Solar energy in Tunisia: vocational training for experts

A new education and vocational training programme is improving labour market opportunities and paving the way for the use of renewable energy. Ibtihel Boughami is optimistic about the future. The 26-year-old works for a photovoltaic company in the Tunisian city of Sousse. After majoring in physics and energy at university, she was unemployed for more than two years. Then, thanks to a training course to become a photovoltaic systems installer, she found a job and is now a project manager. Boughami says, ‘I’m really happy with my job and I…