HIBAPRESS – Ahmed Al-Musaed
The city of Saidia will host the activities of the Third Regional Forum of the Socialist Youth of the Oriental Region from November 27 to 30, under the slogan "What place for youth in public policies… the Oriental region as a model," highlighting the major challenges facing the youth of the region and ways to effectively integrate them into the formulation and implementation of public policies.
According to a statement by Abdel Rahim Benali, the director of the forum, to the HIBAPRESS website, the organization of this event comes in a context characterized by major challenges facing the youth in the Oriental region, making it an urgent necessity to develop visions and solutions for the structural problems hindering the region's development. He also added, and it comes in a regional context characterized by the exacerbation of a set of structural challenges that weigh heavily on the youth of the Oriental region. Foremost among these challenges are the high rates of unemployment and poverty, in addition to the poor quality of health and educational services. The forum, according to the organizing body, is a necessary platform to shed serious light on these burning issues and to explore mechanisms and ways of effective advocacy to ensure a decent place for youth within public and sectoral policies. The Socialist Youth emphasizes the need for these policies to take into account the principles of spatial and social justice to ensure fair benefits for all young people in the various provinces of the region. The forum will witness the wide participation of a number of prominent political, economic and social figures, along with representatives of the Socialist Youth at both the national and regional levels, Younes Seraj: Secretary General of the Socialist Youth, Yasmine Zaki: Member of the National Office of the Socialist Youth, a lawyer at the Casablanca Bar, Abu Bakr Al-Jamai: a Moroccan journalist and human rights activist, Mustafa Benchrif: a lawyer at the Oujda Bar and a visiting professor at Mohammed I University in Oujda, Abdelaziz Aftati: a university professor, a former parliamentarian and a former member of the General Secretariat of the Justice and Development Party, Ismail Al-Hamraoui: Regional Director of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Youth Sector in the Fes-Meknes region), and a member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism, Salima Faraji: a lawyer at the Oujda Bar, Fatima Zahra Bersat: a former parliamentarian and a member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism, Youssef Al-Kouari: a member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism and a university professor, Mourad Zibouh: a lawyer at the Oujda Bar, Karim Al-Taj: a member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism, Malki Issa: President of the Federation of Partnership between the Public and Private Sectors Morocco-Africa, Khalid Azzouzi: Regional Secretary of the Party of Progress and Socialism, Khadija Al-Baz: a member of the Political Bureau of the Party of Progress and Socialism, which promises to enrich the discussion and come up with practical recommendations. The axes of the forum are also distributed across a group of essential topics that touch on the core issues of youth: the place of youth in public policies; the role of youth in economic development; the participation of youth in political and social life; improving public policies for the benefit of youth; spatial and social justice; and youth protest movements. In addition to intellectual seminars, the forum's program will include specialized training and mentoring workshops, aimed at building the capabilities of the youth participating in various national and regional issues. The forum will also witness the organization of interactive sessions dedicated to exploring ways to promote youth political work. Preparing a "demands file" of advocacy specifically for the issues of the youth of the Oriental region is one of the most prominent goals that the Socialist Youth seeks to achieve through this regional gathering. The activities of the Third Regional Forum officially begin on Friday, November 28, 2025, at four in the afternoon (16:00), at the Youth Camp headquarters in Saidia.
