Trainer day rates in Tunisia: what to budget for a workshop or programme

NGOs, schools and companies often ask me the same thing before anything else: what does a trainer cost? Here is how trainer fees are usually set in Tunisia and in donor-funded programmes, what a fair day rate includes, and the reimbursement rule many Tunisian companies forget to use.

How trainers price their work

Almost everyone in this field prices by the training day, usually counted as 6 hours of delivery. Hourly rates exist, but organisers budget in days, and so do donors.

A half-day workshop is rarely half the price of a full day. Preparation, travel and the needs analysis take nearly as long for three hours as for six, so half-days typically cost 55 to 60% of a day rate.

What the market pays

From published calls for trainers, official fee scales and rate surveys in 2024 to 2026:

• Tunisian donor-funded programmes: recent calls from business and NGO programmes offered about 500 to 670 TND per day worked, often as a flat fee covering preparation and delivery.
• Junior and senior freelance trainers in Tunisia: roughly 300 to 400 TND a day early on, and 700 TND or more for senior consultants.
• European youth programmes: the Council of Europe's trainers pool, for example, pays junior trainers around €160 and senior trainers around €300 a day.
• International organisations: UN consultant scales run from about $190 a day for junior profiles to over $1,000 a day for senior experts.
• French corporate trainers: commonly €400 to €550 a day after a few years of experience.

The CNFCPP rule Tunisian companies should know

Companies that pay the training tax (TFP) can have in-house training reimbursed by the CNFCPP. Under its published rules, the reimbursement for an outside trainer is capped per training hour at a share of the minimum wage (SMIG), which in 2026 works out to roughly 110 TND an hour, or about 660 TND for a 6-hour day.

In practice, a day rate at or under that cap can cost the company close to nothing in the end. Check the current CNFCPP guide and the filing conditions before you budget, as the rules and the SMIG change over time.

What a fair day rate should include

When you compare quotes, check what each one covers:

• A needs analysis before the session is designed. Without it you are buying a generic workshop.
• Design time for activities and materials adapted to your group's level and language.
• Delivery, in the language your participants actually use.
• A written report after the session: what was done, what participants said, what to do next. Funders ask for it, and it is the only proof the training happened.
• Travel and accommodation, stated separately when the session is away from the trainer's city.

My own starting prices

• Half-day workshop: from 350 TND · €150
• Training day (multi-session programmes): from 500 TND · €200 / day
• Train-the-trainer: from 600 TND · €250 / day
• Keynote: from 400 TND · €300

The TND price is for organisations in Tunisia, the EUR price for programmes abroad. Every offer starts with a needs analysis and ends with a report, and you get a written quote first.

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