mondher, did you want to respond to that? >> yes. thank you for making the point that's a very important point. now, there are like just like in the economy we're facing special circumstances today. we're not in a country sitting where we can have the luxury to plan and do everything at ease. we come out of the revolution with very specific short-term demands. and a long-term society project. have two tracks, a sustainable track and a short-term urgent track in education, we will have to do the same thing. there are students today who have degrees, and it's too late for us at least to think of programs such as you've been described. because these kinds of things start from the primary school, the secondary school. we have 500,000 students in the university system already. they'll be graduating soon. so our worry, to be frank with you, and to be practical, is to find ways to give them employability to try to improve their skills so that it meets the demands of the job market. now, we have in tunisia in our, of course, if you make a re

mondher. it's a very clear plan and you've laid it out very nicely. i'm sure many people will have specific questions they want to come back on. before we do that, i do want to turn to the other panelists. of course, jordan is not the same situation as tunisia both in terms of monday hof mondher't a government plan but also economically, tunisia has a bit more space for doing the kind of fiscal expansion because the initial debt levels were low, the budget deficit was quite small before the 2011, 2, 3% this year. jordan is in a slightly different place. so less space to do the kinds of things tunisia is doing for the short term, and yet, some of the same challenges that you are facing in terms of youth unemployment, in terms of the shock of high energy prices. so i wanted to get a sense from you now, nael, of how you see the kinds of policy package that you think would make sense from where you sit, which may be different from what the government is doing because obviously, you're not in a position to speak for them. >> okay, thank you. [ speaking for

so maybe i'll start where mondher on that. >> yes, the first question is easy to answer. infrastructure projects will be tendered through public tendering in a transparent fashion. whether you are a

i think it was music to my ears listening to starting with mondher and finishing with ali. in regards to the plan going forward. the revolution started not because of food and bread on the table. it started for dignity and freedom. my worry with a plan being a fantastic plan that's been put forward here of the pillars with objectives, the same thing with the way you're doing for the next 12, 13 months, what you want to do, i think you're going to have bread and food revolution coming to you if you think you're going to go through that and it's going to be done. i think as obama said last year, this is history in the making. it's the beginning of history. you are starting from zero. start from zero in a world where everybody's bankrupt, we have crisis from europe to united states and elsewhere in terms of financial crisis, economic crisis and even sovereign crisis and that perspective. you need to kick start the economies. the only way you're going to kick start these economies, you're not going to have stability coming just like that to come through like normal process thro

think we can get into specifics of that but if you could start with that i might start with you, mondher, if i could. >> sure. thank you very much for giving me the opportunity to lay down the economic policy of tunisia as we go forward. i would just like to take you back on the reasons for the revolution. there are two main slogans that were raised during the tunisian revolution which is liberty and dignity. so it is not the bread and food revolution. it's the revolution against dictatorship to regain freedom and dignity as well. which we need to keep that in mind. but there were also some socioeconomic problems that were, you know, developing in the society before the revolution. now the strategy fortune tune has been published just two days ago and i encourage all of you to go seek it on the web because the government presented its strategy on the, to the national constitutional assembly on monday as well as the complimentary budget for 2012 and there is a lot that can be learned from an official government document which is 120 pages with many details. basically let me brief but the

so maybe i start with mondher on that. >> the yes, the first question is easy to answer. infrastructure projects will be tendered through public tendering in a most transparent fashion. whether you are u.s., the french or saudi firm, you have exactly the same chances as any other firm. so u.s. firms are very much welcome. and many u.s. firms have already visited tunisia and we've been talking to them and exposing to them the different opportunities that do exist and they're welcome to tender. i think they have good chances to win. they don't need favorite treatment. they have good technology, good know-how and tunisia can benefit from that. the second question regarding education is a very important one. i talked about the program of on-the-job training which is one important program destinned to fix some of the problems we have of, with our education problem but you're right. one of the 13 projects, i said there are 13 structural reform projects is about education in general. education has been very important in tunisia. we have a high literacy rate. we have a good educa

this was music to my ears listening with mondher.he revolution started not because of food and bread on the table. it started for dignity and freedom. my worry, with a fantastic plan that has been put forward, the pillars, objectives, the same thing with the way you're doing with the next 12, 13 months, i think you are going to have bread and food revolution coming to you if you think you're going to go through that and it is gone to be done. as obama set last year, this is history in the making. you're starting from zero. to start from zero in a world where everybody is bankrupt, you have a crisis from europe to the united states and elsewhere in terms of the financial crisis, economic crisis, and even a sovereign crisis. you need to kickstart the economy sprit the only way you will do that -- you not have stability, like that. stability will not come through like normal process. it will be through sustainability. you need to create sustainability, which means immediate job creation. jobs, jobs, jobs. you need to create jobs in the