This article was automatically translated from HIBAPRESS, the Arabic version:
This article was automatically translated from Hibapress, the Arabic version:
Heba Press
The Tanger-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima region was launched today, on Friday, the “Citizen budget” initiative, which is a tool aimed at simplifying complex financial statements and devoting citizens to obtain information and to encourage their participation in public life.
The “citizen budget” is the framework of the efforts of the Tanger-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima Council for its commitment to transparency, participation and innovation of citizenship in public management, and it is the framework of the program Open government partnership.
The citizen budget was designed to be a transparent tool that facilitates understanding of public finances for citizens, using simple and clear language, interactive graphic costs, realistic examples which explain how public funds are used in the main sectors such as infrastructure, environment and local development, as shows the priorities of the regional budget and provides a clear vision of projects and initiatives that it is funded by the Council of the entity.
The head of the council of the entity, Omar Moro, underlined in a speech on his behalf by the way in which the “citizens’ budget” is not only a financial document, but rather a communication tool aimed at bringing citizens closer Institutions and to strengthen public management self -confidence, considering that this is an “important step towards a more complete democracy and a participant who allows citizens to understand financial challenges and active participation in decision -making and strengthen a bridge confidence between institutions and citizens.
He added that the launch of this budget embodies the commitment of the council of the entity to the principles of open government partnership, that is to say the transparency, responsibility and participation of citizenship, expressing hope That this initiative will constitute a “qualitative step” to bring citizens closer to institutions and strengthen their confidence in the regional administration.
He continued that the citizen’s budget also reflects the commitment of the entity’s council to open and participative governance, in accordance with the vision of His Majesty, King Mohammed VI, aimed at strengthening democracy and participatory transparency, considering that this is an advanced step towards the realization of achieving the realization of achieving the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the realization of the Realization of the realization of the realization of sustainable development and build a more transparent, fair and prosperous party, where the citizen is the main axis of each project and politicians.
For his part, the vice-chairman of the entity’s council, Rafik Belkurashi, stressed that this event is the framework for the implementation of the board work program during the period 2024-2026, and indicates the will of the entity to improve transparency and the participation of citizenship in the preparation of public policies.
Rafik Belkurashi added, in a declaration to the Arab news agency Maghreb, that the Tangier-Tétouan-Al-Hoceima council is considered the first institution in Africa and the Middle East to engage in this initiative.
The meeting took place in the presence of the members of the council of the entity and representatives of the Regional Tax Directorate, the General Directorate of Territorial Communities, Advisory Board of the Council of the Council, representatives of external interests and the company civil.
It should be noted that the Tanger-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima Council joined in October 2020 on the local program for the Open Government Partnership Initiative, thus becoming the Tangier-Tetouan-Al-Hoceima region , the first part of the part of the Middle East region and North Africa (MINA), to join this international initiative.
