Public Investments: New Avenues for Improvement Validated in Morocco

The modalities that have prevailed, since 2015, in terms of the orientation of public investments in Morocco, will have to evolve. The new decree on the modalities for concluding public-private partnerships (PPP) aims to accelerate the pace of public investment.

The revision of regulations aimed at improving the pace of public investment continues with the adoption of Decree 2-20-704, which modifies the standards for PPP contracts. Indeed, the green light given to the new decree is synonymous with a revision of the standards that have prevailed for over six years. “This decree is part of the modernization and revision of regulatory provisions with the law 46-18, with the aim of accelerating the pace of investment,” it says

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For major projects, a single-mode will be adopted for all sites

It is, therefore, with the new legislation, to update the PPP contracts, in order to give a new breath to public investment, during the next fiscal year. It must be said that the continuity of projects financed by the state budget is at the top of the list of concerns of all ministerial departments, during the remainder of this year 2021. Several conditions have been set for obtaining budgetary support from the State, public institutions, and local authorities. At the forefront of these requirements are “the creation of employment, the impact on the reduction of spatial inequalities, as well as the fight against the economic impact of the Covid-19.

The map of projects, under 2021, has been established according to a logic of “reorganization of spending priorities, in order to free up budgetary margins that will finance projects, whose studies have demonstrated a direct impact on job creation and upgrading of local production,” says the roadmap of the Government. The main measures that will be implemented concern, in turn, the steering of investment operations, as well as “the establishment of common arrangements to facilitate the central steering of investment, with the strengthening of the legal framework relating thereto,” says the same source.

For major projects, a single-mode will be adopted for all sites. The flagship projects, to be treated in accordance with the new management methods, have already been identified, in order to meet the deadlines for their completion. It should be noted that the average execution of public expenditure has undergone a clear evolution over the past three years, with a rate that is currently 77%.

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