Rabat hosts the first Arab Forum

The work of the first Arab Forum on civil society institutions opened on Saturday in Rabat, under the theme: 'Towards an active partnership to meet the challenges of human development'. Organised under the Honorary Presidency of HRH Princess Lalla Meryem, this Forum, initiated by the National Union of Moroccan Women (UNFM), aims to highlight the approaches adopted for the institutionalisation of the pioneering roles of civil society, to present the experiences and successful initiatives of civil society in terms of human development, and to identify the difficulties that hinder the upgrading of civil society institutions and organisations. This Forum, whose opening ceremony took place in the presence of Cherifa Lalla Oum Kaltoum Alaoui, delegate president of the UNFM, also aims at strengthening Arab civil society institutions, developing partnership mechanisms with a view to promoting i…