HIBAPRESS – Ahmed Al-Musaed
The headquarters of the Regional Chamber of Handicrafts of the Oriental region in Oujda witnessed, on Tuesday, May 19th, a founding general assembly that resulted in the birth of the "Regional Crafts Authority for Photography, Printing, and Calligraphy Services in the Prefecture of Oujda-Angad". This important organizational step comes in implementation of the provisions of Law No. 50.17 concerning the practice of traditional crafts activities.
This meeting was marked by the presence of Mohamed Kaddouri, the President of the Regional Chamber of Handicrafts of the Oriental region, along with a representative of the Regional Directorate of Handicrafts of the Oriental region, and with the intensive participation of professionals and traditional artisans active in the fields of photography, printing, and Arabic calligraphy at the level of the prefecture of Oujda-Angad.
The establishment of this authority falls within the context of actively engaging in the orientations of the Secretariat of State in charge of Traditional Handicrafts, Social and Solidarity Economy, which aims to structure and organize various crafts and artistic and service professions. The Secretariat of State, headed by Lahcen Essaadi, places among its priorities accelerating the pace of implementing the social protection workshop and generalizing health coverage for traditional artisans, in addition to facilitating their access to the "National Register of Traditional Handicrafts" as a legal mechanism for recognizing their professions and valuing their expertise. The authority's goals also intersect with the ministry's strategy in the areas of digital transformation and modernizing production and marketing tools, which contributes to raising the economic competitiveness of small and medium-sized craft enterprises in the region.
In this regard, the president of the Chamber, Mohamed Kaddouri, emphasized the importance of this new professional organization that keeps pace with this national dynamic, stressing the Chamber's constant readiness to support the young authority, and that organizing artisans within legal frameworks is a fundamental entry point to benefit from support, accompaniment, and continuous training programs.
According to its basic system, the authority aspires to achieve a package of strategic goals: Professional organization: Effectively contributing to the organization of craft activities within the services of traditional crafts regionally; Continuous training: Organizing workshops and specialized training courses to develop the skills of artisans and improve their performance in the fields of administrative and financial management and product marketing techniques; Governance and management: Spreading the culture of entrepreneurial management, and strengthening good governance mechanisms among craft enterprises active in the sector.
The work of the founding general assembly was characterized by an atmosphere of responsibility and transparency, where the attendees agreed, after discussing and approving the basic law, on the formation of a managing board to lead the next stage, which came as follows: President: Allal Al-Mardi, First Vice-President: Fahim Al-Bayash; Second Vice-President: Ahmed Al-Musaed; Third Vice-President: Fakhr Eddin Al-Mardi; Secretary General: Baali Charaf Eddin; Deputy Secretary General: Hamid Bouleftah; Deputy Secretary General: Youssef Al-Mardi; Treasurer: Mounia Hadawi; Deputy Treasurer: Mohamed Al-Hajji; Consultants: Toufiq Braich, Rachid Rashdi.
It is expected from this authority, starting from its headquarters in the Chamber of Handicrafts of the Oriental region in Oujda, to form an official interlocutor and a strong communication channel between artisans and the supervisory authorities and partner institutions, and it seeks to implement an ambitious program that focuses on structuring the sector, protecting the rights of artisans, and enhancing the competitiveness and modernization of their services in line with the development challenges of the Oriental region.
