Mr. Skalli, who spoke on the sidelines of the launching ceremony of the Regional Investment Dialogue in Béni Mellal-Khénifra, in the presence of key players in the regional entrepreneurial ecosystem, indicated that since the announcement in March 2023 of the roadmap relating to the improvement of the business climate, 70pc of the initiatives contained in this roadmap have been launched while 41pc of these have already been finalized or in the process of being finalized.
The Ministry of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies takes part in the launching ceremony of the regional dialogue on investment in the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region with regard to the crucial national issue represented by continued improvement in the business climate, argued the Director General of Investment and Business Climate at the Ministry of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies.
And Mr. Skalli made it known that this dialogue, which will take place in the form of workshops, and meetings for discussions and debates, will make it possible to “territorialize the issues and challenges as well as the solutions of the business climate”.
He also affirmed that this dialogue aims to converge the vision and efforts of all stakeholders with the aim of simplifying the investor’s journey, strengthening territorial attractiveness and further improving the business climate.
For his part, the Wali of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, governor of the province of Béni Mellal, Khatib El Hebil underlined the strong desire of regional actors to make investment a primary lever to create employment and reinvigorate the economic dynamics experienced by the region, recalling the importance of structuring the regional offer, improving the business climate and supporting investors and SMEs.
The Béni Mellal-Khénifra Unified Regional Investment Commission has validated for the year 2023, a record investment volume of more than 34.7 billion DH, with growth of almost 200% over the period 2019- 2023, welcomed the Wali, recalling that the region experiences the creation of more than 3,400 companies each year, with an average annual growth of nearly 4% per year, over the period 2018-2022, i.e. 4 times the growth rate of businesses created at the national level.
The regional dialogue on investment is organized as a prelude to the Investment Forum “Investing in the Heart of Morocco” which will be held next May, under the aegis of the Ministry of Investment, Convergence and Development. ‘Evaluation of public policies and the Wilaya of the Béni Mellal-Khénifra region, in collaboration with several partners with the aim of converging efforts and pooling resources for better promotion of the Béni region Mellal-Khénifra.
The launch of this dialogue is an opportunity to discuss and debate the obstacles linked to the realization of projects as well as to propose recommendations capable of boosting investments in the region and encouraging the act of investing and undertake in this.
The launching ceremony of this dialogue saw a strong participation of investors, private operators and economic and institutional actors involved in all links of investment promotion and investor support. Participants discussed the region’s economic potential, promising sectors, incentive and support mechanisms for investors, as well as ways to improve the business climate and strengthen the region’s attractiveness.
The regional dialogue on investment will be spread over a period of two months, during which 14 days focused around 4 categories of meetings will be organized, the first, dedicated to the business climate, the second will focus on the provinces of the region, the 3rd will focus on the 4Fs of investment (Land, Financing, Training and Taxation), while the 4th day will be entitled “at the heart of the sectors”, centered, in particular, on the exploration of potential of the region in strategic sectors in order to propose recommendations to promote these sectors and ensure their development and integration at the regional level.