Other types of cooperation

1 - MOROCCO AS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY
2 - INTERNATIONAL AID AND COOPERATION IN MOROCCO
3 - THE FRANCO-MOROCCAN COOPERATION STRATEGY
4 - CONCENTRATION SECTORS
5 - THE MEANS FOR DEPLOYING THE DCP and its actors
Appendix

The Government of the French Republic and the Government of the Kingdom of Morocco, hereafter referred to as ‘the two Parties’,

On the basis of the ‘Partnership Agreement for Cultural Cooperation and Development’ signed on 25th July 2003 between the two Parties,

In view of the ‘Joint declaration relative to Franco-Moroccan economic and financial cooperation’ dated 25th July 2003,

With regards for the priorities for Franco-Moroccan cooperation as defined by the Partnership Steering Committee Meeting at its initial session, held in Rabat on 31st May 2004,

On the basis of the guidelines laid out by the respective Prime Ministers further to their 5th, 6th and 7th High Level Meetings (RHN), notably the guidelines relative to economic modernisation, support for local level social policies by the Moroccan government and accompaniment of the decentralisation process,

Aiming to meet the Millennium Development Goals (MDG),

Taking into account the reform in French Public Development Aid (APD) which has led to a redefining of the main tools for deploying French aid to Morocco,

The two Parties have agreed upon the present Framework Partnership Document covering the period 2006-2010, which is defined as follows:

1 - MOROCCO AS A DEVELOPING COUNTRY

1.1. Major progress has been recorded over recent years

Morocco has initiated a vast programme of reforms and investments in all fields:

  The economy: promotion of competition and opening of markets, ambitious plans in the sectors of industry and tourism, major infrastructure programmes;

  The social sector: National Initiative for Human Development, obligatory health insurance, labour code, medical assistance regime for the poorest, reform of the pension system;

  The environment: application of the water law, major water treatment programmes, laws on waste management, the environment and impact studies;

  Legal system: Equity and Reconciliation Body, Human Rights Consultation Committee, family code, Diwan Al Madhalim (ombudsman), freedom of expression;

  State reform and improvement of governance: raising the level of the civil service, globalisation of credit, simplification of procedures, medium term spending framework, objectives based approach, contracting, delegation of public services, decentralisation, deconcentration, fight against corruption;

  Education: the Education-Training Charter and its deployment.

Very concrete progress has been observed in the increase in schooling levels (over 10 years: + 40% including + 60% for girls, reduction of illiteracy by 20%), access to basic services (over 10 years: access to electricity networks and drinking water multiplied by 4 in rural areas, construction of roads for improving communications, up from 1000 to 1500km per year).

In macroeconomic terms, the situation in Morocco is becoming somewhat healthier: reduction of the pressure of debt, controlled inflation, controlled budget deficits plus a positive current account balance. Growth is, however, insufficient and the GDP/inhabitant (1,600 USD) is one of the lowest in the Mediterranean zone.

In spite of these considerable success factors, Morocco still has some major handicaps.

1.2. The key challenges facing Morocco

The key challenges facing Morocco concern the country’s capacity to manage:

  demographic transition, with a massive influx over the next 10 years of young workers onto the employment market (+20% in a context of weak growth);

  economic transition (commercial, industrial, agricultural and fiscal), further to the freeing and opening of its markets and the numerous free exchange agreements which have been signed;

  regional economic integration with its immediate continental neighbours but also with Europe.

The greatest challenge is that of engaging strong growth, at above 6% per year, over a long period in order to stimulate the country’s economic launch and enable the country to absorb the generations arriving onto the labour market.

The social indicators can be improved (Human Development Index: ranked 126th in 2004). This rank is linked to certain elements which are still insufficient in terms of:

  basic schooling, with a notable characteristic of a high level of incomplete schooling and a relatively low level of schooling amongst young girls, although significant progress has been made over the past 5 years;

  literacy, with a global rate of illiteracy of 43% (55% of the illiterate are females, this rises to 75% in rural areas);

  infant and child mortality (5% of children die before the age of 5, maternal mortality is unchanged over the past 10 years).

Morocco is pursuing its reforms aimed at improving economic competitiveness both internally and on the export markets. The Kingdom must equally heighten its attractiveness in order to better attract foreign investors.

The initiation of strong growth will be boosted by an acceleration of reforms and the absorption of social deficits.

The objective of the Franco-Moroccan cooperation is to rise to the above challenges.

