Main Dates of Ad-hoc Committee for Development Model since Its Setting up

Here are the main dates of the Ad-hoc Committee for the Development Model (CSMD) since its setting up:

Genesis:

October 13, 2017: Speech by His Majesty King Mohammed VI calling for reflection on a New Development Model

October 2017-July 2019: The lifeblood of the Nation contributes to the national debate. Many proposals submitted by political actors, economic experts, civil society.

July 29, 2019: HM King Mohammed VI announces that an Ad-hoc Committee for the Development Model will be set up at the beginning of the next year.

November 19, 2019: HM King Mohammed VI appoints Chakib Benmoussa as president of the CMSD.

December 12, 2019: HM King Mohammed VI appoints the 35 members of the CSMD.

December 16, 2019: First working meeting of the CSMD held at the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco.

Chronology of the committee’s work:

Listening sessions and hearings:

January 02, 2020: Beginning of listening sessions and hearings with the Justice and Development Party, the Socialist Union of Popular Forces and the Istiqlal Party.

January 03, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the democratic and social movement and the Moroccan labor union.

January 04, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the General Union of Workers of Morocco and the Democratic Confederation of Labor.

January 07, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Constitutional Union, the Party for Progress and Socialism, the popular movement and the Moroccan association of presidents.

January 08, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the National Rally of Independents, the Democratic Federation of Labor, the Association of Regions of Morocco and the Authenticity and Modernity Party.

January 09, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Federation of Craft Chambers, the Green Left Party, the Unity and Democracy Party, the Democratic Organization of Labor, the Al Ahd Addimoqrati Party, the shura and istiqlal party, the development reform party, the environment and sustainable development party, the citizen forces party and the renaissance and virtue party.

January 11, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Democratic Society Party, Al Amal Party, Annahda Party, Action Party, Freedom and Social Justice Party, the New Democrats Party, the social center party, the party of the front of democratic forces and the Moroccan union for democracy.

January 17, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the National Authority for Integrity, Prevention and the Fight against Corruption.

January 21, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Federation of Moroccan Chambers of Commerce, Industry and Services.

January 23, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with Bank Al-Maghrib and the competition council.

January 28, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the National Human Rights Council.

January 30, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the professional grouping of Moroccan banks.

February 05, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the High Authority for Audiovisual Communication, the National Press Council and the Moroccan Employers’ Body (CGEM).

February 13, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Moroccan Ombudsman institution.

February 25, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with Moroccan human rights associations.

February 26, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Moroccan Confederation of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Moroccan Association for Exports.

March 12, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the national human rights body.

April 24, 2020: youth: development of young people: meeting with Mohammed Dardouri, Wali of INDH.

May 21, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with the Association of Engineers of the Mohammedia School.

May 22-23, 2020: Hearing with high school students following the call for contributions.

May 29 and 31, 2020: Hearing of high school students following the call for contributions.

June 30, 2020: Hearing of university students (regionalization and governance/humans and development/Climate change and natural resources).

July 1, 2020: Hearing of university students (education, training and employability/innovation and digitization/economy and competitiveness).

July 17, 2020: listening sessions and hearings with Anis Birou, former minister in charge of Moroccans living abroad and migration affairs (2013-2017).

August 06, 2020: Meeting with M’hamed Abdennabaoui president of the public prosecution.

August 27, 2020: Meeting with Khalid Benomar, former director of the northern development agency.

September 10, 2020: Meeting on cannabis (farmers, civil society users).

September 21, 2020: Covid-19 crisis: listening sessions and hearings with the Justice and Development Party.

September 22, 2020: Covid-19 crisis: listening sessions and hearings with the socialist union of popular forces.

September 25, 2020: Meeting on logistics competitiveness with Mohammed Yousfi, CEO of the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Logistics.

September 30, 2020: Education program with Rahma Bourqia, director of the national evaluation body at the Higher Council for Education, Training and Scientific Research.

October 16, 2020: Listening sessions and hearings with the diplomatic foundation.

November 05, 2020: Meeting with the Moroccan Association of Young Parliamentarians.

November 13, 2020: Development meeting in Malaysia with Dr Tengku Mohd Azzman Shariffadeen, Senior Fellow of the Academy of Sciences, Malaysia, Chairman of the Board of Directors at the University of Malaya.

November 17, 2020: Meeting with Mohammed Achargui, former president of the Constitutional Council.

November 25, 2020: Meeting with Abdallah Saaf, former Minister of National Education.

November 26, 2020: Hearing with the PAM on the covid-19 crisis.

November 27, 2020: Meeting with the National Order of Public Accountants of the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

December 02, 2020: Meeting with Anouar Benazzouz, Director General of the National Highway Company of Morocco.

January 10, 2021: Listening sessions and hearings with the federations of the chambers of handicraft, the federations of the chambers of agriculture and the federations of the chambers of fisheries.

March 24, 2021: Decriminalization of cannabis with Jonathan Caulkins

March 24, 2021: Listening sessions and hearings with the Digital Development Agency (ADD)

April 17, 2021: “macroeconomic framework”, with representatives of the Ministry of Economy and Finance

April 22, 2021: Listening sessions and hearings with ACAPS (social protection)

Progress report issued on July 19, 2020:

180 sessions were organized

1,200 people were met and 6,200 contributions were collected (written correspondence, digital messages, citizen meetings, student contributions, student projects and accredited conferences).