This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press. Rabat
The High Council of Accounts issued four conclusions linked to the evaluation of public strategies, programs and projects, mainly concerned with the sectors of energy, the fight against illiteracy and administrative reform, as well as construction and preparation of Ministry of Justice facilities.
The Council’s annual report for 2023-2024 states that the National Energy Strategy Monitoring Mission concluded on the importance of improving governance and leadership in the energy sector, as well as accelerating the pace of implementation of a certain number of measures linked in particular to the legal framework and financing mechanisms, in order to achieve the desired objectives by 2030, in particular linked to renewable energies and energy efficiency.
He said the energy saving rate reached 5.8 percent, which is a percentage that remains far from the desired target of 20 percent by 2030. In addition, the reserve stocks of petroleum products have not reached the legal minimum specified in 60 days, such as gasoline. and gasoline stocks recorded… and butane gas, respectively, 32, 37 and 31 days.
To achieve this, the Council recommended working towards the development, approval and implementation of a national energy efficiency strategy, as well as the development of an incentive framework aimed at to encourage energy efficiency measures.
He also recommended developing a management framework for the energy sector based on contractual programs between the State, institutions and public project managers in the sector, while ensuring the optimal implementation of its provisions.
It also recommended to the competent ministry, with regard to the electricity sector, to accelerate the reform process by separating production, transmission and distribution activities, and to complete the publication of legal texts related to regulation of the sector, in particular those related to the creation of a governing body for the electricity sector. the electricity transmission network and organize its operation. He also recommended that the ministry complete the process of transferring renewable energy installations from the National Office of Electricity and Drinking Water to the “Mazen” agency.
The Council’s recommendations to the ministry also provide for the establishment of mechanisms for managing and monitoring the reserve stock of the hydrocarbon sector with the aim of mitigating the impact of price fluctuations on the international market and their repercussions on prices. in the national market, as well as the development of a strategy and an appropriate legal framework for the gas sector, in coordination with relevant parties, with the aim of developing a natural gas market that is transparent and attractive for investments .
Concerning the national strategy to combat illiteracy, the Council’s report notes that it has enabled a continuous increase in the number of beneficiaries of literacy programs, since the total number of those registered increased from 450,335 during the academic season. 2003-2004 at 946,883. during the 2021-2022 academic season, at an average annual growth rate of 4.2 percent. The cumulative number of beneficiaries exceeded 13.5 million beneficiaries during the period 2004 to 2022.
However, adds the report, the implementation of strategic plans and programs to combat illiteracy by the various stakeholders has not yet achieved the expected effect in eliminating this scourge, despite the total financial envelope which was mobilized for the benefit of the National Agency to Combat Illiteracy during the 2000s. for the period 2015-2023, which amounted to 2,971 million dirhams, because the illiteracy rate is still high among citizens aged over 15, since more than 9 million and 240 people were registered during the year 2021. A thousand people, i.e. a rate of illiteracy of about 34.2 percent, compared to 47.7 percent in 2004.
The Council recommended concluding a program contract between the State and the agency concerned in order to determine the strategic and quantitative objectives to be achieved according to an appropriate timetable, and to establish mechanisms to monitor the implementation of programs and projects planned and evaluate their results. and their impact on reducing the illiteracy rate.
He also recommended that the agency improve the effectiveness and efficiency of programs to combat illiteracy carried out in partnership with civil society organizations to strengthen their real impact on reducing the illiteracy rate, in particular by working on the classification of civil society organizations active in the field of combating illiteracy. and adopt standards and procedures that allow the selection of associations and cooperatives that have the seriousness and human resources, with the expertise and professional capacities necessary to provide teaching in the fight against illiteracy.
Regarding the simplification of administrative procedures and procedures, the Council recorded a set of observations which mainly concerned aspects related to the preparatory stages for the implementation of the workshops, governance mechanisms, leadership and management of the change within public administration, in addition to the results of practical work. application of the new rules governing administrative procedures.
The Council noted that the percentage of fully digitalized electronic services, which offer the possibility of carrying out all procedures electronically, does not exceed 23 percent of electronic services provided by public administration, which limits the desired impact .
In this section, it recommended adopting an integrated and comprehensive strategic framework for administrative simplification, based on a results-based approach, and establishing action plans to conduct, implement and monitor simplification projects. administrative procedures at the level of ministerial sectors, detailing the desired results. and link them to quantitative performance indicators and precise deadlines for effective mobilization of all public actors.
