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16 Jun 2013
10 min read
Oriental Region: what territorial dynamic?
By creating the technopoles of CasaNearshore, Rabat Technopolis, Fez Shore, and Oujda Shore, Morocco wants to position itself in new professions, sectors with high potential. The Oujda Technopole is part of the Royal Initiative for the development of the Oriental region and is part of the global "Med-Est" project, which includes the Selouane Industrial Park and the Berkane Agropole.
It is the CDG, whose mission is the general interest and support of public policies for the country's economic development, that carries the "hard cores" of development in the Oriental region, involving itself totally in the realisation of these programmes presented to us by the Chairman of the Management Board of Medz, a subsidiary of the CDG in charge of these projects, Abdelatif Hadj Hamou. But beyond this component, such a project requires prerequisites. First of all, a synergy between the various public stakeholders, the CDG and the Wali who are totally invested in these projects, the elected officials, the associations, the Chamber of Commerce, and all the actors of the technopole. The success of the project also requires an environment favourable to creativity, innovation, scientific and technical competition, and openness to the international stage. It was Pierre Laffitte, found…
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