2 - INTERNATIONAL AID AND COOPERATION IN MOROCCO

2.1. Actions by the leading donors

The priority sectors for bilateral and multilateral donors in Morocco widely correspond to the basic development requirements: the highest amounts allocated are for infrastructure, education, water, the environment, electricity, healthcare and agriculture.

In the infrastructure sector (transport, motorways and rural roads), the main partners are the World Bank, the African Development Bank and also other bilateral funds, including France’s AFD.

Education is a key sector for nearly all the donors, but to differing degrees. The World Bank is preparing a loan programme to assist in the reform of basic education and provide support for the education system in general. The European Union, the IDB and also USAID and France are the other major partners in this sector.

In the water sector, multilateral donors (ADB, WB) and the European Commission contribute the highest amounts. Germany, Japan and France represent the leading bilateral financiers and have done so since 2001.

Donors are taking an increasing interest in the environment: EIB, Germany, European Union, France and the UNDP are the main contributors.

The electricity sector receives high levels of financing from a limited number of multilateral donors (EIB, IDB, ADB and AFESD) and bilateral donors (France, Germany, Japan).

The healthcare sector has suffered from a certain withdrawal by donors. However, some have continued to support a limited number of projects. After the European Union and the World Bank, the main bilateral donors are France, Germany, Japan and Belgium. They help finance this sector but with low levels of contributions. The United Nations agencies (WHO, UNFPA...) specialised in social development have also seen their resources diminish since 1998.

Agriculture, which remains a key sector in Morocco’s economic activity and which is closely related to certain social challenges (development of rural zones, food security), economic challenges (raising standards within the framework of free exchange with the EU) and environmental challenges (management of water resources), receives little external finance in relation to its requirements. Finance in the agricultural sector comes mainly from two multilateral donors (European Union and the World Bank) and several bilateral donors. The aid is focused on donations, in the form of funding, food aid, agricultural materials or technical expertise and assistance. The donors active in this sector often operate in rural areas, notably within the framework of the Integrated Rural Development Projects (PDRI).

The outlook with regards to development aid financing is that of an increase in the level of international aid to Morocco. The United States, through the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), may allocate significant resources to Morocco over the coming years.

2.2. Synergy between donors

The French aid instruments are complementary with those of other donors. This synergy offers significant advantages in certain sectors:

  for basic infrastructure, close coordination between the main donors (including the AFD) has enabled efficient deployment of sector based programmes;

  in the water and water treatment sector, France’s contribution is recognised by the other donors. Its support, through the AFD, remains pertinent and complementary to that of other bilateral and multilateral donors;

  in the production sector, in which the Economic Mission and the AFD operate, the importance of the economic and trade relations between the two countries justifies continued support actions by means of professional training and financial instruments, which act as complements to initiatives deployed by the EU, WB, Germany and USAID;

  with regards to the sectors of training, audiovisual, culture and the French language, French cooperation is very active;

  in the sector of governance, France’s actions are complementary to those of the EU (human rights), the World Bank, UNDP and USAID.

2.3. Coordination

The two Parties will work towards strengthening coordination, harmonisation and efficacy of aid contributions. Cooperation actions to be initiated will thus be fully complementary with programmes established by other donors, notably with those of the World Bank and the European Union which are working on the same priorities (private sector, basic infrastructure, education, water). Co-financing of projects will be sought as a priority.

In order to consolidate aid efficacy, special care will be taken to measure objectives set, by means of impact and results indicators. The COPP will develop piloting tools to enable a results based approach. The objectives and expected results will be progressively related to figures, then monitored and evaluated, notably with regards to objectives related to the MDG indicators.

The results of the external evaluation of the Moroccan-French cooperation 1995-2005, recently launched by the two countries, will make a significant contribution to establishing such indicators.

2.4. Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals (MDG)

The INDH, a royal initiative for reducing social deficits, should enable an approach to the fight against poverty which is integrated into the general national policies. Further to a national report on the MDG published in 2005 and another which is currently being drawn up, these initiatives are becoming increasingly integrated into public policies: the indicators and monitoring and evaluations systems are being progressively applied.

Operations in the sector of social habitat, rural electrification, rural roads and projects financed by the Social Development Fund contribute to the Millennium Development Goal - MDG 1 - ‘reduction of poverty’. The primary healthcare project directly contributes to MDG 4 ‘reduction in infant mortality’ and also to MDG 5 ‘improvement in maternal healthcare’. Projects in the sectors of drinking water and water treatment contribute to MDG 7 ‘ensure a sustainable environment’. Institutional support also contributes to other MDG, for example the education reform which contributes to MDG 2 ‘universal access to full primary education’ and MDG 3 ‘equality of access to schooling for boys and girls’.

3 - THE FRANCO-MOROCCAN COOPERATION STRATEGY

3.1. The cooperation framework

Close links unite Morocco and France. These are based on shared historic events, human friendships, economic relations (France is Morocco’s leading trade partner and inward investor) social relations (France is the leading host country for the Moroccan community abroad) and a shared language. These common interests explain the depth of the Franco-Moroccan cooperation.

The institutional framework is defined by the Partnership Agreement for Cultural Cooperation and Development and the Joint Franco-Moroccan Declaration relative to economic and financial cooperation, both of which were signed in July 2003.

The priorities for Franco-Moroccan cooperation, set out in the Franco-Moroccan partnership steering committee (COPP), follow the strategic directions defined by the two Prime Ministers during their annual high level meetings.

In addition, the National Initiative for Human Development (INDH), launched on 18th May 2005, defined the framework for a wide-reaching national policy. Franco-Moroccan cooperation has been called upon to contribute to this Initiative:action in favour of urban districts and the poorest rural communes, widening access to the basic social services for the poorest members of the population, healthcare, education, habitat, water, electricity, aid for the most vulnerable and promotion of activities which can generate stable incomes.

For greater visibility and efficacy, the two Parties have confirmed the choice of four sectors of concentration: education, production, basic infrastructures and drinking water/water treatment. They have jointly agreed to progressively target cooperation and aid towards these sectors, which will represent 80% of the resources deployed, within the framework of the Millennium Development Goals and in compliance with the reform of the French Public Development Aid system.

3.2. Priority aims and objectives for the partnership

Franco-Moroccan cooperation is centred on three major challenges, in response to demands from Moroccan authorities, based on contribution to sustained human development and establishing the foundations for dynamic and regular economic growth as per the French Public Development Aid priorities (Annex 1: Details of the French intervention strategy with regards to Morocco’s priorities). The interventions will accompany, within this framework, the key public policies selected by the Moroccan government and also the programmes resulting from the National Initiative for Human Development. The three challenges are as follows:

   A stable and efficient economy

Within the framework of policies aimed at enabling Morocco to generate sufficient growth to meet social requirements and job creation requirements, in response to the large numbers of young workers arriving on the employment market, the direct objectives of the Morocco-France partnership are comprised of: developing human resources (literacy, education, professional training, training an elite); working towards better administrative and legal governance (support for structural reforms, support for reforms in public administration); and also modernisation of the industrial structures.

   Social cohesion

The Franco-Moroccan partnership will provide strong accompaniment for the National Human Development Initiative, launched in May 2005 by His Majesty the King with an aim of targeted reduction in poverty and social insecurity. In order to contribute to the fight against poverty, notably in rural areas, improvements in living conditions and revenues are sought after by providing access, for the least well served members of the population, to essential services such as running water, electricity, healthcare and education, by enabling the target populations top gain access to decent housing and by promoting communications to reduce their isolation. Such initiatives will be complemented by support from grass roots social programmes for the most vulnerable groups through support for micro financing projects and deployment of basic medical cover.

   Development while respecting the environment

Sustainable development requires improvement in the quality of the environment, preservation of natural resources and the promotion of duly adapted processes and management methods.

Actions aimed at accompanying the development of sustainable management of water resources and water treatment policies remain a priority, given that these contribute to the preservation of Global and Environmental Public Goods. The application of consultative management of water resources should address the ‘water stress’ problem while aiming to rationalise the use of this resource and improvement in its quality.

Better management of natural resources will be sought via reduction in polluting emissions, the promotion of renewable energies, protection of wooded areas, the application of protected zones and the promotion of conservation based agriculture.

4 - CONCENTRATION SECTORS

4.1. The four sectors of concentration (Appendix 3: indicative programme of actions)

The Franco-Moroccan partnership should mobilise the entire French cooperation system (mainly the AFD, the SCAC, and the Economic Mission) around four sectors of concentration. The choice of these four sectors can be explained on one hand by Morocco’s priority requirements and on the other by requests expressed by the Moroccan party for specific involvement of French cooperation alongside other donors on the basis of acquired experience and the availability of high level expertise. In addition, each of these sectors makes good use of the various instruments (financial and human resources) of the French cooperation system.

