FAST

FAST – Femme accélération pour les Startups et TPE

Name of responsible organization: The Deposit and Consignment Fund with technical assiatcne of Expertise France

Website: https://projet-fast.tn/

Tunisia – NATIONAL OR LOCAL

Starting year 2021 – End Year 2024

FAST project is implemented within the framework of JET initiative (Youth, Entrepreneurship, and digital in Tunisia) and targets initiatives supporting entrepreneurship, in line with the need of the sectors in order to contribute to fight against unemployment and in order to inject dynamism in women entrepreneurship.

What kind of activity does this measure finance?

Creation of new businesses	Yes
Strengthening of existing businesses	Yes
Specific investments – specify type (i.e. innovation, research, environmental transition, hiring, internationalization, purchase of goods)	No
Training activities	Yes
Other (specify)

What type of financing is it?

Low-interest loan (indicate the repayment time and, if present, the requirement for collateral)
Non-repayable grant (indicate the percentage of non-repayable fund)	Yes
Tax credit	No
Other (specify)	No

How does the activation of the measure work?

One-stop means
Call with closing date	X

Financial entity of the measure (indicate the resources allocated)

Overall amount	5.5 million EUR
% facilitation for each recipient	No standard %
Minimum amount that can be financed	n/a
Maximum amount that can be financed	10.000 EUR
Origin of financial resources (European, State, Regional authority, Municipal authority, other)	AFD (French Development Agency)

Type of funded social structure (indicate if belonging to a specific category is required in order, to access the measure)

	Female	Over 50	Unemployed (specify any type)	Disadvantaged groups (specify type)	Youth (specify age range)	Other (specify)
Individual	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Company	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Does the measure provide for accompaniment and training or only financial support?

Financial support + accompaniment/training	X
Only Financial support

How many initiatives have been financed in the last 3 years and for what economic amount?

Number of initiatives 18

Total economic amount 4,8 Million EUR