On the picture His Excellency Karim Ben Becher, Ambassador of Tunisia to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Tunisia Investment Seminar, a joint initiative by NCH, VNO, NCW, FIPA and several other institutions took place at the Malitoren, The Hague on Friday April 24, 2015. Dutch- Tunisian entrepreneurs, as well as some Ambassadors attended the seminar.
The welcome address was delivered by Mr.
Niek Jan van Kesteren, Diretor general of VNO-NCW(host), Mr.
Salim Rabbani, chairman MENA Business Council of NCH (moderator), H.E. Mr.
Karim Ben Becher Ambassador of Tunisia, Mr.
Tjerk Opmeer, deputy director DIO, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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Madame
Amel Azzouz, Secretary of State for Investment and International Cooperation, delivered an animated and convincing keynote address.
This is the second VNO NCW – Tunisia Seminar since 2012. Several developments have taken place since then. The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade,
Liliane Ploumen has visited Tunisia, that country is the pioneer of the Arab spring. An increase in investments is needed. Tunisian Trade Promotion Office Rotterdam is instrumental in facilitating investment. Entities such as FIPA and UTICA also have an important role to play in the process of facilitating investment.
In his address Mr.
Tjerk Opmeer, Deputy Director International Enterprise Department, MFA. encouraged participants to interact. Opmeer mentioned that the relationship between the Netherlands and Tunisia is a longstanding one, it dates back to 1610 when a Dutch delegation visited Tunisia.
State Secretary
Azzouz has recently attended a conference in Venice on “Exceptional Tunisia” Yes, Tunisia is exceptional says Azzouz since army, civil society and political elite dialogue and this has lead to a compromise. 70% of MP supports the stable government. Tunisia has an inflation rate of 4.5% and an unemployment rate of 15.5% of which 32% are young academics.
Tunisia has many assets of which a skilled and unskilled workforce and a healthy living and working environment are examples. Investment might be a solution to Tunisia’s challenges. A new code for investment is expected to be published mid May 2015 as well as the restructuring of public banks. Furthermore, in June 2015, FIPA will organize the Carthage Forum of Investment, which will hopefully attract investors.
According to the FIPA representative, Tunisia is a gateway to the Africa. Mr.
Yacine Labib, lawyer. is waiting for the new investment code to be implemented. According to Labib, it takes only 72 hours to get a new business registered in Tunisia. Intervention by a lawyer is not mandatory but recommendable. Security? Investment might bring about security which in turn will hopefully keep the youngsters away from ISIS and alike.
At the end of the successful seminar, an expert panel consisting of representatives of: UTICA, CTNCI A and Hilfresh answered questions, this was followed by a Tunisian networking lunch.
In his welcome address, the Ambassador mentioned that he was looking forward to living and working in the Netherlands. He invited all NTCC Netherlands members to contact him if they had questions or suggestions.
NTCC Netherlands President Mrs. Edith Punt presented Mr. Ittiporn Boonpracong with a gift to welcome him to the Netherlands.
Following the speech, the ambassador mingled with the NTCC Netherlands members during the informal networking.
In his welcome Speech Ambassador Vusi Bruce Koloane spoke out against the recent xenophobic violence in his country. The Government of South-Africa has strongly condemned the attack. Koloane said South Africa belongs to all who reside in her. Furthermore, Ambassador Koloane looks forward to the perpetuation of the bilateral relationship between his country and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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The Lift-AGVs also represent the world’s first series of AGVs actually a container can lift and drop independently. The 54 Automated Rail-Mounted Gantry Cranes (ARMGs) positioning the container in the stacks without the intervention of employees. The energy of the terminal is powered by wind energy, making the terminal emits no CO2 emissions or pollutants. In addition, APM Terminals Maasvlakte II terminal considerably quieter than a conventional diesel-powered vehicles.
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II, built on land which is completely extracted from the North Sea, was designed as a multimodal hub for reducing truck traffic in favor of the barge and rail connections with the hinterland. Construction began in May 2012 and in December 2014 was the first commercial ship to the quay. Successful system tests have been completed to bring the first phase of APM Terminals Maasvlakte II in full operational status.
The terminal occupies 86 acres, has 1,000 meters of quay, rail facilities, and remotely operated eight Super Quay Cranes (SQCs) cranes, with an annual throughput of 2.7 million TEUs. All this equates to an investment of 500 million euros by APM Terminals. At full development, which is planned for the future, the terminal will cover 180 hectares and with a deep-sea quay of 2,800 meters long (19.65 meters / 64.5 feet depth). Annual throughput is 4.5 million TEUs. “The future of container handling at the terminal is safer, faster and bigger,” said Mr. Fejfer: “We are delighted that in future issues here today.”
The existing container terminal of APM Terminals on the first Maasvlakte, which will remain in service, handled 2.46 million TEUs in 2014 and was conducted by an independent study by the Journal of Commerce declared as the most productive container terminal in Europe for the first half of 2014 102 crane movements per hour.
photo: Bas Czerwinski. 
Madame Amel Azzouz, Secretary of State for Investment and International Cooperation, delivered an animated and convincing keynote address.
This is the second VNO NCW – Tunisia Seminar since 2012. Several developments have taken place since then. The Dutch Minister for Foreign Trade, Liliane Ploumen has visited Tunisia, that country is the pioneer of the Arab spring. An increase in investments is needed. Tunisian Trade Promotion Office Rotterdam is instrumental in facilitating investment. Entities such as FIPA and UTICA also have an important role to play in the process of facilitating investment.
In his address Mr. Tjerk Opmeer, Deputy Director International Enterprise Department, MFA. encouraged participants to interact. Opmeer mentioned that the relationship between the Netherlands and Tunisia is a longstanding one, it dates back to 1610 when a Dutch delegation visited Tunisia.
State Secretary Azzouz has recently attended a conference in Venice on “Exceptional Tunisia” Yes, Tunisia is exceptional says Azzouz since army, civil society and political elite dialogue and this has lead to a compromise. 70% of MP supports the stable government. Tunisia has an inflation rate of 4.5% and an unemployment rate of 15.5% of which 32% are young academics.
Tunisia has many assets of which a skilled and unskilled workforce and a healthy living and working environment are examples. Investment might be a solution to Tunisia’s challenges. A new code for investment is expected to be published mid May 2015 as well as the restructuring of public banks. Furthermore, in June 2015, FIPA will organize the Carthage Forum of Investment, which will hopefully attract investors.
According to the FIPA representative, Tunisia is a gateway to the Africa. Mr. Yacine Labib, lawyer. is waiting for the new investment code to be implemented. According to Labib, it takes only 72 hours to get a new business registered in Tunisia. Intervention by a lawyer is not mandatory but recommendable. Security? Investment might bring about security which in turn will hopefully keep the youngsters away from ISIS and alike.
At the end of the successful seminar, an expert panel consisting of representatives of: UTICA, CTNCI A and Hilfresh answered questions, this was followed by a Tunisian networking lunch.
