Morocco: THE NEXT SOCIETY Policy Lab to showcase successful public-private partnership

April 6, 2021
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In the framework of THE NEXT SOCIETY project, in collaboration with MED MSMEs, the International Network for Small and Medium Enterprises (INSME) will hold in April the 4th Policy Lab. Morocco’s foreign trade will be at the center of this event.

This Policy Lab will analyze PortNet: a unique project implemented over the last decade, which consists of a national single-window platform for all Morocco’s trade actors. The pioneering initiative was launched in 2008 by the Moroccan National Port Authority and is now a profitable and successful public-private partnership, which simplified the procedures of entry and exit of vessels and goods from ports in Morocco through digitalization.

The PortNet Policy Lab will be the occasion to discuss, with experts from Morocco’s Ministry of Industry local SMEs, and representatives from PortNet itself, which factors made PortNet a success story, by analysing its impact on the innovation ecosystem and growth of the country at micro and macro level, as well as the inspirational value to promote the replicability of the project.

The aim of the series of Policy Labs is to share and enhance the experience on innovation in the Mediterranean area, to foster the debate, and discuss the replicability of the identified “good practice” in other contexts.

 

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Countries covered:

  • Morocco