Moez
Souabni, President of the Tunisian Association
of Internet and Multimedia @TIM.
How would you define your Association?
@TIM is an association of New Media professionals
and amateurs who work for the promotion
of Internet and multimedia in Tunisia.
What best describes, in general
terms, the multimedia domains of activity
in which your members are active?
Our association members operate in various
multimedia fields of activity especially
in the development and production of multimedia
products and services. They are usually
heads of small and medium companies, IT
and Web professionals, students, New Media
journalists, etc.
What are, at the national level,
the Multimedia areas of activity your Association
has identified and is currently working
on?
- Initiating the Tunisian associative
world to all things Internet and multimedia
: organisation of training sessions and
other teaching programs.
- Bringing Internet and multimedia to
poor neighbourhoods: creation of four
free Internet centres in the city of Tunis.
Other centres are being completed in the
cities of Sfax and Sousse.
- Cooperation with the regional cultural
councils for the purpose of initiating
the large public, youth especially, of
the importance of Internet and multimedia.
- Organization of meetings and events
for the public (Internet Festival) and
professionals as well (International forum
on multimedia, digital archiving and document
storage and preservation, electronic signature).
If your Association is currently
developing business relationships with other
associations abroad, can you specify the
reasons and the strategies?
We are interested in establishing with foreign
multimedia associations an exchange of experiences
and in setting up partnership programs that
are of benefit to the members of both parties.
Strategically speaking, we seek to identify
fields of activity prone for partnerships,
define common projects and programs, share
responsibilities and act according to our
own resources.
Does your government play an important
role in developing the multimedia industry
in your country?
The Tunisian government is striving to develop
a strong and competitive multimedia industry.
However, bureaucracy and administrative
red tape are slowing somewhat the progress
of this promising industry. Overall though,
we are fairly satisfied of our achievements
so far and know that we can do better.
How is your Association responding
to the rapidly changing digital environment?
Thanks to our professional members, @TIM
is following the rapid evolution of the
digital world and we are quite conscious
of the need to always be on the lookout
and remain informed of the latest technological.
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