Many analysts and experts confirm that one of the main reasons for the severe deterioration of Tunisia’s economy is its heavy bureaucracy along with the corruption that it is spread deep inside the country’s public administration. Bureaucracy kills a country and its economy by wasting citizens’ time without providing the requested services and/or documents, hampering investors’ projects and depriving the state of badly needed revenues.
The disturbing stereotype of a heavy bureaucracy is pervasive in Tunisia. Bureaucracy was inherited long time ago from the France’s colonial-era, and unfortunately, since then, the country did not undertake any clean-up of the obsolete laws and regulations.
Since its independence, none of the Tunisian governments took real actions to overcome and establish reform measures. This has built a deep, heavy bureaucracy, one that is a nightmare for the citizens and that has led to an investment-killing economy, depriving the state of much-needed revenues over decades now.
Fighting Bureaucracy & Rebuilding Trust in Administration
Not to talk about strategic projects in Tunisia, which even if they can be ready for implementation, they may still take years if not decades for approval by administrative authorities. The Tunisian administration is well-known for its lengthy administrative procedures. You can imagine that bureaucracy is definitely part of Tunisians daily life. It is a hassle that makes interacting with any of the public administrations such a nightmare.
Getting a new national ID, renewing a passport, or just any of the other gov.-issued documents might not be of an easy task. Speaking to anyone, most of Tunisians will share stories highlighting the bureaucratic difficulty of getting their documents processed.
That is when Idaraty.TN comes in. This innovative startup is set to fight bureaucracy and the complex administrative procedures, making administrative services more accessible and transparent. Idaraty.TN lists all the procedures and papers that are needed to process any of the gov.-issued documents. This would help save time and efforts for anyone dealing with the administration.
The startup is launched by Ahmed Zoughlami, an IT professional and serial Entrepreneur from Tunisia. Ahmed has been involved in several successful projects, and Idaraty.TN being is most recent startup.
My passions and interests in innovation encouraged me to discover several professional fields and develop the necessary skills and knowledge to implement the innovative ideas that will change the world of today and tomorrow.
Ahmed Zoghlami
Idaraty.TN cooperates with more than 3000 administrations across the country, and does provide more than 300 administrative procedures, free of charge. All of these efforts highly contribute to fighting bureaucracy in Tunisia and help rebuild trust in public administration.
- Facebook page of Idaraty.TN.
- Official website of Idaraty.TN.
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