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<p>The UK is providing support to the Tunisian government to promote economic stability
and to provide support for security. Both through the EU and bilaterally: (a) EU programmes
in Tunisia (€169m in 2014), to which the UK contributes as a Member State, promote
stability by supporting economic growth and development of civil society and political
institutions. The EU, together with the IMF and World Bank, lead on economic policy
dialogue and provide technical assistance for reforms, which will also promote long
term stability. A €300m EU macro-financial assistance loan to support economic stability
was approved in March 2014. The UK funded an expert to lead a €3m comprehensive EU
review of the needs for security sector reform in 2013. The review was approved by
Tunisia in May 2014; programmes should launch in 2015. (b) Bilateral UK-Tunisia security
cooperation has increased hugely since the revolution. This includes work on security
sector reform to build capacity to counter threats; crisis response; security in tourist
areas; and border security.</p>
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