Rédaction Africa Links 24 with L’Opinion avec MAP
Published on 2024-03-10 16:21:00
Initiated by the Groupe Le Matin on the sidelines of the festivities commemorating the 25th anniversary of the accession of HM King Mohammed VI to the Throne of His Glorious Ancestors, this international conference will bring together decision-makers, diplomats, business operators, and experts from Morocco and the rest of the continent, the organizers said in a statement.
After six successful editions, placed under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI on strategic themes such as the social state, advanced regionalization, or the role of women in Morocco’s development, the “Morocco Today Forum” will be dedicated this year to the theme: “Atlantic Africa, for an integrated, inclusive, and prosperous continental region”, hence the choice of the host city, Dakhla, with the Southern provinces of the Kingdom being called to play a central role in this Royal initiative.
This theme naturally emerged after the Speech delivered on November 6, 2023 by HM King Mohammed VI to the Nation on the occasion of the 48th anniversary of the Green March, the same source noted, stating that “this Speech marks a new pivotal step in the development process of the Southern Provinces of the Kingdom, and a new hope for development and prosperity for other countries on the continent, especially the Sahel countries and those on the Atlantic coast of Africa.”
“In this Speech, the Sovereign announced a multisectoral upgrade of the Atlantic coast of the Moroccan Sahara, and practical and proactive responses from the Kingdom to accelerate the reduction of deficits and the development of Sahelian regions and for the building of an Atlantic African space as a zone of stability, peace, and shared prosperity,” it added.
This new dimension that the development of the Southern Provinces and regional integration at the level of Atlantic and Sahelian Africa will take in a logic of sharing and co-development, under the impetus of HM King Mohammed VI, requires a wide mobilization of actors from various backgrounds and territories: officials, politicians, and private operators both national and continental, in addition to experts and international cooperation and financing institutions.
As a space for reflection and proposal on themes inspired by the Royal Vision, the “Morocco Today Forum” has set as its objective through its 7th edition to bring together all stakeholders concerned with this Royal Vision and discuss the potential, means to be put in place, and challenges to be overcome for its realization, in order to formulate recommendations that will be recorded in a White Paper, it was concluded.
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