Moroccan King Mohammed VI presided over a ministerial council at the Royal Palace in Rabat this Wednesday, devoted to ratifying two draft legal frameworks, a draft law, two draft decrees, and a set of international agreements.
Accompanied by Crown Prince Moulay El Hassan, the King chaired a Council of Ministers during which he proceeded to the adoption of a number of key legislations, according to a statement.
At the beginning of the Council’s work, the Minister of Health and Social Protection presented to the King a draft framework law relating to the national health system, which was drawn up for the revision of the health system so that it is up to the task of generalizing social protection ordered by the Sovereign.
This reform project is based on four fundamental pillars:
First pillar: adoption of good governance aimed at strengthening the mechanisms for regulating the actions of the players and consolidating hospital governance and territorial planning of the health care offered at all levels:
– Strategic: through the creation of a High Authority for Health, an Agency for Medicines and Health Products, and an Agency for Blood and Blood Products.
– Central: through the revision of the missions, functions, and organization of the central administration.
– Territorial: through the creation of territorial health groups, which will be mainly responsible for the development and implementation of the national regional program and the strengthening of cooperation and partnership mechanisms between the public and private sectors.
Second pillar: development of human resources, in particular through the drafting of the law on the public health service, with a view to motivating human capital in the public sector, reducing the current shortage of human resources, reforming the training system, in addition to opening up to foreign medical expertise and encouraging Moroccan medical executives living abroad to return to practice in their country.
Third pillar: upgrading the health care system in order to meet the expectations of Moroccans in terms of facilitating access to medical services, improving their quality, and ensuring the equitable distribution of hospital services throughout the country by rehabilitating primary health care structures, upgrading hospitals, and introducing the obligation to respect the health care pathway, in addition to creating a system of accreditation for health care institutions.
The fourth pillar concerns the digitalization of the health system, through the establishment of an integrated computer system for the collection, processing, and use of the main information relating to the health system.
Thereafter, the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Investment, Convergence, and Evaluation of Public Policies made a presentation on the draft framework law forming the Investment Charter in which he stressed that this project is in implementation of the High Royal Directions to provide Morocco with a competitive Investment Charter.
This project aims to improve the impact of investment, particularly in terms of creating permanent employment opportunities and reducing disparities between provinces and prefectures in terms of investment attractiveness.
It also aims to direct investment towards productive sectors with high added value, to achieve sustainable development, in addition to strengthening the attractiveness of the Kingdom to make it a continental and international pole in the field of foreign direct investment (FDI), improving the business climate, facilitating the operation of investing and increasing the contribution of domestic and foreign private investment.
In order to achieve these objectives, a support mechanism dedicated to strategic projects and three specific support mechanisms for the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and Moroccan companies that plan to develop their capacities internationally have been put in place.
The Minister said that the government has also adopted a series of parallel measures to accelerate the work relating to the simplification and digitization of procedures, facilitating access to land, improving governance, and strengthening the involvement of the private and banking sectors in the field of investment.
The Council of Ministers adopted these two projects: The draft framework law on the national health system and the draft framework law on the Investment Charter.
The Council also adopted successively a draft law and two draft decrees:
The draft law on firearms, their parts, components, accessories, and ammunition. This text aims to modernize and improve the legal arsenal relating to firearms for civilian use so that it accompanies the social and technological changes, and this through the establishment of a national electronic register of firearms, and the organization and control of operations of sale and possession of various firearms. The text also provides for provisions governing the introduction and exit of these weapons from the national territory.
The draft decree on the control of the export and import of dual-use goods, both civilian and military, and related services. This text determines the representatives of the Administration within the Special Commission of these goods and the modalities of granting, modifying, suspending, and withdrawing the licenses of their export and import, as well as the conditions and the modalities of designation of the agents entitled to identify the infringements of the provisions of the law relating to these goods.
The draft decree supplemented the decree on the status of military attachés, their deputies, and other military personnel assigned to them. This text aims to create the position of Military Attaché to the Embassies of the Kingdom in India and Turkey.
As part of strengthening cooperation networks and partnerships linking Morocco to many sisterly countries and friends and the diversification of their fields, the Council of Ministers approved sixteen international conventions, including nine bilateral and seven multilateral.
The bilateral conventions concern the African space in the fields of transport, logistics, encouragement and protection of investments, the space of the Gulf and the Middle East in the fields of economic cooperation, trade, tourism, and business, and the European space in the fields of education and Moroccan workers abroad, as well as the Asian space in the air services sector.
Regarding international conventions, three of them concern the creation of the headquarters of the Pan-African Youth Union in Morocco, the recognition of higher education diplomas and their levels in African countries, and the creation of an African Technical Cooperation Program.
The remaining conventions concern the accession to the Council of Europe Convention on the manipulation of sports competitions, the establishment of the International Foundation for Maritime Aids, the payment of alimony abroad for the benefit of children and families, and the protection of workers from occupational hazards.
And in accordance with the provisions of Article 49 of the Constitution and on the proposal of the Head of Government:
– And on the initiative of the Minister of Economy and Finance, His Majesty the King has kindly appointed
Mr. Khalid Safir, Director General of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion;
Mr. Abdellatif Zaghnoun, Director General of the National Agency for the Strategic Management of State Holdings and the Monitoring of the Performance of Public Establishments and Enterprises.
– And at the initiative of the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fishing, Rural Development and Water and Forests, His Majesty the King has appointed:
Mr. Nourreddine Boutayeb, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Crédit Agricole du Maroc;
Mr. Abderrahim Houmy, Director General of the National Agency for Water and Forests;
– And at the initiative of the Minister Delegate to the Head of Government, in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, His Majesty the King has kindly appointed
Mr. Ali Seddiki, Director General of the Moroccan Agency for the Development of Investments and Exports.
At the end of the Council’s works, the Minister of Interior presented to His Majesty the King, may God preserve Him, a presentation on the measures elaborated, in the application of the High Royal Instructions, concerning the organization of the Moroccan Jewish community
These measures are based on the supreme responsibility of His Majesty the King as Amir Al-Mouminine and guarantor of the free exercise of worship for all Moroccans, regardless of religious denomination, and consecrate the Hebrew tributary as a component of the Moroccan culture rich in its multiple tributaries.
The mechanism submitted to the High Appreciation of His Majesty the King, elaborated after wide consultations with the representatives of the Jewish community and personalities belonging to it, includes the following bodies
1- The National Council of the Moroccan Jewish Community:
The National Council of the Moroccan Jewish community is responsible for managing the affairs of the community and safeguarding the cultural and religious heritage and influence of Judaism and its authentic Moroccan values. Regional committees, stemming from the Council, will be in charge of managing the daily issues and affairs of the members of the community.
2- The Commission of Moroccan Jews Abroad:
It works to consolidate the ties of Moroccan Jews living abroad with their country of origin, strengthen their cultural and religious influence, and defend the supreme interests of the Kingdom.
3- The Foundation of Moroccan Judaism:
Its mission is to promote and watch over the intangible Jewish-Moroccan heritage, safeguard its traditions, and to preserve its specificities.
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