Fez Approves Plans for New Technopark to Boost Innovation and Industry

The Technopark of Fez will soon be a reality. This is what the municipal council of the spiritual capital of the kingdom has decided. The council members adopted the partnership agreement relating to the implementation of this major project, indicates the MAP, specifying that in addition to the municipal council, this agreement brought together the Ministry of Industry, Trade, Services and the Green Economy, the wilaya and the regional council of Fez-Meknes and the management company of the Technopark, "Moroccan Information Technopark Company" (MITC).

With a total cost of 55 MDH, this project will occupy an area of 7,159 m². It will serve as a regional incubator for companies and aims to promote creativity and the exchange of expertise. An annex modifying the partnership agreement for the construction of the Fez International Exhibition Center, signed between the municipality of Fez, the Fez-Meknes region and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services of Fez-Meknes, is also planned.

During this session, the council also validated the decision to mobilize land for the creation of the Vocational Training Institute in the Building and Public Works (BTP) trades. This was the subject of a public-private partnership agreement: it includes the MCA, the municipality of Fez, the Ministries of National Education, and the Economy, the OFPPT and the National Federation of Building and Public Works, with financing from the Charaka fund of the Millennium Challenge Account-Morocco Agency for an envelope of more than 70 million dirhams (MDH).

This same ordinary session proceeded to validate the partnership agreement between the Maghreb Sports Association of Fez (MAS)-football section and the municipality. Thus, the latter will allocate a subsidy of 5 million dirhams, to contribute to the management expenses (3 MDH) and the construction of the MAS-football section training center (2 MDH).

In addition, the management of covered halls and municipal neighborhood fields, the internal regulations of the Fez bus station, as well as decisions relating to the delimitation of public roads and the naming of roads and streets in the city were the subject of a regulatory decision approved by the municipal council.