For the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) in Tunisia, JAA designed a small-medium enterprise development program, specifically focused on growth-focused, export-oriented, and value-added enterprises that were owned and/or led by Tunisian women. 

Under this design activity, linked to Tunisia’s Startup Act, JAA designed and lobbied for gender-sensitive business enabling environment reforms that would remove obstacles for innovative Tunisian women-owned businesses to expand their markets. JAA assisted Tunisian stakeholder groups and the government to pursue potential regulatory reforms that covered e-commerce.  JAA also explored opportunities that will allow small Tunisian business to subcontract or provide services to the Tunisian government, including a sizable gender component for women-owned businesses.

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Duration: 2019 - 2020