneering expertise at the international level in developing sustainable solutions in several vital sectors such as agriculture, water management, transport and infrastructure.
For its part, the Director General of the institution “Invest International B.V” confirmed the great interest that her country attaches to developing cooperation with Tunisia as an important partner in the North Africa region.
