President of the Association of Regions of Morocco (ARM), Mohand Laenser, discussed, Wednesday in Rabat, ways to strengthen cooperation with Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) Maimunah Mohd Sharif.
Talks were an opportunity to examine the available means of cooperation between the two parties and to review the important achievements made by Morocco in the field of implementation of deconcentration and advanced regionalization.
This meeting provides an opportunity to exchange views and experiences between the regions of the Kingdom and the UN Habitat program, and to review the progress made by Morocco in the implementation of the advanced regionalization project, Laenser told M24, MAP’s News Channel.
“The issue of housing, especially in cities is a real challenge for Morocco as for other countries in the world especially that current data show that the number of people living in substandard housing could reach three billion people by 2050,” he observed.
In similar remarks, Mohd Sharif noted that talks focused on the prospects for cooperation between the Association of Moroccan Regions and the United Nations Human Settlements Program, particularly with regard to sharing experiences, best practices and issues of social and economic development.
“We also discussed issues related to the development of rural areas, ways to improve the people’s standard of living of people and the creation of employment opportunities for young people,” she said.
Mohd Sharif is currently visiting the Kingdom on the occasion of the opening of the UN Habitat national office in Morocco.
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