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"By implementing eco-taxes and eco-contributions, our objective is to encourage long-term changes in consumption habits. The regulatory framework is clear: para-fiscal taxes help safeguard investments, strengthen the entire value chain, stimulate economic growth, and generate employment. These measures apply to specific products, such as batteries (Dh150, €13.75) and tyres (Dh6, €0.55), with the collected revenues reinvested within the sector. Additionally, significant progress has been made regarding plastic pollution — the production and sale of plastic bags will be banned starting July 2016."
"In a semi-arid country such as Morocco, we have a strong awareness of water usage. With 1800 ml of rainwater per year in the north against 200 ml in the south, we need a water transfer policy along with a water-saving policy. There will be a shortage of 5bn cu metres by 2020. To counter this, the government has launched the construction of seven desalination centres to increase resources."
"I think it is very important for all of us to recognize that the non-State actors are already moving and there are many [actions], initiatives and coalitions and they are very active."
"I think as Africans we need to have the same voice. We need to work together to make Africa shine."
"We believe that Africans can build Africa"
"Climate change is one of the most dangerous crises mankind has experienced in this century, impacting our lives"
"Every time I come to the COP, I feel like we’re negotiating for who’s going to die and who’s going to live"
"The links between climate, human rights and sustainable development are definitively established"
"We call on our members to move from reflection to construction and to urge their government, their territorial communities, their industries to take responsibility for the development of resilient and sustainable public policies"
"We are embarking on a new EIA (ère)??, a new industrial revolution"
"it is to us, through the awareness of the citizens, the assistance of our governments, parliamentarians, our elected officials and our civil society that we will succeed in changing climate change"
"Tourism is a significant contributor to the Moroccan economy, playing a key role in the country’s development."
"There is a tremendous momentum for tourism investments in Morocco, with many investment opportunities to seize across the entire value chain."
"This innovative approach ensures that every region of Morocco shines with its unique potential, offering unforgettable Moroccan experiences year-round."
"All these marketing initiatives revolve around our key brand values: authenticity and modernity."
"The role of women is strong…Morocco is moving forward on a liberal and democratic path…we are reforming the legal system and we can use the constitution to deepen our democracy."
"This is the expression that young people invented, who took to the streets, who protested — sometimes violently — to demand change for greater freedom, dignity, for work, and for the sharing of wealth"
"This revolution took place without weapons, but under the auspices of the media with an expression that men “get lost”"
"The protest movement spread and there were many victims, a civil war came about- in some places the situation degenerated, in other places the protest was peaceful"
"The new constitution was done in a participatory manner; all the different voices participated and this was done after a period of discussion in an atmosphere of openness- there was no criticism, there were no critiques- and this took place nowhere else in this way except for Tunisia, which seems to have followed the Moroccan example"
"The role of women is strong and we have addressed this quite often. We have a number of women in decision-making positions in the legislature, in the communities and in regions, and we have now acquired 30% representation by women"
"Those who accuse me and criticize me regarding my marriage with Choubani are hypocrites."
"Love is not Haram."
"Love is the key to happiness and continuity."
"Ramadan in Canada certainly does not have the Meknès flavor or the family atmosphere, in the broad sense. Of course, on a small scale, with my husband and my children, we create the right conditions to fully experience our Ramadan with its spirituality as well as its chhiouates, but what we miss are the voices of the Muezzen rising from all the minarets of the city, in a natural harmony at the time of breaking the fast."
"I simply like barbecue, grilling, but the flavor of my mother's kefta mechouiya and mderbel eggplant tagine is unique and I can't find it anywhere else!"
"In general, I listen to the news and watch a few shows that deal with current affairs such as "Mais encore..." or "Grand angle". During the month of Ramadan, it is especially the lightness of the hidden camera that amuses me."
"In my opinion, we do not assert ourselves by gender but by the relevance of ideas and firmness in positions, we also assert ourselves when we move things forward towards new horizons and we assert ourselves especially when we never give up a just fight."
"The first challenge is to ensure that the team works in a complementary and harmonious manner. Beyond the pleasant atmosphere it can create when it is united, its productivity can be surprising."
