Support Program for Improving Performance of Communes in Morocco: Marrakech Obtains Excellence Grant

An excellence grant based on performance will be awarded to the commune of Marrakech as part of the Support Program for improving the performance of communes in Morocco in recognition of its efforts in the area of ​​strengthening governance and improving the services provided to citizens and users.

The financial share of the commune of Marrakech of this exceptional grant, awarded within the framework of this program carried out in partnership between the General Directorate of Local Authorities (DGCL), the World Bank and the French Development Agency (AFD), amounts to 936 million centimes.

Regarding the communes ranked first in terms of financial share, Casablanca comes first with 1.2 billion centimes, followed by Fez (1.1 billion centimes), Tangier (950 million centimes), Marrakech (936 million centimes), Salé (800 million centimes), Meknes (600 million centimes), Tetouan (450 million centimes) and Agadir (457 million centimes).

The 103 municipalities targeted by this program obtained their financial share of the subsidy according to the indicators’ achievement rate.

The Program adopts several criteria for granting subsidies, in particular indicators and standards relating to the performance of communes at the level of administrative and financial management and at the level of the implementation of good governance and good management mechanisms, the promotion of the principles of transparency and equality in getting access to social services, the promotion of the culture of proximity and openness and interaction with all components of the city’s socio-economic fabric.

Scheduled over a period of 5 years (2019-2023), this program aims to foster good governance in communes in order to improve services for citizens and businesses.

It targets 103 communes representing more than 85% of the country’s urban population and nearly 55% of its total population.