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. A joint declaration of the EU and Morocco was signed in 2019. 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. SIGMA issued a number of recommendations and continues to support their implementation.
In agreement with the EC and the Moroccan authorities, SIGMA is currently co-operating with:
- The Ministry of Investments, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies on improving their capacities around strategic planning (quality of government strategies).
- The General Secretariat of the Government (Secrétariat Général du Gouvernement) on improving access to legislation and on implementing regulatory impact assessments.
- The General Inspection of Finance (Inspection Générale des Finances) on enhancing professionalism and the quality of evaluation of public policies.
- Ministry of the Economy and Finances on establishing a DataLab.
