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The president of the Rabat Community Council, Fatiha El Moudani, received today, Monday in Rome, the Mediterranean Prize for Excellence awarded by the Association of Mediterranean Journalists, in recognition of the city of Rabat’s commitment to of social and cultural integration.
The ceremony for presenting this new prize to the city of Rabat was marked by the presence of the deputy head of mission at the Moroccan embassy in Rome, in addition to personalities from the political, sporting, cultural, artistic and media worlds from all over the world. Mediterranean.
In her speech on this occasion, Ms. Al-Moudani highlighted that this coronation is in addition to a series of awards that highlight the importance of the Kingdom’s capital’s commitment to common development and sustainability, and the construction of a more equitable, more harmonious and more global society which places the citizen at the heart of its strategy and preserves its resources and its environment.
She added that this is a new cornerstone on the path to a global and sustainable future, thanks to the enlightened vision and high directives of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, who launched a number of structured initiatives and projects, including the integrated royal program. Rabat, the City of Lights, the Cultural Capital of Morocco.
Ms. Al-Mawdani added that this program contributed to instilling new social and economic dynamism, improving its attractiveness and strengthening its tourist character.
In this regard, she underlined that the city of Rabat has experienced, under the leadership of His Majesty the King, a transformation embodied by its commitment to a green, inclusive and resilient urban environment.
Ms. Al-Moudani explained that the Mediterranean Prize for Excellence “is the result of close strategic cooperation between the city of Rabat, on the one hand, and the State of the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra region, the main sectors ministerial, the private sector, in particular local development companies, and all actors of civil society, on the other hand.
The president of the Rabat Community Council indicated that these different actors “are working to make the green capital more welcoming, more respectful of the environment and more flexible, a city that leaves no one or no place behind”, adding that this coronation constitutes an incentive to continue. in the same spirit and continue collective efforts to build a society in which people feel… Valuing everyone and developing projects in which culture is accessible to all.
It should be noted that the city of Rabat had already won the honorary prize from the United Nations Housing Program for its innovative program, and was chosen by UNESCO as World Book Capital for the year 2026.
