Investment Commission n°85: 15 projects approved for 10.8 billion dirhams
Investment Commission No. 85, meeting on Wednesday in Rabat, under the chairmanship of the Head of Government, Aziz Akhannouch, examined 17 draft agreements and amendments to agreements, and approved 15 of them for a total amount of 10.8 billion of dirhams (MMDH) allowing the creation of 2,907 direct and indirect jobs.
The investment projects examined are dominated by the telecommunications sector, with 5.7 billion dirhams, or nearly 53% of the overall projected amount, followed in second position by the industry sector, which totals nearly 3.2 billion dirhams. , indicates the Department of the Head of Government in a press release published at the end of this meeting.
Projects with national or mixed capital represent the major part of the planned investments with nearly 9.2 billion dirhams, adds the same source.
On this occasion, the Head of Government insisted on recalling the importance of investment, the main lever for economic recovery and an essential relay for creating jobs.
As such, the Government is fully mobilized in favor of the implementation of the structural reforms to be carried out in order to boost investment throughout the national territory, and this within the framework of the implementation of the High Instructions of its Majesty the King, relating to the Investment Charter.
During this fifth investment commission, Aziz Akhannouch also recalled the need to ensure efficiency in the examination of the projects examined by the Commission and to maintain, as since the beginning of the current mandate, a regular pace of meetings.
In this sense, he affirmed that the meetings of the Investments Committee are not only an opportunity to approve new agreements but also an opportunity to take stock of the progress of projects approved at previous meetings. and unblock any problems encountered during their implementation.
Since the beginning of the mandate, five Investment Commissions have been held and have allowed the approval of 46 draft agreements and amendments for a total amount of more than 33.4 billion dirhams and the creation of nearly 5,816 direct jobs and 8,475 indirect jobs.
These results confirm the positive trend of investments made in Morocco despite a difficult international situation. They are the fruit of the solid economic fundamentals of the Kingdom.
The meeting was attended by Abdelouafi Laftit, Minister of the Interior, Nizar Baraka, Minister of Equipment and Water, Khalid Ait Taleb, Minister of Health and Social Protection, Fatim Ezzahra El Mansouri, Minister of National Territorial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, Mohamed Sadiki, Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forests, Younes Sekkouri , Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Labor and Skills, Ryad Mezzour, Minister of Industry and Trade, Fatima Zahra Ammor, Minister of Tourism, Handicrafts and Social Economy and Solidarity, Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, and Mohcine Jazouli, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, Faouzi Lekjaa, Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget and Ghita Mezzour, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Digital Transition and Reform and Administration.
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