Tunisia
- Our office: Tunis
- Our areas of focus: media development, information disorder, sustainable agriculture and food security
- Our partners: The Met Office (UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
About our work
Tunis currently serves as our base for all our work across North Africa, including our work with El Kul in Libya, and work with public interest broadcasting in Algeria. Our current work in Tunisia itself includes collaborating with international partners, Tunisian government departments, and local broadcasters and producers to develop effective early warning media to assist Tunisian communities during wildfire seasons. In Tunisia we are also researching the flows of mis- and disinformation and the effectiveness of a range of cutting-edge responses to the problem.
Latest news from Tunisia
Past projects in Tunisia
Ija Inbox: by young Tunisians for young Tunisians
Ija Inbox (Come to the Inbox) was an interactive TV and social media project providing a platform for young Tunisians.
Sa'at Hissab encouraging public debate in Tunisia
From 2011-2013, this TV discussion show provided a valuable platform for debate and a training programme for journalists strengthened their editorial and production skills.
Support for public service TV in Tunisia
In the country where the Arab Spring began, this project involved media training for journalists and more.
Support for Tunisian TV in the 2014 elections
How BBC Media Action helped the Tunisian national broadcaster improve its newsroom productions and engage with people online before and during Tunisia’s first democratic presidential and parliamentary elections.
Our insight and impact
Use our research library
Research summary: Understanding Tunisian social media users’ experiences of, and reactions to, information disorder
We conducted research to better understand how Tunisian social media users engage with the information they encounter on social media, what drives trust in and sharing of this information, what steps people take to identify false and misleading information, and what factors may make various people more vulnerable to mis and dis- information.Research summary: Holding the government to account? What audiences want from the media in Tunisia
A research summary reporting on a survey on Tunisians' perception of the media and of its role in holding the government accountable.
Research summary: Supporting Public Service Broadcasting development in Tunisia - first year findings
A research summary presenting findings from the first year of supporting public service broadcasting development in Tunisia.
