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Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet (Arabic: الرباعي التونسي للحوار الوطني‎, French: ''Quartet du dialogue national'') is a group of four civil society organizations that were central mediators in the effort to conso ...

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representing

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and

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sectors. On October 9, 2015, the National Dialogue Quartet, comprising UTICA, the

Tunisian General Labour Union The Tunisian General Labour Union (french: Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail, ''UGTT''. ar, الاتحاد العام التونسي للشغل) is a national trade union center in Tunisia. It has a membership of more than one million and wa ...

, the

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and the

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, was announced as the laureate of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize "for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic

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in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011".

Organization

Formed in 1947, UTICA represents nearly 150,000 private companies in Tunisia from all sectors, with the exceptions of

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, banking, and financial sectors. Most of these companies consists of

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. The confederation has more than 25,000 union officials. Led by special committees, it supports, coordinates and mobilizes its members in regional and professional structures. It constitutes an important player integration and economic development, while supporting the activities and business development both regionally and in national and international markets. The structural organization of UTICA gives it both a sectoral representativeness, through the federations and national trade associations but also geographic proximity, thanks to regional and local unions. 17 sector federations, 24 regional unions, 216 local unions, trade associations and 370 national trade associations and 1700 regional trade union rooms allow the organization to cover all economic sectors of the country.

Presidents

* Mohamed Chamem: January 1947–April 1948 * Mohamed Ben Abdelkader: April 1948–October 1960 *

Ferjani Bel Haj Ammar Ferjani Bel Haj Ammar ( ar, الفرجاني بالحاج عمار) (5 January 1916 – 2000) was a Tunisian trade unionist and politician. He was the Minister of the Economy before becoming President of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry ...

: October 1960–July 1988 * Hédi Djilani: July 1988–January 2011 * Mohamed Ben Sedrine (General Coordinator): January–March 2011 * Hammadi Ben Sedrine: March–May 2011 *

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: May 2011 Hedi Jilani is the stepfather of Belhassen Trabelsi, brother of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, (1987–2011) and Sofiane Ben Ali, nephew of the latter and son of his brother Habib. He resigned in the wake of the

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References

External links

* {{Authority control Employers' organizations Organisations based in Tunisia