Establishment of a Partnership with Civil Society and Academia (MO0024)
Overview
At-a-Glance
Action Plan: Morocco Action Plan 2018-2020
Action Plan Cycle: 2018
Status:
Institutions
Lead Institution: House of Representatives
Support Institution(s): The parliamentary center for research and studies, the universities of Rabat, Casablanca and Tetouan Hans Seidel Stiftung Foundation
Policy Areas
Open Parliament Plan, Open Parliaments, Participation in Lawmaking, Public ParticipationIRM Review
IRM Report: Morocco Transitional Results Report 2018-2020, Morocco Design Report 2018-2020
Early Results: No IRM Data
Design i
Verifiable: Pending IRM Review
Relevant to OGP Values: No Data
Ambition (see definition): No Data
Implementation i
Description
What is the public problem that the commitment will address?
There is necessity for strengthening and developing a partnership with both
civil society and academia.
What does the commitment consist of ?
-Organize central and territorial meetings/debates with the NGOs.
-Provide for an organized openness onto academia and encourage research
and studies on democracy and parliamentarianism through the organization
of study days and conferences on Parliament within the universities.
The organized meetings will allow for the development of democratic
practices, encourage participation on various topics and themes related to
issues such as the protection of the environment, ICT, civic values, human
rights and education. The latter are privileged themes of such debates.
Why is this commitment relevant to OGP values?
The engagement of civil society, of the university and that of organizations
acting like think –tanks, is a key factor for achieving a democracy of quality.
IRM End of Term Status Summary
24. Establishment of a partnership with civil society and academia (Commitments of the Lower House of the Parliament of Morocco)
Limited:
This commitment is the sixth and final of the commitments added to the action plan by the Lower House, one of the two chambers of Morocco’s parliament. [255] The House aimed to strengthen and develop a partnership with both civil society and academia by organizing central and territorial meetings/debates with the NGOs, and by encouraging research and studies on democracy and parliamentarianism through the organization of study days and conferences on Parliament within the universities. [256] According to the activities set out in the action plan, the House had projected the establishment of a steering committee with civil society on the development of terms of reference, and the organization of quarterly meetings with civil society organizations in order to discuss questions related to OGP, as well as the organization of two meetings per year with Moroccan universities. Hence, the commitment is relevant to public participation. Mohammed Doukha, General Councilor in the House, [257] explained that most of the projected activities were postponed due to COVID-19 and the need to avoid large gatherings. He added that the Parliamentary Center for Research and Studies [258] has made significant headway by signing memoranda of understanding for cooperation between the Speaker of the House, the Minister for Higher Education and Research, and the presidents of 12 public universities in Morocco.