Federal Government grant backs Tunisia’s efforts to build stable democracy

The Australian Government has backed a call by the Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation to support democratisation efforts in Tunisia.

The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and the Council for Arab Australian Relations (CAAR) have given an Institute team led by Professor Fethi Mansouri a $50,000 grant which will use Australian experience as well as lessons from Indonesia’s path to democracy to support Tunisia’s efforts towards stable democracy.

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