Institutional Advisory & Territorial Engineering

Territorial engineering in Morocco: situations addressed

The 2011 Constitution and the 2015 organic laws underpin advanced regionalisation. This framework gives regions, prefectures, provinces and municipalities their own, shared and transferred powers.

In this context, the department steps in when strategies and master plans take shape. It also advises public and semi-public institutions.

Private organisations whose projects depend on institutions also call on the department. In addition, a local authority's financial capacity conditions the programming of its projects.

The department belongs to the Public Affairs & Policies pole, which carries the firm's institutional intelligence. This pole works in Morocco and in Africa. When needed, other poles complete the assignment, for example for public or partnership investment projects.

Approach and interventions

Each assignment starts with a preliminary diagnosis. The founder, trained in public law and territorial development, then leads every assignment.

The diagnosis combines territorial analysis, a reading of the legal framework and stakeholder mapping. It thus reveals levers, constraints and room for manoeuvre.

Interventions include in particular:

• territorial and institutional diagnoses;
• master plans and territorial strategies;
• consultation with local stakeholders;
• action programmes and implementation plans;
• monitoring and evaluation systems.

Consultation with stakeholders leads to a written consultation report. Project sheets then detail each action of the programme.

In territorial engineering in Morocco, the work results in operational documents. Institutions can then carry them forward themselves, without lasting dependence on the firm. Finally, assessing territorial governance measures a process, not only results.

Territorial engineering in Morocco: related tools and services

Several tools and services extend this work:

• Template – Territorial action programme and monitoring system;
• Grid – Financial and institutional capacity of a local authority;
• Matrix – Prioritisation and phasing of territorial projects;
• Grid – Value retained by the territory;
• Local authorities and territorial programmes consultation;
• Territorial action programme.

Thus, the financial capacity grid comes before programming. Then, the prioritisation matrix organises phasing, while the value retained grid assesses investments and zones.