  Education: establishing the Education-Formation Charter will enable Morocco to catch up ground lost against other countries on the southern shores of the Mediterranean, with added value from French support due to a background of shared practices.

  Production sector: competitive modernisation of the economy should enable Morocco to rise to the challenge of the opening of its commercial systems, with added value from French support on a background of the high level of economic relations already existing between the two countries.

  Basic infrastructures: with a view to reducing isolation of rural environments and accompanying Morocco’s increasing urbanisation, the development of basic infrastructures will provide an efficient foundation in the fight against poverty and exclusion, the added value of French aid is based on its strong present involvement in this sector and the good results achieved in recent years.

  Water - water treatment: this sector requires very high and wide reaching levels of investment. Actions should enable sustainable management of demand and the improvement of its populations’ living conditions with added value from French support on the basis of its experience and skills in both the public and private sectors.

4.1.1. Education and training

French cooperation contributes towards the training of an elite corps on one hand, through French educational networks which provide high quality teaching from Primary levels through to Higher Education, and on the other hand through Higher Education support for fields of excellence and also support for university reform, with Morocco’s universities being required to adapt to the new requirements of management training.

The role assigned to research of being a ‘development lever’ requires the establishment of cooperation networks which are multi-disciplinary and multi-establishment based. Bilateral cooperation supports such initiatives by promoting exchange and partnerships between universities, institutes and public and private research units.

With regards to support for public policies, the challenge is that of accompanying successful reform of the education system with a view to establishing a high performance system while intensifying actions in favour of basic education, fighting illiteracy and developing educational presence in the poorest regions. The institutional support of bilateral cooperation for this reform is centred on the objectives set by the Education-Training Charter adopted by Morocco in 1999. It targets pedagogical renovation (programmes and supports, with a special accent placed on French language teaching), accompanying deconcentration of education management, strengthening general inspection procedures and providing support for piloting and evaluation. Inter-academy partnerships will be developed around these objectives.

For basic education, the lessons learned from the current project relative to building administrative capacities and pedagogical capacities in new regional academies should be applied. Sector based analysis will be carried out in 2006 within the perspective of AFD assistance throughout the education sector.

4.1.2. Development of the production sector

The Partnership, which is part of the perspective for anchoring Morocco’s economy to the European economy, pursues three objectives:

  Promoting human resources through actions towards professional training. This will mean developing partnerships between Moroccan professional sectors and their French equivalents in order to guarantee that the training offer is duly adapted to professional requirements. Actions with the GIP-Inter public interest group, working with the poorest populations, will be maintained.

  Modernisation of companies and bringing them up to international trade standards by means of both financial instruments established by the Economic Mission (credit lines for SME-SMI, study scholarships, FASEP and French guarantee funds for financial restructuring operations) and also the activities of PROPARCO (loans, venture capital and participation in investment funds).

  Improvement of the business environment (application of standards, certification, market regulation and control, promotion of industrial maintenance and also development of Information and Communications Technologies) and support for building institutional capacities of actors working towards the competitiveness of the economy (Ministries, professional bodies, other actors...).

The priorities retained by the Emergence programme, which is aimed at identifying key sectors which can drive export growth, ‘Morocco’s Global Trades’, establishing a forward looking ‘industrial policy’ targeted at the said key growth sectors and working towards improving competitiveness of the entire existing industrial sector, will be taken into account.

4.1.3. Proximity and economic and social infrastructures

The policy of proximity and improvement in the level of basic infrastructures is a priority for the Franco-Moroccan partnership.

In compliance with recommendations by the Prime Ministers, urban development will comprise the core of the cooperation programme. Support for the ‘City without slums’ programme and other organisations working in this sector, will be amplified with a view to developing a clear urban policy.

Action based on capacity building for managers of local authorities is ongoing.

Financing for major basic infrastructure programmes will be maintained: Programme for Global Rural Electrification (PERG), Programme for Grouped Supply of Drinking Water to Rural Populations (PAGER), National Programme for Rural Roads (PNRR). Support will be provided for the most vulnerable populations via the Social Development Fund (FSD).

4.1.4. Water and water treatment

In this sector, Franco-Moroccan cooperation actions will be concentrated on the three following priorities: support for the integrated management of water resources, the development of access to drinking water for the poorest populations and support for the Kingdom’s efforts to make up lost ground in terms of de-pollution and water treatment, notably by means of the Programme for Grouped Supply of Drinking Water to Rural Populations (PAGER).

