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The general census of the population and housing (RGPH-2024) comes at the right time with the evolution that Morocco is experiencing, which has shown remarkable resilience, said the High Commissioner for Planning, Ahmed Lahlimi Alami.
“In accordance with the High Royal Guidelines, Morocco, resolutely committed to building a social state, has put in place a relevant strategic plan for the consolidation, over time, of its development model and its brand image on the regional and international levels,” said Mr. Lahlimi.
He noted that the RGPH, due to its exhaustive nature, constitutes one of the essential components capable of shedding light on the situation of the country in the different areas, particularly in relation to social progress and the living conditions of the population.
Mr. Lahlimi recalled that Morocco has experienced, over the last 25 years, a proactive policy of investments of around a third of its national wealth in economic infrastructure and human development, accompanied by reforms that have given its development model the structural springs and the level of speed acquired at the origin of its resilience.
“The prospective reading of the evolution of Morocco, internally and externally, and the Royal vision which traces its path, allows us to think that by the eighth RGPH a new Morocco will emerge at this deadline, strong in its assets, supported by its historical density and driven by the dynamics of its youth,” he argued.
Furthermore, Mr. Lahlimi recalled that the RGPH is the only national statistical operation which provides information on the situation of each individual residing in the Kingdom.
In this regard, the High Commissioner for Planning announced that the preparatory cartographic work for the implementation of the RGPH-2024 will allow a georeferenced representation of census data on the human, economic, social and geographical dimensions.
This involves, he continued, providing the State, local authorities, investors, academic researchers and all those concerned with the information necessary to inform and evaluate public policies and plan the needs of the population and those of the investments to be made at all levels.
Mr. Lahlimi, in the same context, indicated that the HCP carried out, for this 7th census, two maps, the first of which concerns constructions with the aim of guaranteeing exhaustive coverage of households, without omission or double counting, regardless of the location of their housing, in the mountains, in the plains, in urban or rural areas.
Regarding the second mapping, it concerns economic and socio-cultural establishments (mosques, cultural centres, etc.), municipal facilities (public administrations, schools, hospitals, etc.), associative establishments (associations, unions, etc.) and weekly souks, he specified. And to support: “This operation was carried out using a mobile geographic information system (mobile GIS) coupled with very high resolution satellite images whose results, after their publication, will allow users to produce, via a dedicated platform, dynamic and interactive maps, illustrating detailed information on the structure of the population and the characteristics of the different economic activities at the territorial level, while respecting the laws governing statistical confidentiality.” Emphasizing the importance of training the human resources as a decisive factor in the success of the RGPH, Mr. Lahlimi indicated that the HCP has set up a computerized system for selecting the profiles best suited to the function of investigators, controllers and supervisors who will constitute the human resources of the 2024 census.
According to him, out of the 500,000 applications received, 55,000 candidates were selected after several selection phases. The latter were then summoned to follow a face-to-face training, supervised by the provincial supervisors of the HCP, in order to consolidate their acquired skills through practice.
