Following talks with President Saied, BIAT undertakes to take measures and launch projects

The Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT), represented by the members of its Board of Directors, undertook to take measures and launch a number of national projects focusing on two sectors, namely, social commitment and national economy reboot. These measures and projects follow talks between President of the Republic Kaies Saied and member of BIAT's Board of Directors in charge of relations with public authorities Mohamed Agrebi, according to a bank's press release on Tuesday. As part of its social commitment, BIAT will undertake the complete restoration and renovation of the Belvédère municipal swimming pool and its annexes and the Ibn Khaldoun cultural centre in Tunis, and will also provide support to pupils and high school students selected by the relevant authorities in order to improve their schooling conditions. As far as banking and financial commitments are concerned, BIAT intends to set up a support system for the creation of communitarian companies, which consists of the following: To fi nance communitarian companies with an interest rate equal to the money market rate (TMM), organise workshops in all the governorates of Tunisia to study the specific needs of promoters of communitarian companies and the practical procedures of their support, in coordination with the relevant authorities. BIAT's banking experts will also be on hand in the various regions to assist promoters of communitarian companies with the financial arrangements needed to ensure the success of their projects. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse