The Ad-hoc Committee on the Development Model (CSMD) has identified a series of barriers behind the lack of momentum of development and the low profitability, said Wednesday in Rabat, president of the Committee Chakib Benmoussa.
Speaking at a press conference to present the Committee’s report, Benmoussa stressed that among these barriers is the lack of a comprehensive and long-term strategic vision, shared and assumed by public governance stakeholders.
The second barrier lies in the slow structural transformation of the economy hindered by the lack of openness to new innovative and competitive players, he said, noting that these obstacles are associated with uncompetitive costs of factors of production and an inefficient regulatory system, and to unoptimized economic incentive mechanisms.
The third obstacle involves the limited capacity of the public sector in the design and implementation of public policies and accessible and quality public services in areas essential to the daily life and welfare of citizens, Benmoussa explained.
Similarly, the continued existence of a culture of compliance rather than a culture of leadership and performance in the administration leads to de-motivation and discourages initiatives and generation of ideas and projects.
The fourth barrier stems from a feeling of insecurity and unpredictability that limits initiatives, due to a mismatch between some laws and social realities, a judiciary system that suffers from a lack of trust and strict bureaucracy, he noted.
The bureaucratic burdens, the complexity of administrative procedures, and the high number of required authorizations hinder the entrepreneurial dynamic, he added.
According to the CSMD President, these four barriers are also the result of cultural representations that enshrine monopoly as means of optimal management of development projects and consider that citizens, youth, private sector, and civil society are not sufficiently qualified to be stakeholders in the development.
To overcome these barriers and achieve a development momentum that meets society’s aspirations, the Committee advocates a new organizational philosophy, which lies in the complementarity between a strong state and a strong society, he said.
A State, bearer of a vision for the country and its citizens which ensures its implementation. And a State that guarantees the security, dignity, and freedoms of Moroccans, protects them from fragility and crises, and provides a framework for the deployment of all forces in the service of the country’s development and in favor of the common good and the general interest.
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