By SPA,
Rabat : “As Morocco has developed and its needs have evolved, so has the nature of the collaboration between Morocco and the United States. Cooperation continues, with the mutual goal of building a Moroccan nation that is competitive in the global marketplace,” added the release.
USAID’s programmers include activities in three main areas: Governance, Education and Workforce Development, and Economic Growth.
“Our portfolio includes a number of activities. For example, under economic growth, we have the Integrated Agriculture and Agribusiness projects, which work in several regions to develop value-chains, from the field to the market,” underlined USAID director Monica Stein-Olson, in an interview with Morocco Business News.
She added that under education, “our activities aim at improving the quality and relevance of basic education; we also work to improve the employability of students to make their learning more relevant to the needs of the job market.”
With the signing of the Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement, USAID has helped a number of public and private organisations take full advantage of the FTA.
“Over the next five years, USAID support to economic growth will focus on policy reforms to further improve the business environment in Morocco. USAID also expects to continue support to agricultural policy and complement work funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation,” stressed the USAID’s director.