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Talking at a convention initiated by the IFC (Worldwide Finance Company) on the sidelines of the Annual Conferences of the World Financial institution Group (WB) and the Worldwide Financial Fund (IMF), Mr. El Habti underlined the crucial to encourage companies to spend money on artistic industries, to help start-ups and to discover new types of public-private partnerships on this space.
On this sense, he highlighted the significance of public insurance policies put in place, which play a “key position” in creating an setting conducive to the event of artistic industries, noting the necessity to simplify administrative procedures, promote entry to funding and promote inventive mobility, as means to advertise cultural range and shield Moroccan traditions within the face of globalization.
Returning to the burden of the African continent within the international marketplace for artistic industries, the supervisor mentioned that a number of organizations estimate that it’s between 3 and 5% presently, after 1% in 2015, specifying that this sector, identified by its speedy development, might contribute as much as 10% of worldwide GDP by 2030.
And to notice that the artistic industries are “a strong catalyst” for cultural expression, innovation, employment and financial development, and “embody our id, our range and our international potential”.
“We’re at a pivotal second within the historical past of Africa, the place the cultural and inventive industries could be a driver of transformation and innovation,” he mentioned, reiterating UM6P’s dedication to proceed to play its “lively” position in selling this sector, coaching the following technology of creators and discovering options to the challenges confronted.
Organized collectively by the IFC and UM6P, this occasion highlights the significance of cultural and inventive industries as a driver of financial and social improvement.
This occasion was attended by eminent personalities, together with Mr. André Azoulay, Advisor to HM the King, Mr. Mohamed Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Tradition, Youth and Communication, and Ms. Neila Tazi, President of the Federation of Cultural and Artistic Industries.
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