Industry: Royal Roadmap | L’Economiste

It is one of the main mechanisms for guaranteeing industrial and food sovereignty, among others. The revival of the industrial sector requires the deployment of a new generation of projects, in line with developments at the global level. The current difficult situation is crystallized in particular by the emergence of conflict zones, which has directly impacted supply chains at the global level, hence the importance for Morocco to position itself in order to conquer new market shares, in different sectors, but above all to guarantee industrial sovereignty. In the royal letter addressed to participants in the National Industry Day, held on Wednesday, March 29 in Casablanca, the Sovereign called on the “ national industry to further strengthen local production ”. In this letter read by Ryad Mezzour, the Minister of Industry, the Sovereign insisted on the importance of this approach for strengthening the country’s capacities to cope with external shocks, but also to further strengthen the competitiveness of the various sectors. The idea is to reduce import dependency. According to the royal letter, sovereignty is the goal, but also a means to achieve it.

In this new vision, the national industry is called upon to open up to new activities. One of the main challenges involves in particular the creation of jobs. To encourage this trend, the Sovereign insists on the importance of preparing highly skilled human resources. The King also emphasized the need to strengthen the adaptation of human capital training to the needs of industrial companies. This will involve public-private partnerships, particularly in the field of training. Other factors will also be decisive in the emergence of a new generation of industrial companies in Morocco. This involves in particular the need to support the development of infrastructure dedicated to R&D and innovation, in order to make it an engine of growth for the sectors. At the same time, the King called for accelerating the process of decarbonization of industrial activities, in addition to the development of energy capacities and the preservation of water resources. The idea is to make Morocco a model in terms of sustainable production. This will also help attract more investors interested in green ecosystems.

Mohamed Ali MRABI