Almost three years into the pandemic, economic and financial inclusion has become an indispensable public policy tool. Faced with rising unemployment and inequality, training, entrepreneurship and social and financial integration are essential levers for sustainable growth.
This is the shared observation, on Thursday September 15, 2022, during a webinar organized by Britcham.
“The Awrach program has created 60,000 jobs”. It is with this announcement that Younès Sekkouri, Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment and Skills, began his speech at the start of the webinar.
Created 8 months ago, the Awrach program for people who lost their jobs during the Covid crisis is on the right track.
It aims to create 250,000 jobs over the next two years. But economic inclusion is a “complex” subject which affects “training, entrepreneurship, social issues”, recalls Sekkouri. 70 ongoing measures for economic inclusion A total of 70 measures are currently being rolled out or studied. Among them: a Small Business For Jobs intended for VSMEs, a revision of the status of auto-entrepreneur or even an overhaul of learning. “We want to create a real second-chance school,” says the minister in charge.
For his part, Noureddine Benkalil, Secretary General of the Ministry of Economic Inclusion recalled the objective of the New Development Model: to double GDP per capita by 2035.
“This will be done through more integration and therefore more economic and financial inclusion”. Among the tools currently being deployed: a regional and local governance system for economic inclusion and the investment charter. The latter will notably play a role in reducing territorial disparities.
“Investment bonuses will be granted for those who invest in certain types of territories,” says Benkhalil. The bank must become a data driver to facilitate inclusion On the financial inclusion side, Asmae Hajjami, Managing Director of Societe Generale Morocco, recalled the founding role of the national financial inclusion strategy.
Launched in 2016, it aims to reduce disparities in terms of access to and use of financial services. Among the levers for action: digital.
“The bank of tomorrow will be resolutely turned towards mobile to become a data driver bank,” she said. Finally, Youssef Guerraoui Filali, president of the Moroccan Center for Governance and Management called for a review of the status of VSEs and further facilitate the obtaining of credit for project leaders.