Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 8:11 AM
Laayoune – The Council of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region, meeting on Monday in its ordinary session of July, adopted the document relating to the regional development program (PDR/2022-2027), in its final version after the approval of the amendments by the central services of the Ministry of the Interior, for a total cost of approximately 2.77 billion dirhams (MMDH).
During this meeting, chaired by the President of the Regional Council, Sidi Hamdi Ould Errachid, the members of the Council validated this program, the contribution of the Regional Council of which amounts to approximately 485.30 million dirhams (MDH).
During this session, which took place in the presence of the Wali of the Laayoune Sakia-El Hamra region, governor of the Laayoune province, Abdeslam Bekrate, the members of the Council approved the four axes of this program, namely “Upgrading the ports of the Laayoune-Sakia El Hamra region”, “Urban planning of cities and centers of the region”, “Economic and social development” and “Environmental rehabilitation in the region”.
These four programs include 21 structuring development projects, notably concerning the extension of the port of Laayoune, the construction of landing points in Naila and Aftissate and the installation of a wave-stopping groyne, in addition to the establishment of an air quality monitoring network in the region, the rationalization of energy and the development of a forest area.
These programs also concern the establishment of a Social Development and Labor Market Integration Fund, the organization of three mobile markets dedicated to the social and solidarity economy and the Regional Social and Solidarity Economy Fair marked by the participation of cooperatives from countries that have opened consular representations in Laâyoune and Dakhla, as well as the creation of a training platform for the benefit of social and solidarity economy stakeholders in the region.
In addition, the members of the Regional Council validated the proposal to add a new Laayoune-Rabat air service line, as part of the renewal of the partnership agreement with Royal Air Maroc (RAM), as well as the reallocation of credits in the second part of the budget.
