Morocco

  • Jul 11, 2017
  • eccp

The cluster community in Morocco is growing. Morocco first engaged in cluster development policy through the “Pacte National pour l’Emergence Industrielle” in the late 2000’s. Today, Morocco’s cluster programme consists of the “Stratégie Maroc Innovation” programme, which aims to improve R&D and promote innovation.

Cluster-to-cluster cooperation between the EU and Morocco is in its beginning stages, although several and strategic sectors for cooperation have been established, as well as cluster organisations in the EU and Morocco looking for cooperation.

Economic and political context and framework

Morocco is one of the most developed economies in Africa. It is the 5th African economy by GDP and The World Economic Forum placed Morocco as the 1st most competitive economy in North African 2014. The major resources of the Moroccan economy are agriculture, phosphates, and tourism. Sales of fish and seafood are important as well. The production of textiles and clothing is part of a growing manufacturing sector in Morocco.

Cluster community in the country

Originally, Morocco engaged in cluster development policy through the Pacte National pour l’Emergence Industrielle. In 2009, the objective of this pacte was to develop 15 national cluster initiatives. Today, Morocco’s cluster programme consists of the “Stratégie Maroc Innovation” programme aims to improve R&D and promote innovation targeting triple-helix agents.

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The cluster programme combines a top-down and bottom-up approach: state support and at the same time initiating cluster competition. Further cluster organisations are promoted by other stakeholders such as the solar cluster or the Industrial Cluster for Environmental Services (CISE). Additionally, Morocco actively pursues an industrial policy plan (“Plan D’acceleration industrielle”) until 2020 which includes the development of cluster organisations and cluster policy.Read less.

Cluster policies encouraging the development and internationalisation of clusters

Through the Plan D’acceleration industrielle, the internationalization of clusters has been a particular area of focus for the Moroccan government.

Cluster to cluster cooperation opportunities and potential interest from European clusters and SMEs

In 2013, in the frame of the EU-Morocco Cooperation Project “MOBILISE”, a number of cluster organisations (operating a cluster initiative) and organisations with a similar function but different names (technology parks, agropoles) were identified.

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In total, 12 Moroccan organisations replied to the survey and showed an interest in collaborating with EU partners. Among them were six cluster organisations, selected and supported by the Moroccan government in the framework of its support programme. Most of these cluster organisations were located close to the largest cities in Morocco, namely Rabat and Casablanca. Read less.

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Morocco, a priority market for Basque companies in the renewable energy generation sector

Representatives from MASEN (Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy), SENER, SIEMENS-GAMESA, BATZ ENERGY and the Basque Energy Cluster , analysed the sector situation and their collaboration experiences in an event exclusively dedicated to Morocco. This event was hosted as part of Intergune, the annual internationalisation meeting, promoted and organised by the Basque Government, SPRI and the Basque...Read more
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Launch of the Euromed Trade Helpdesk

The International Trade Centre (ITC), together with the European Commission (DG Trade) have recently launched the EuroMed Trade Helpdesk: http://euromed.macmap.org/ . The press release on the European Commission’s website can be found here: http://trade.ec.europa.eu/doclib/press/index.cfm?id=1679 . By providing businesses with essential information about markets, tariffs and import requirements, the...Read more
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From EuroMed@Change to EUROMED Invest project

From December 2013 to December 2016, a hundred of field operations will associate the main economic actors of the 28 member states of the European Union and their partners in South Mediterranean Countries. These operations will include networking events addressing also to European innovation clusters (business meetings, workshops, conferences, peer to peer seminars on best practices and experience sharing...Read more
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  • Dec 12, 2016
  • Lowri Brown

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Events

Date Name Target Type
Monday, 2 October, 2017 - 09:30 MOVE 2nd brokerage event Cluster managers, SME Workshop
Saturday, 12 November, 2016 - 09:00 ADVANCITY and EMC: La transition énergétique dans les territoires Large audience Seminar
Wednesday, 6 May, 2015 - 09:00 Explore new business opportunities with European and Mediterranean clusters at a matchmaking event in Milan Cluster managers Matchmaking
Wednesday, 22 January, 2014 - 10:30 Business Roadshow Morocco Cluster managers, SME Matchmaking, Workshop
Wednesday, 12 February, 2014 - 10:30 Euro-Mediterranean Brokerage Event on Research and Innovation Cluster Policy Makers, Large audience, SME Conference, Workshop
Wednesday, 19 February, 2014 - 10:15 Euromed Business Workshop on Intercultural Communication Large audience Workshop
Sunday, 17 July, 2016 - 10:00 World Investment Forum 2016 Large audience Conference

