This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication, Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, announced, Monday in Rabat, the generalization of “youth passport” services at the national level, during a ceremony in the presence of several ministers and personalities of the world of politics, culture and economics.
Bensaid indicated, in his speech during the ceremony to generalize the “Youth Passport” services, that “this project was launched three years ago in Rabat, and today (..) we are beginning an important phase of our commitment to Moroccan youth”, emphasizing that “the youth passport is not only a mechanism which allows… services, but a response to the expectations and aspirations of millions of young Moroccans, integrating them economically, unifying public policies at profit of youth and making them contributors to the development of Morocco and the development of its economy.
He continued that the “youth passport” has an economic impact through the services provided in a number of areas, notably the banking sector, because access to banking services through this passport will allow Moroccan youth to have a better economic life, improve the economic standard of living. of life, and the possibility of exploiting a certain number of opportunities, emphasizing that more Today, 250,000 young women and men are registered in the application, and a large number of them seek cultural services thanks to it , sports and entertainment.
The minister noted that “if these services existed in the cities of Rabat and Salé, today they have become available in all cities of the Kingdom, expanding access to culture, sport, transport, training , health and many other basic services thanks to an ideal partnership between the youth sector, regional councils, public institutions and the private sector.
Bensaid indicated that the objective is to reach 2.6 million young people by 2026, noting that this project targets 8.5 million young women and men, explaining that an experimental phase was developed in the cities of Rabat and Salé, which included three zones. : transport, culture and sports, and that “the results were good”.
He considered that the success achieved during the pilot phase is proof of mutual trust between young people and institutions, expressing the intention of the ministry to continue working with its partners to develop this passport and obtain more achievements.
The minister concluded by highlighting the continued development of this initiative according to the needs of young people from all regions of the Kingdom, adding that this step represents a new start towards the unification of efforts and equal opportunities for all youth. Moroccan, while supporting regional councils to promote the proximity of services and their adaptation to local particularities.