"We should draw lessons from the death of a citizen from a mobile phone charger in order to understand that protecting our lives is more important than saving money."
"New mechanisms must be put in place to ensure the monitoring of the implementation of these agreements and to evaluate their results on an ongoing basis, while continuing efforts and collaboration with the countries concerned to remove non-customs barriers and technical obstacles to the exports of Moroccan companies."
"The government has carried out several studies on free trade agreements, while concluding that these agreements, alone, are not sufficient to develop the national economy and that it is necessary to establish a comprehensive and coherent vision to promote foreign trade by adopting integrated sectoral policies in order to develop and diversify the supply of exports and improve the added value of Moroccan products."
"Free trade agreements have helped improve the business climate in Morocco and have given new impetus to foreign investments, which have seen a qualitative evolution in recent years."
"This meeting is in particular an opportunity to assess the situation of female entrepreneurship in Morocco and the challenges to be met to strengthen the motivation and ambitions of women."
"The government will press ahead with the generalization of mandatory health coverage, financial assistance to needy families, and will launch the generalization of the pension system, as it also continues the reform of the health and education sectors."
"We are also counting on the confidence of local and foreign investors who always maintain the pace of their investments to create employment opportunities and strengthen growth."
"In addition, the award of the organisation of two mega football events, the Africa Cup of Nations in 2025 and the 2030 World Cup [shared with Spain, Portugal, Uruguay, Argentina and Paraguay], constitutes a great opportunity for our country, and should certainly further energise our territories and have a great impact on growth and employment."
"Morocco also braces for the launch of major infrastructure projects as it prepares to host the 2030 World Cup and as it continues post-earthquake relief along with reconstruction of homes and facilities destroyed by the recent floods."
"we have chosen to provide targeted subsidies by the state so that there is no impact on the entire economy. (...) I am referring here to transport or electricity, for which we have maintained prices at an appropriate level so that there is no impact on growth."
"What we want now is to maintain the pace of reforms. To gain credibility in these reforms and have funding, we must maintain this pace which allows us to reduce the budget deficit annually."
"The most important thing for us is that the intervention and the program are very rapid so that these disruptions do not affect the performance of businesses and the economy of the Kingdom."
"Adel Imam traces a “fine line between anger and sarcasm” and is an “actor who believes in life, in freedom, in challenges and thereby brings us a sense of optimism even in the darkest moments.”"
"But it is true that we do not realise how much time passes; the world is moving faster today than it was then. And what is happening there is not encouraging. The situation in Gaza for example, literally makes me sick."
"It is one of my oldest commitments and it is central to my activism. I do not spend a night without waking up to follow the news feed and lament the fate of the poor victims. We are noe three months into the war and the situation is becoming truly unbearable. To go back in time, I even consider that the Palestinian question was one of the reasons for the political commitments of those of my generations."
"It was during this period that the Marxism-Leninist movements emerged and that protest against the regime increased. Young people already consider that the powers in place were unable to satisfy the political and social demands within their own countries, and that with the Palestinian question, they proved that they were also incapable of defending a cause that fascinated the entire Arab world in the midst of a Pan-Arabist surge."
"We were convinced that only Arab unity could get us out of the political lethargy in which we lived and that this could bring us freedom and democracy."
"In Morocco, the 1967 war came after the kidnapping of Mehdi Ben Barks and the establishment of the state of emergency, which exacerbated tensions between the government and the left-wing opposition and reinforced the revolutionary need in our country."
"The Moudawana reform is more than symbolic. It’s a substantial shift that impacts real, everyday lives. It represents a triumph of our struggle and a step towards real equality."
"Education, free and compulsory quality public education and women's rights are the core target of our political project. Without education with equal opportunities for all, the Morocco of tomorrow cannot be built on a solid foundation."
"Priority to meritocracy; because we have deprived ourselves of many talents who, not being the "sons of", have expatriated elsewhere! And unlike certain politicians who invade TV sets or whose specialty is to distribute good positions and power, we go to the field and give real follow-up to our proposals, attentive to observe, listen and respond to the suffering and deficiencies that persist. In some isolated places, the spectacle is only desolation: dismal roads, unsanitary housing, more than 50 students per class, non-existent transport and security."