Achievements

EnW signs its first International Cooperation Agreement during COP 22 in Marrakech

The COP conference stands for the “Conference of the Parties”. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) entered into force in 1994, aimed at reducing greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. During the COP, member States, who have common but differentiated responsibilities, strive to reach agreements on reducing greenhouse gas emissions caused by human activity,...
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  • Feb 17, 2017
  • alina danielescu

ESCP-4i News

Positive assessment of the SpaceWave cycle of workshops

SpaceWave
On July, 9 th and July, 17 th 2018, four workshops have been organised by the SpaceWave consortium partners. The aim of the four workshop dealing with fisheries, aquaculture, monitoring and surveillance of maritime environment and coastal erosion and water-level rise was to validate and confirm the countries (Australia, Canada, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam) and high-potential sectors which have been previously analysed as well as to gather different stakeholders. In total, there have been around 50 attendees: 24 SMEs; 7 research centres / University; 1 mid-cap...
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  • Aug 28, 2018
  • theophanep

The SpaceWave Consortium received ESCP-4i label for its project enabling expansion into international markets for Earth Observation SMEs in Blue Growth

SpaceWave
On February, 21 st 2018 in the context of the EU Industry Day, the European Commission launched a second generation of 23 co-funded EU Cluster Partnerships (ESCP-4i). The SpaceWave Consortium was given the great chance to be one of them, and is very proud of having won this award. This event enabled networking with other projects and seeking synergies. SpaceWave was officially launched during the kick-off meeting held in Brussels on January, 9 th 2018. The consortium is made of four European clusters: Aerospace Valley (coordinator – FR), Pôle Mer Méditerranée (FR), Marine South East Limited (UK) and...
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  • Apr 04, 2018
  • theophanep

Final Target Market Group Meetings and closure of REINA PLUS project

REINA PLUS
On 13 December the Basque Energy Cluster organised the Final TMGM of project REINA PLUS with six speakers who talked about the current status and future opportunities of six international markets (Mexico, Chile, Colombia, Brazil, Morocco and US) and another two speakers from SMEs who presented their internationalisation strategies and experience with REINA PLUS ESCP on the missions carried out over the past two years. This event closed the European project REINA PLUS, which began in 2016 and has included 13 missions to the afore mentioned countries over the past two years.​ José Freitas, Policy Officer of...
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  • Jan 15, 2018
  • agonzalez

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ESCP-4is targetting this country

Acronym Name Sector(s) Targeted third countries No. of SME involved No. of Partners
EnW Energy in Water Environmental Services

PROTECTING MAN AND ENVIRONMENT›Environment›Environmental Engineering / Technology 		China, Colombia, Mexico, Morocco, Peru, Singapore, Tunisia, United States 650 7
FoodNet Food In Eco Network Transportation and Logistics

INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, MATERIAL AND TRANSPORT›Transport Infrastructure›Logistics 		Algeria, China, India, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Morocco, Republic of Korea (South Korea), Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan 362 5
MOVE Moving the Future Transportation and Logistics

INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING, MATERIAL AND TRANSPORT›Transport Infrastructure›Logistics 		Brazil, Morocco 567 9
REINA PLUS Renewable Energy Internationalisation ESCP project for European SMEs Electric Power Generation and Transmission

ENERGY›Renewable Sources of Energy›Wind energy 		Algeria, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Morocco, Tunisia, United States 322 4
SENTINEL Cluster Network for Hospitality Sustainable Development and Internationalization Hospitality and Tourism

ELECTRONICS, IT AND TELECOMMS›IT and Telematics Applications›Applications for Tourism 		Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, United Arab Emirates, United States 582 4
SpaceWave Clusters waving the flag to the internationalisation of European SMEs taking advantage of the cross-sectoral dimension of Earth observation for Blue Growth market Information Technology and Analytical Instruments

ELECTRONICS, IT AND TELECOMMS›Telecommunications, Networking›Satellite Technology/Positioning/Communication in GPS 		Australia, Canada, Mexico, Morocco, South Africa, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, Viet Nam 50 4
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