The turnover of public establishments is expected to reach 345 billion dirhams in 2024.

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:

Heba Press. Rabat

The Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fattah, declared today Monday in the House of Representatives that the turnover of public establishments and entrepreneurs should reach 345 billion dirhams by the end of 2024, i.e. an increase of 4% compared to the year 2023.

In her response to questions asked within the framework of the thematic unit during the oral question session on “The reform of public institutions and the subcontracting sector”, the minister affirmed that the sector “has experienced a turning point history in terms of strategic leadership, management and governance”. , through the launch of a public sector reform to address the structural imbalances experienced by the institutions, achieving the greatest degree of integration and harmony in their tasks and increasing their economic and social efficiency.

Regarding the public portfolio, the minister recorded that it is made up of 271 public companies and institutions, distributed between 228 institutions and 43 companies, in addition to public institutions and companies that have subsidiaries or public contributions, in total 525.

According to the minister, these institutions are distributed between the social sector (24 percent), the housing sector (16 percent), agriculture (15 percent), energy and minerals (12 percent), infrastructure (5 percent) and the transport sector. (5 percent)

Regarding the project to reform public institutions and enterprises, Ms. Fattah explained that its axes were determined through a certain number of legal texts, noting the publication of seven legal texts relating to governance and independent representatives in deliberative bodies, as well as ten additional texts under preparation.

Among these texts, underlines the minister, are three bills relating to “the reform of governance and financial control of institutions”, “the establishment of a new privatization system” and “the creation of the Central Authority liquidation of institutions”.

The minister mentioned a certain number of programs linked mainly to the structuring and development of the health sector through the creation of territorial health groups, in addition to reforms in the water and electricity distribution sector, through the creation of 12 regional companies, “of which 4 are currently in operation, while the creation of the other eight companies will soon be completed”, in addition to the dissolution of 12 independent distribution agencies and the merger of 12 regional directorates.

In the area of ​​reconstruction, the minister said that Law 23.64 establishing regional reconstruction agencies aims to regroup and merge urban agencies and 12 regional reconstruction agencies, adding, with regard to the revision of the liquidation system, that 81 institutions must be liquidated in the next stage.

The government official stressed the importance of formulating a vision that keeps pace with public policies, paving the way for certain public institutions and companies to move to the private sector “if it is not necessary to maintain their presence in the sector public”, and to work to mobilize human resources capable of implementing the government’s strategy and preserving Morocco’s regional leadership.