Morocco Cuts Public Institution Payment Times to 40 Days, Urban Agencies Lead Improvement

According to the statistics of the Observatory of Payment Deadlines, the Urban Agency of Al Hoceima is at the top of the list of good payers for the month of June, with an average declared deadline of 2 days. It is followed by the Central Guarantee Fund (CCG, 3 days) and the Urban Agency of El Jadida-Sidi Bennour (4 days). Then come the Bouregreg and Chaouia Basin Water Agency, the Regional Academy of Education and Training of the Dakhla-Oued Eddahab region as well as the Urban Agencies of Tangier and Tetouan. These establishments, with an average delay of 6 days, pay their invoices to their suppliers.

As for the Moroccan Tourism Engineering Company (SMIT), the Drâa Oued-Noun Basin Water Agency and the National Agency for the Development of Aquaculture, they close the podium of the 10 public institutions and companies that declared the shortest payment deadlines for their suppliers in June.

In the category of institutions with the longest payment deadlines, there is the National Company for the Realization and Management of Stadiums with an average of 197 days. It is far ahead of the Al Omrane Group (134 days), Royal Air Maroc (123 days) and the Office of Development and Cooperation (101 days).

This group also includes the National Ports Agency (ANP, 90 days), the Hassania School of Public Works (88 days), the Pasteur Institute of Morocco (86 days), the Autonomous Water and Electricity Distribution Authority of Chaouia (84 days), the Moulay Ismail University of Meknes (80 days) and the Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property (OMPIC, 79 days).

As for the Public Establishments and Enterprises (EEP) that have not paid their payment deadlines on Massar, the dedicated platform of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, 66 entities are listed, including the Digital Development Agency, the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills, the Moroccan Cinematographic Center, and the National Railway Office.

Furthermore, the Observatory of Payment Deadlines also lists the EEPs that have not responded to suppliers’ claims on another dedicated platform, AJAL. This is the Hassan II University of Casablanca, which stands out at the top with 20 outstanding claims. It is followed by the Office of Vocational Training and Employment Promotion (13 claims) as well as the Mohammed VI University Hospital Center of Oujda and the Sultan Moulay Slimane University of Beni Mellal, with 4 claims each respectively.