"On the contrary, I received support from all sides, and especially in relation to my action and my desire to make things happen. Running again for these elections was essential for me, because I did not want not to disappoint the 30,000 voters who voted for me in 2007."
"My participation is civic and completely independent of my faith. If I sought to be elected democratically, it was first and foremost to escape the opprobrium of those I rub shoulders with every day: all the forgotten and oppressed people of Morocco from below. Too bad for my detractors who confuse my political convictions as a committed woman with my community identity."
"One of the special features of this reform, linked to the Moroccan context, lies in the fact that it was demanded from two directions: the purposes of Charia and through ratified international conventions. It is, therefore, the result of negotiation that is translated into its limitations, including the maintenance of polygamy or the discriminatory aspect of inheritance. Nevertheless, the code’s advances have been unanimously considered as of the highest importance because of the impact they can have in the short and long term."
"The Vienna Declaration, adopted by the 1993 World Conference on Human Rights (paragraphs 78 to 82), put the issue back on the international agenda, considering that "education, training and information in this field are indispensable for the establishment and promotion of stable and harmonious inter-community relations, as well as for the promotion of mutual understanding, tolerance and peace", inviting "all States and institutions to include human rights, humanitarian law, democracy and the rule of law in the curricula of all educational institutions, both formal and otherwise" and recommending that they establish "programmes and strategies" for "specific groups such as the armed forces, law enforcement officials, police personnel and health professionals"."
"As previously indicated, several initiatives have been carried out at the national and international levels at the initiative of governments and civil society, but these initiatives are not part of a general framework that gives them the necessary strength to create an impact and new dynamics. Hence the need to draw the attention of the international community to the strategic and structuring nature of human rights education."
"Also, it can be said that the main objective has a clear political dimension, coupled with an educational dimension that emphasizes the need to provide a “working tool” within everyone’s reach. In addition to the benchmarks, this working tool includes principles, definitions, clear provisions and well-defined responsibilities in terms of implementation. In principle, these consensuses are likely to encourage the various parties to move forward with this project, by implementing it while taking into account their contexts and the accumulations in the matter and by mutually benefiting from each other's experiences, and by carrying out mid-term evaluations in order to draw the necessary lessons."
"To return to the question of context, it can be said that there is an awareness among certain States, reiterated by certain institutions and non-governmental organizations, of the importance of human rights education, and what it requires in terms of the development of values, orientations and behaviors capable of protecting and promoting human rights."
"Just as with the Moroccan Sahara, the Palestinian issue suffers from Western biases and exploitation for political gains."
"Our historical ties with Europe have been unjust, and now it’s time for Morocco to build relationships that reflect fairness and mutual respect."
"The BRICS group represents a serious opportunity for Morocco to balance its economic position and move beyond Western dominance."
"We don't even need a quota. That's another area where we don't need to imitate the West."
"This alliance should develop a new constitution, which no longer serves the autocracy."
"We have nothing to do with the violent fundamentalist Islamist cells, but we understand their motivations."
"Attempts are constantly made to integrate me into the system. Sometimes I am intimidated and sometimes lured. But as long as there are no overarching changes in this country, I cannot be a part of the political game."
"Many in the West believe Arab societies must automatically be despotic, but that is not true."
"The king has passed a law for women who go to high school, but not for average people in the countryside."
"A Muslim model of government in accordance with our ideas is very much an example of grassroots democracy."
"it's right for women to have more liberties."
"Our religion is much more capable of solving social problems than Western models that only benefit the elite."
"you solve the social problems, you also help women. Women have no problem with Islam. They have a problem with power."
"But the men, these little machos, have robbed us of that. It's their fault that the whole world believes the opposite."
"if all that matters are the rights of women -- you can call me a feminist if you like."
"The history of the women's movement in the West has unfolded completely differently from here."
