The TAFRA association has just published, this Thursday, May 8, the fourth edition of its annual report on the transparency of local authorities in Morocco for the year 2024.
Based on the SMIIG Data indicator, developed by TAFRA, this report assesses the conformity of the municipalities, regions, prefectures and provinces to the legal publication of information publication of information, as imposed by law 31-13 on the right of access to information.
Main results:
- The 63 municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants with a website are continuing their efforts: their average score goes from 54 to 58 points between 2023 and 2024.
- On the regions side, only 8 out of 12 have an official site, and only Béni Mellal-Khénifra exceeds the average.
- The prefectures and provinces remain the red lanterns: on 23 identified sites, only Séfrou and Settat cross the bar of the average.
- This edition incorporates 22 new municipalities in the ranking, thanks to the updated data from the RGPH 2025.
Transparency advances … but not everywhere
The report stresses that the most published information concerns citizen participation and local governance, while financial data – crucial for real transparency – remains largely absent.
This work is part of the “SMIIG-Data II-minimal balance of guaranteed institutional information” project, co-financed by the European Union, and reaffirms Tafra’s commitment to transparency, access to information and citizen participation in Morocco.
* – – It should be noted that Tafra is an independent Moroccan NGO which works for the promotion of democracy, the strengthening of the transparency of institutions, the right of access to information and citizen involvement in Morocco.
– – Access to its databases: https://tafra.ma/donnees/
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