"Employment, training and social relations at the heart of regional development" was the theme chosen by the CGEM-Oriental for the meeting it organised on Tuesday in Saïdia in the presence of its representatives at the level of the provinces of Nador, Berkane, Jerada and Oujda. It was also an opportunity to allow its various training partners - university, schools, training centres and OFPPT - to present their training offers and above all to see how to channel them to avoid the atomisation of efforts and useless duplication. A day that was above all punctuated by the signing of four partnership agreements. The first for the creation of the regional commission for employment and social relations. The second stipulates the establishment of a regional observatory for employment and human resources. The third concerned the ratification of the CGEM-unions agreement (CDT, FDT, UMT, UGTM and UNTM) while the fourth was pedagogical in nature and concerned the strengthening of cooperation between the University of Oujda and the various vocational training centres, while ensuring better integration into regional companies on the basis of specific themes defined by mutual agreement at the beginning of each academic year. Speaking at the beginning of this day, Abdelkrim Mehdi, President of the CGEM-Oriental, explained that the Confederation he chairs operates according to an action plan that aims to achieve the objectives expected by the regional company. Such an approach is structured around three priority axes. Improving the business climate through periodic meetings with various administrations such as tax, customs and CNSS: "A considerable effort to upgrade and support the local company in its quest for performance. The private sector needs to be aware of everything that is being done so that it can adhere and position itself as a force for proposals and project initiators," he hammered. The second vector to master is the upgrading of the industrial fabric through awareness campaigns concerning sectors where the Oriental can be competitive. Such ambitions cannot succeed without rapprochement with the Mohammed I University of Oujda and all local public training actors (OFPPT, centres, schools and institutes) and this is the third axis on which the CGEM-Oriental is focusing. In parallel, an employment observatory will be created to ensure the adequacy of training and employment and avoid all forms of duplication observed in the training offered. It is also to respond to the real expectations of companies that suffer from the scarcity of human resources in the sectors where they operate. And to ensure the success of these projects, a new organisation has been adopted, with better representation and by province. A consolidation of historical and current sectors including BTP, agri-food, tourism and offshoring. In short, the roadmap for the CGEM-Oriental is to ensure the application of what was concluded by the CGEM at the central level while trying to resolve the transversal problems of SMEs (training and human resources, taxation, financing...) through dedicated commissions.