Morocco and SIGMA

Status: EU Neighbourhood country
Capital City: Rabat
Population: 33.3 million
Currency: Moroccan dirham (MAD)

The Association Agreement between the EU and Morocco entered into force in 2000. Since 2008, Morocco has had an "advanced status" partnership with the EU. At the same time, Morocco is one of the first countries to benefit from an OECD Country Programme.

In 2019, SIGMA carried out an assessment of the service delivery area in Morocco against the Principles of Public Administration. The final report was presented at a high-level event in Rabat in June 2019. SIGMA issued a number of recommendations and continues to support their implementation.

SIGMA, the EC and the Moroccan authorities agreed a work programme in December 2022 that gives priority to co-operating with:

• The Services of the Head of Government (Services du Chef du Gouvernement) on improving their capacities around strategic planning (quality of government strategies) and on implementing regulatory impact assessments (RIA).

• The General Secretariat of the Government (Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement) on improving access to legislation.

• The General Inspection of Finance (Inspection Générale des Finances) on enhancing professionalism and the quality of evaluation of public policies.

Publications

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Events

Country co-ordination

Revue des prestations de services administratifs, Maroc (June 2019)

The Principles of Public Administration

Publications in Arabic

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EU relations with Morocco

EU Delegation to Morocco

EU-Morocco Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement

News on Morocco

EU Neighbours South

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Events calendar

Lech Marcinkowski

Country manager
lech.marcinkowski@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 85 55 44 92 

Malika Idtaleb

Project Co-ordinator
malika.idtaleb@oecd.org
Tel: +33 1 45 24 81 71