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HIBAPRESS-RABAT-MDPM
The Deputy Ministry to the Head of Government responsible for relations with Parliament presented this week to the seminar room of the Faculty of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences, Souissi, Rabat, two reports of the partnership between the State and associations for the 1920s2-2023, drawn up in coordination and cooperation with government sectors, public institutions and businesses.
Mustapha Baitas, Minister Delegate to the Prime Minister responsible for relations with Parliament and government spokesperson, praised the great experience accumulated by civil society associations thanks to their important contributions, alongside the State, in the implementation of various development projects in our country.
In his opening speech, the Minister recalled that the diagnoses carried out by the official and unofficial institutions highlight the importance of the funding for the success of the CSOs in the accomplishment of their roles of plea and development stipulated in the Constitution, stressing that the ministry took into account this question – on the basis of a precise scientific diagnosis and a comparative productive study – during the preparation and development of the strategy Civil society “Naseej” for the period 2022-2026.
Recognizing the importance of the access of associations to financing, the Minister announced that the Ministry will launch this year an important study in partnership with the European Union on alternative financing, aimed at diversifying the sources of financing for programs and projects of associations. The results of this study should bring added value to the field of support and financing of associations in order to strengthen their roles and contributions in various fields of society.
The two annual reports on the state of the partnership between the State and the associations aim to highlight the efforts made by the State to promote the constitutional roles of civil society associations and to underline the financial and in-kind subsidies granted by the government sectors, institutions and public enterprises to associations during the years 2022-2023, which are estimated at around thirteen (13) Dirhams, against twelve (12) billion dirhams in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
The ministry has recorded a significant growth rate of 23% of the total value of public subsidies to associations in 2019, 2020 and 2021 compared to previous years, and this growth rate increased by 10% in 2022 and 2023 compared to the last three years mentioned above, thus testifying to constant growth in the total value of the subsidies provided to associations, which reflects the will of the government of civil society in the process of global and sustainable development of our country.
The ministry prepared the 2022 and 2023 partnership reports in collaboration with: Thirty-Trois (33) government sectors, one hundred and forty-three (143) institutions and public enterprises, one (1) public establishment managed independently and a (1) private observatory account.
The ministry has unveiled a special application for the collection of data relating to partnership reports, taking advantage of the possibilities offered by the digital sphere to facilitate work, which will be adopted for the preparation of partnership reports for the coming years, especially since it can be developed and optimized, an achievement which reflects the high efficiency of the Moroccan public administration.
