Morocco

GIZ local staff

National employees: 191
International employees: 49
Integrated experts: 1

_{(as at: 31.12.2023)}  

GIZ has been working in Morocco on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) since 1975. GIZ is now taking on an increasing number of commissions in Morocco for other clients, such as the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU), the Federal Foreign Office (AA), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi), the European Union, and Moroccan companies. It opened its office in Rabat in 1999.

Sustainable economic development
The challenge facing Morocco is to create broad-scale income generation and employment opportunities. On behalf of the German Government, GIZ is assisting Morocco to create and safeguard jobs, primarily by promoting microenterprises, small and medium-sized businesses, and youth employment.

Conservation and management of water resources
Morocco’s average water availability is well below the internationally accepted minimum standard and is subject to extreme seasonal and spatial fluctuations. GIZ is therefore helping to build the capacities of water authorities to adopt Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in Morocco.

Renewable energies and energy efficiency
Morocco currently relies on fossil energy imports for 95 per cent of its fuel supply, and yet it has outstanding potential for renewable energy use. In order to harness this potential to a greater extent, GIZ has been commissioned by the German Government to help Morocco introduce a model for developing a sustainable energy production system and supply.

Environment and climate change
Morocco’s future development will depend to a large extent on whether it can reduce environmental damage and conserve its natural resources so that they are available for use on a sustainable basis. To achieve this, GIZ is assisting its Moroccan partners to introduce a development model which minimises the negative impacts on the environment and mitigates climate change.

Good governance
The constitution, which entered into force in 2011, establishes more stringent requirements in terms of good governance and the performance of public institutions. Good governance is mainstreamed in all GIZ’s programmes in Morocco. GIZ also provides support to its Moroccan partners in the fields of equality, human rights, decentralisation and improving dialogue with citizens.