An agreement has been reached with professionals in the press sector to build a strong partnership with a view to developing a program responding to the immediate constraints of the sector and examining the means to deal with them in the long term, announced Friday in Rabat Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, Othman El Ferdaous.
It was also agreed to form a joint working group to deal with issues of interest to the sector, the minister told reporters following a meeting with press professionals to examine the issues related to the written and electronic press sector, including the constraints linked to the coronavirus pandemic.
During this meeting, which took place in the presence of the President of the National Association of Media and Publishers (ANME), Abdelmounaim Dilami, the President of the Moroccan Media Federation, Kamal Lahlou, journalist Ahmed Charai, as well as Fouzi Lekjaa, director of the budget at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, El Ferdaous noted that “the press sector needs a specific development model”.
For his part, Dilami said the meeting was “very positive” and was dedicated to the various problems of the sector, including the constraints related to the exceptional health conditions triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic as well as the structural issues in the media sector.
The coronavirus pandemic “has clearly shown the important and fundamental role” that the media play in society, because they contribute “with great efficiency and a high patriotic spirit to its cohesion”, especially since the sector continued to work during the three months of lockdown in very difficult conditions and without income or remuneration, he pointed.
Dilami added that “the sector suffers from structural problems and therefore needs structural solutions”, noting that it has been agreed in this regard to examine the means to strengthen and develop national media.
He added, in this regard, that it had also been agreed to urgently set up a commission that includes economic experts and others in charge of proposing appropriate solutions in this area, noting that “the State is aware of these issues and will take action on them, which will be announced today at the Parliament.”
add your comment
Terms of publication : Not to offend the writer, people, sacred things, or attack religions or the divine self, and refrain from racist incitement and insults.