With an objective of geographic concentration, these actions will be carried out in priority in the Sebou basin and within the framework of promoting a public-private partnership.

Outside the concentration sectors, cooperation will focus on fields which are important for the Moroccan economy, where innovative operations can be deployed. Cooperation actions will also aim to identify and research future potential fields of action.

In terms of rural development, further to the current reforms and in the light of deeper sector-based analysis, the foundation of an action strategy carried jointly by the authorities of both countries can be laid down with a view to wider levels of action in this sector. At present, pragmatic pilot operations of conservation agriculture in semi-arid and pluvial zones are being envisaged.

In the healthcare sector, support for the programme of widening basic healthcare in three regions of Morocco is getting underway. A widening of actions in this sector could be envisaged in the light of this experience and is required for the purpose of meeting the Millennium Development Goals: reduction of infant mortality and improved maternal healthcare. Support for the deployment of policies in relation to pre-hospital treatment and the biomedical sector, will be maintained.

France will continue, through its multilateral and bilateral contributions (GIP Esther), its support for the fight against AIDS and Tuberculosis.

4.2. Transversal sectors of intervention

4.2.1. Governance

Institutional support towards modernising the public administration will be maintained.

Accompaniment of the decentralisation process, confirmed by the Prime Ministers, will be translated by the deployment of a multi year programme with several objectives: institutional support, training and informing elected representatives, involvement of associations and local authorities in liaison with urban development actions.

Whether this concerns the Region as the programme territory or Towns and Cities as places for experimenting new methods of urban governance, cooperation will support the deployment, on the designated territories, of development projects which will build upon support provided towards decentralisation and decentralised cooperation actions and upon the results of our support for Territorial Development policies.

With regards to reform of the State, the French Ministry of Finance, via the GIP-ADETEF, will continue its active cooperation in areas essential for good governance, such as statistics tools, taxation measures, budget and accounting reform and efficient customs and excise administrations.

Deployment of the Family Code, which will be a key factor in modernising Moroccan society, will be the object of attentive accompaniment from the bilateral cooperation. In terms of the legal sector, actions will b based, in priority, on reforming commercial and administrative law, the penal procedure, children’s rights, modernising legal and prison administrations and also the application of the new labour code.

In the sectors of employment and the working environment, actions will be mainly based on promoting the labour code (training workplace inspectors) and on the development of international recruitment services through ANAPEC.

The fields of internal security, the fight against terrorism, clandestine immigration, illicit drug trafficking, maritime security and risk management, recently confirmed as priorities further to a visit to Morocco by the French Minister for the Interior, will continue to benefit from pluriannual support from bilateral cooperation. The initiation of a pluriannual project relative to Civil Protection should complete these interventions. Finally, Morocco’s key position in the fight against the desert locust will be taken into account within the framework of support for regional surveillance against this pest.

In addition, Franco-Moroccan cooperation has established, on the basis of an annual programme, institutional support for Moroccan administrations with a view to improving their efficacy. Such programmes will support the development of partnerships between Moroccan and French administrations on the basis of institutional twinning.

4.2.2. Cultural diversity

Bilateral cooperation support will be targeted, as a priority, on training young artists and professionals in the culture and communication sectors and also supporting partnerships between key cultural institutions (national libraries, museums) and strengthening cooperation around cultural heritage.

Further to the freeing of access to media communications that Morocco is enjoying, support for bilateral cooperation will be based on a continuous news channel in French and Arabic (Médi 1Sat) and on the production of local educational and cultural content, professional audiovisual training and national cinema production. 4.2.3. Francophony - teaching the French language

The French language in Morocco has a status of ‘favoured foreign language’. French plays a considerable role as a language for professional training, access to knowledge and frequently as a working or business language. Demand for French therefore remains high. It remains, both in theory and in practice as one of the key vectors for social promotion, as shown by the high level of development of private tuition, which has a heavy weighting towards teaching in French. Support for French language learning will be further developed.

4.2.4. South-south co-development and cooperation

The two Parties will aim to integrate Moroccan citizens residing in France in the definition and deployment of a co-development policy on the basis of:

  analysis of the channels and means enabling reduction in the cost of transfer of funds between France and Morocco and promoting investment in the production sector;

  mobilisation of the elite in the Moroccan community in France aimed at strengthening cooperation within the framework of institutional partnerships and joint projects in Morocco.

