Morocco Launches Ambitious Project to Digitize Civil Registry Records Since 1905

Establishing a central and secure database linking all civil registry offices to a unified and efficient information system, enabling real-time data exchange with other public institutions, thus contributing to accelerating procedures, improving service quality, and strengthening the digital transformation of the Moroccan administration. These are among the objectives of this vast project. In total, more than 38 million registers - dating back to 1905, the year this system came into effect in Morocco - spread across 1,821 civil registry offices will be digitized, reports Al Ahdath Al Maghribia.

According to the General Directorate of Territorial Communities, an international call for tenders will be launched on May 29, 2025, to carry out this vast digital project. Its budget amounts to more than 194 million dirhams and is divided into five major geographical lots, based on the volume of registers and the number of offices per region.

To successfully carry out this vast professional project, the Ministry of Interior has defined two important phases. The first phase concerns 27 million old paper registers that have not yet been digitized, while the second relates to more than 11 million already digitized registers, which will undergo auditing, indexing, and security enhancement.

A project-specific information system will be set up, accompanied by a unified procedures guide, to ensure quality execution. Companies will have to comply with cybersecurity standards, preserve the integrity of original documents, and apply a progressive methodology by lots according to the project’s progress rate. Priority in digitization will be given to birth registers after 1950 and death registers after 2003, due to their administrative importance and high demand, it is specified.

This project is part of a global vision that seeks to bring the administration closer to citizens and simplify access to essential administrative documents.