Through this agreement, which covers various areas – support for SMEs, initial and continuing vocational training, promotion of the economic attractiveness of the Marrakech Safi region –, the CCSM undertakes, with the support of the Region, to develop decentralised cooperation with Swiss local authorities. The Chamber aims to step up agreements of this kind by targeting the regions but also business groupings, which are key players in creating synergies.
Improving synergies between Swiss companies and projects financed by SECO, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, is another of the Chamber’s challenges. Our objective is therefore, first and foremost, to inform our member companies about cooperation projects, particularly those launched in rural areas, and to involve them in a concrete way.
We also wish to extend this involvement of our member companies to the various Memoranda of Understanding recently signed between our countries. Whether it is the MOU dedicated to Energy in 2018, the one on Agriculture signed this year, or the one concluded last September targeting the Transport sector, and more specifically the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in road and rail transport, Swiss companies have expertise to contribute.
As a facilitator and generator of opportunities, the CCSM will therefore support and mobilise its member companies along this path.
Sami ZERELLI
President of the CCSM