"The most important project I have undertaken is the complete overhaul of the administration. The first challenge, at this stage, is to reconsider the task of the municipality and the perception of the citizen."
"We entered the government not to satisfy personal goals, but to participate in the reform and implement the various development projects in our country."
"Regarding the allocation of the management of the "Forsa" project to the Minister of Tourism to the detriment of the Minister of Employment, that we had a discussion within the Government Council and we came out with a unified position: The government's program over the next two years includes two important projects for the benefit of young people and it is not possible, according to the head of government, to entrust these two major projects to a single minister, which can constitute a heavy burden for their effective management. This is why the head of government preferred to entrust the management of each project to a minister, so that the performance is guaranteed."
"We have always been in opposition and it was time for us to say clearly that the Authenticity and Modernity Party has a vision and is full of skills that are ready to assume responsibilities."
"Today, this institution is no longer able to fulfill these roles efficiently, leaving an organizational void that has had a certain negative impact on the exercise of craft activities and on the attractiveness of the products and services offered to consumers. The text therefore aims to generate certain positive externalities for the future of the sector."
"This sector has just been attached to the Ministry of Crafts and we have discovered a promising sector. Indeed, the Social and Solidarity Economy (SSE) sector, although recently institutionalized, plays an essential role in the socio-economic chessboard of the country, particularly through cooperatives, associations and mutual societies that work as close as possible to the population concerned."
"The Government has therefore taken charge, through a proactive approach, of the promotion and structuring of this sector. The Ministry has operationalized strategies articulated around several axes: reform of the legal framework, upgrading and strengthening the capacities of ESS organizations, support for marketing, establishment of partnerships with the various stakeholders for better coordination of actions and convergence of programs dedicated to the sector. Thus, on the legislative side, the Ministry presented Bill No. 12.112 relating to cooperatives which was adopted by Parliament on July 16 and 2 bills relating to fair trade and the social economy which are currently being studied."
"Indeed, we believe that the implementation of this text is likely to increase directly and indirectly, through induced effects, the share of the craft sector in the national economy. The structuring of the sector and the recognition of qualifications will undoubtedly facilitate the emergence of a new climate, more conducive to the exercise of craft activities. This will generate, we hope, significant gains in productivity and attractiveness for the Moroccan craft product."
"The aim is to provide the Moroccan cooperative movement with a legal framework that is both flexible and coherent."
"It’s a historical day for the city of lights."
"I will be mayor for all, the majority and the opposition, and everyone will work for development and raising the standard of living of Rabatis."
"The shared responsibility to safeguard oral heritage, passing it on to future generations. Through weaving narratives that bridge the past with the present, we can collectively create a brighter future."
"Plays play a pivotal role in shaping identities and connecting people across diverse cultures, religions, and languages."
"The first thing is to have a good team and to have confidence in it, to believe in the abilities of each person and in the administrative services in place that have been there for a long time and know the municipality perfectly. A synergy between the administrative and the political will make it possible to meet all the challenges. In summary, the main qualities are confidence, work and perseverance."
"My role as a doctor can only be beneficial to my role as mayor because both missions are part of the social sector, a field in which I have worked all my life, to serve and help vulnerable people. One of the qualities of a doctor is empathy, and here, I am in an empathy of another magnitude… By working in the social sector, more than twenty years ago, I realized that it was necessary to get involved in politics to better serve the citizen. Today, I have the opportunity to serve the citizen even more, by doing everything I can to make their daily lives easier."
"We can say that these poles have mixed a long time ago… I have held administrative management positions in different departments for more than twenty years. And here, I am continuing what I have always done, because for a long time, I have become familiar with the system and its workings, whether it is public spending or management. Today, of course, it is a different management and one that encourages us to take up all the challenges."
"My greatest pride is to serve the citizens of Casablanca and to share with them the worries of daily life. My greatest fear is not to live up to the expectations of the people of Casablanca, to disappoint all those who believed in me and voted for me. People believed in us and put all their hopes in our party. Coming first at the end of the election is a burden and a responsibility. We have the heavy task of satisfying the citizen. It is a real challenge, and we will have to work very hard not to disappoint anyone."