With a view to consolidating Hispano-Moroccan relations, notably the relations between the Oued Eddahab-Dakhla region and the neighbouring Canary Islands, the associations ASDI, Association for Sustainable Development and Investment Promotion in the Oued Eddahab-Dakhla region, and the Seiydati Association for Solidarity and Development are organising, from 22 to 26 February, the first edition of the Hispano-Moroccan socio-economic and cultural Forum. Taking part in this edition will be Canarian and Moroccan investors, representatives of Spanish media, as well as economists and intellectuals from both countries.

Organised under the theme "Socio-economic and cultural relations, a bridge of development between the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region and the Canary Islands", the forum will include conferences, round tables, and debates around the secular relations between the two regions, and the importance of the Spanish language in the culture of the region. An exhibition of local products will allow visitors to discover the investment opportunities of the region. Excursions will allow for the discovery of numerous tourist sites that the region possesses. Finally, a tribute will be paid to different personalities of the region who have contributed to the strengthening of relations between the Dakhla region and the Canary Islands.