Both Parties wish to develop tripartite cooperation with other countries in the South. Cooperation actions could initially target the sectors of agriculture, water and healthcare.

5 - THE MEANS FOR DEPLOYING THE DCP and its actors

5.1. Partnership framework

In formal terms the partnership will be based on the Prime Ministers’ decisions and directions further to their High Level Meetings (RHN) and in compliance with the Partnership Agreement for Cultural Cooperation and Development and also the directives issued to the following cooperation bodies:

  Partnership Steering Committee (COPP),

  Sector and Theme Committees,

  Ad hoc committees.

  Partnership Forum, which aims towards high involvement from all component elements of French and Moroccan society in cooperation actions undertaken by both countries,

  The Cooperation Incentive Fund.

Other instruments and actions agreed between the two parties will consolidate the partnership, including:

  drawing up the Framework Partnership Document (DCP) for the set periods,

  consultation of civil society at the Partnership Forum,

  sector based studies and missions,

  multilateral dialogue between the Government and donors,

5.2. French aid: actors and tools

French public aid to Morocco is based on all the development aid instruments deployed by the Service for Cooperation and Cultural Action (SCAC), the French Economic Mission (ME) and the French Development Agency (AFD).

  The SCAC intervenes via gifts, scholarships (study, training), setting up study tours and invitations to facilitate exchange, integrated programmes of action, financing missions for expert evaluation, studies or training, building institutional partnerships, organising seminars for exchange or capacity building, allocating subsidies (Social Development Fund or Priority Solidarity Fund projects) in its allocated sectors (higher education, research, culture, governance and the State of law).

  The AFD intervenes in the form of concessional sovereign loans to Morocco or public establishments. The AFD can also subsidise preparatory studies for the projects it finances (education, healthcare, agriculture, water and water purification, production and the environment).

PROPARCO interventions for the public sector are based on a range of instruments: intermediary loans (refinancing bank credit) or direct loans to companies; participation in business capital, either through investment funds or directly; bank credit or bond guarantees.

  The French Economic Mission also has a number of instruments: the ‘emerging countries reserve fund’, which can help finance major infrastructure projects carried out by French companies, within the framework of the rules laid down by the OECD; the FASEP study fund, which is aimed at financing preliminary studies ahead of such projects; technical assistance services; institutional cooperation actions for economic or financial services carried out by French companies or consultants; the SME-SMI credit line, which offers preferential financial conditions to Moroccan companies which elect to use French origin goods and services; and finally the French Guarantee Fund, which assists entities in gaining access to banking credit.

With regards to research, the main operators in the sectors of agriculture and the environment will be the Agricultural and Environmental Engineering Research centre (Cemagref), the Centre for Agricultural Research for Developing Countries (Cirad), the National Institute for Agricultural Research (Inra) and the Research and Development Institute (Ird), all of which operate on questions related to sustainable development in three key sectors:

  Water and territories;

  Sustainable food systems;

  Animal health.

In the field of human sciences the Jacques Berque Centre in Rabat will be the privileged partner.

Integrated Action Programmes (PAI)entitled Volubilis and PRAD will mobilise all French research partners.

With regards to actions entering into the fields of activity of French Ministries for Social Care, the key operators are based on Public Interest Groups (GIP):

  GIP Inter “labour - employment - professional training”;

  GIP Esther “fight against AIDS”;

  GIP Healthcare - Social Protection.

For professional training, the CNAM (National Arts and Professional Training Centre) can be called upon.

The French Association of Volunteers for Progress (AFVP), which is an instrument privileged by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs for managing young international volunteer workers, can be used for the purposes of technical assistance.

A progressively greater place will be made for the intervention of French NGOs and local authorities within a view to developing partnerships with their Moroccan counterparts.

5.3. Monitoring and perspectives

The two Parties undertake to monitor the various actions taken within the framework of the COPP.

They undertake to deploy the cooperation effort towards the four jointly defined sectors and then progressively towards the three sectors of concentration. The efforts will be further consolidated through the inclusion of Moroccan and French contributions from civil society (NGO), the private sector and local authorities.

Signed in duplicate in Paris on 13th June 2006

Appendix

Appendix1: Details of the french intervention strategy with regards to the partner country’s priorities (PDF, 14.3 kb)

Appendix2: Details of France’s interactions with other donors (2006/20010) (PDF, 70.4 kb)