Morocco

In terms of entrepreneurship, Morocco’s diversity offers its people many opportunities to improve their employability in numerous sectors. Nevertheless, the country’s often weak infrastructure, which is marked by insufficient opportunities and resources, undermines Moroccans’ ability to exercise their full economic potential. 
morocco

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  • Area: 446,550 km2
  • Population: 37 million
  • Capital: Rabat

Swisscontact in Morocco

  • since 2015

Projects

2021 - 2025
Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Colombia, Indonesia, Morocco, North Macedonia, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Tunisia, Ukraine, Vietnam
Trade, Initial vocational education and training, Entrepreneurial ecosystems, Sustainable tourism
Swiss Import Promotion Programme
The Swiss Import Promotion Programme (SIPPO) is a well-established mandate of the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) within the framework of its economic development cooperation. The programme has been implemented by Swisscontact since 2017 and is now in phase 2 (2021-2025).

The overall objective of SIPPO is to integrate developing and transition countries into world trade. In a facilitation role, SIPPO advises and supports so-called Business Support Organisations (BSOs) in 12 partner countries. Through innovative and targeted export promotion services, BSOs strengthen the export capabilities of companies intending to export and facilitate market access and exports to Switzerland, the EU, and regional markets.
2024 - 2027
Morocco
Initial vocational education and training, Labour market insertion
Youth and Biodiversity Project 
The Danish-Arab Partnership aims to create a better life for young people in the Middle East and North Africa and to ensure that young people have better opportunities for employment and civic/human rights engagement and are therefore more likely to create a future in their own country and less likely to emigrate.
2020 - 2024
Morocco
Labour market insertion
Coaching for employment and entrepreneurship 
Job placement for disadvantaged youth
The project aims to provide young women and men from vulnerable backgrounds in Morocco with opportunities for productive self-employment, so they become empowered to create resilient livelihoods for themselves.
2023 - 2026
Morocco
Sustainable tourism
Outdoor activities to promote biodiversity in Ifrane National Park
Outdoor activities to promote biodiversity in Ifrane National Park
2022 - 2027
Morocco
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
DAPP - DANISH-ARAB PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME « READY FOR TOMORROW »
The Danish Arab Partnership Program (DAPP) was established in 2003 by the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Danida). The current phase of the DAPP (2022-2027) focuses on employment and human rights in the MENA region, with a primary focus on youth. The activities focus on Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan, and address some of the root causes of youth migration to Europe.

News

Morocco
14.06.2024
Swiss-Moroccan Partnership: Developing Green Skills and Jobs in Morocco
Casablanca, Friday, June 14, 2024 – Swisscontact, in collaboration with the Swiss Embassy in Morocco, the Swiss-Moroccan Chamber of Commerce, and the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), organized a seminar on the theme: “How Can Switzerland Contribute to the Development of Green Jobs to Support Morocco's Ecological Transition?”
Morocco
Sustainable tourism
02.08.2023
A dinosaur is Morocco’s new museum attraction
Since June 2023, a resin cast replica of one of the largest-ever dinosaurs found anywhere can be seen in the newly opened Museum of the M'Goun Geopark in Azilal, in Béni-Mellal province. The real bones are being stored for safekeeping in the Moroccan Ministry for Geology and Mining in Rabat.
Morocco
Entrepreneurial ecosystems
04.05.2023
Analysing the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Morocco
Swisscontact and its partners analysed the startup community in Morocco and share recommendations for developing the local entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Directeur Swisscontact Maroc
Didier Krumm

Our Interventions

In collaboration with our local partners and by strengthening the local structures, Swisscontact applies a gender equity approach focusing on youth and women. To reduce poverty, generate income, and create new jobs, sustainability of project implementation is a central priority for Swisscontact. 

With its interventions, Swisscontact is facing the challenges of under- and unemployment in Morocco by facilitating skills development, targeted training, and better opportunities for employment, primarily through capacity building of small businesses. 

Team
The abilities and readiness for action of our employees are decisive for our projects’ ability to achieve sustainable impact, as well as our long-term success. As an attractive employer, Swisscontact invests in a positive management and work culture. This is defined by our fundamental understanding of development intended to serve not only our beneficiaries in project countries but our employees as well.
Jobs
Motivated and productive employees with initiative constitute the most important success factor in all areas of our work. We count on individuals who are looking to the future, impact- and team-oriented, and want to work in international development cooperation.

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Swisscontact │ Fondation Suisse pour la Coopération Technique
39, Rue Abou Derr
Agdal - 10080 Rabat, Maroc