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Here are the main headlines developed by the national press on Wednesday: Le Matin: • The canned fish manufacturers are calling for a rescue of their activity. The members of the National Union of Canned Fish Manufacturers (Unicop) are asking for a plan to safeguard the sector. Thus, they call on the public authorities to urgently apply the solutions and recommendations of the scientists aimed at ensuring the safeguard of the fish stock and imposing a right of inspection by the State on the monopolies and limiting the increases in raw materials which would be unjustified. . They also demand that the State financially support the sector which does not benefit from any subsidy despite its economic importance and its historical contribution in investment and job creation, argues the Union. Finally, the latter wants to obtain "priority access to the raw material, and this for the sake of significant added value, a strategic positioning of the Moroccan product and a sustainability of the socio-economic contribution", underlines the 'Unicop.• Covid-19: a new arrival of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine expected this week. After receiving 5 million doses of the Sinopharm vaccine last Sunday, Morocco is preparing to receive a new shipment this Thursday, October 14. This is a batch of 271,440 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, says a source from the newspaper. This new delivery will make it possible to reinforce the available stocks of the anti-Covid vaccine and thus to accelerate the vaccination campaign, in particular for the third dose. The Economist: • The head of government has undertaken to institute the course of care. The principle consists in appointing a family doctor who will take charge of the patients and direct them to a specialist when necessary. A device supposed to improve medical services and reduce crowds in hospitals to be able to focus on emergencies. Morocco currently has 26 doctors per 100,000 inhabitants. The challenge will be to strengthen the healthcare network to achieve a ratio of 1 doctor for 300 to 400 families. The doctor-nurse tandem will be essential in local health centers. Consultations will be by appointment except in emergencies. If necessary, patients can be referred by their family doctor to specialized centres.

• The CRIs now have their performance indicators. The Ministry of the Interior has just set indicators on the basis of which the regional investment centers (CRI) will be evaluated. Ten in number, the criteria will take into account, in particular, file processing times, the number of files transferred to the Unified Regional Investment Commission, the average file processing time by this commission (less than 30 days), the percentage of projects validated by the commission within a period not exceeding 30 days. The performance of the CRIs will also be evaluated taking into account the volume of the regional commission. The number of jobs as well as the number of SMEs and VSEs supported by the CRI are also part of the evaluation scale. Today Morocco:

• The aeronautics industry is taking a new step. The positioning of Moroccan aeronautics in the international value chain requires players in the sector to align themselves with new market requirements. Clean production is now an imperative that all manufacturers must meet to gain visibility and above all competitiveness. Morocco has taken this trajectory by placing decarbonization at the heart of its industrial recovery roadmap. To achieve this objective, the aeronautics sector announces the transition to a new phase of development. A profound transformation will be carried out, thus strengthening the anchoring of the Morocco base. To do this, the sector relies on know-how and technology. • A program for those excluded from the labor market. From 2022, the Executive will take emergency measures in favor of employment, in particular to support people excluded from the labor market and the rapid rescue of companies threatened with bankruptcy, in particular through support and financing and promotion private initiative and the "Made in Morocco" label to support national production. In order to provide immediate responses to people without diplomas and who have suffered the effects of the crisis, the government is proposing, from 2022 and for a period of two years, a program of small and large public works under public contracts. temporary work, at local authority level, in partnership with local associations and cooperatives, without qualification requirements. This program will allow the creation of at least 250,000 direct jobs in two years.Maroc Le Jour:• Mr. Bourita: Morocco trusts the Malian authorities. Morocco trusts the Malian authorities and the active forces of Mali to find "the best solutions adapted" to the context of the country, said Monday in Rabat, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans residing in Morocco. foreigner, Nasser Bourita. "As on the Libyan file, Morocco has neither agenda nor solutions", underlined Mr. Bourita during a press conference on the sidelines of his meeting with the Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop. , noting that the Kingdom "is not among those who claim to have the magic recipe or a percentage of the solution to Mali's problems". • Tarfaya: Abortion of four illegal immigration attempts in three days. Local authorities and security services in the province of Tarfaya thwarted, from Friday to Sunday, four attempts at illegal immigration to the Canary Islands, allowing the arrest of 43 individuals. Thus, six Moroccan candidates for illegal immigration were arrested on Friday, in addition to the seizure of a twin-engine inflatable boat, we learned from the local authorities. On Saturday, 12 people who were preparing to set sail for the Canary Islands were apprehended in the town of Akhfenir.

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• The real estate sector in search of a new lease of life. The real estate sector is beginning to recover. The first half of 2021 confirms the recovery in activity with an increase in transactions for all asset categories (residential, land and professional). But professionals in the sector remain very cautious in their optimism, given a certain lack of visibility. With the arrival of the new government, they are hoping for a real leap forward for this sector, which accounts for at least 6.8% of the national GDP. In addition to the regulatory aspects and the simplification of procedures, the urgency concerns the renewal and improvement of the social housing program, but above all the launch of a similar device for the middle class. • Larache: awareness session on business support programs. An awareness session on business support programs and investment promotion was organized on Monday at the headquarters of the province of Larache. Dozens of young entrepreneurs and bearers of project ideas in the province of Larache benefited from this session organized on the initiative of the Regional Investment Center (CRI) of Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima, in partnership with the for the promotion of small and medium-sized enterprises (Morocco PME). This meeting, which is part of a series of awareness-raising sessions organized from October 11 to 15 by the CRI, aims to introduce young entrepreneurs and project leaders to programs and support and promotion mechanisms investment, while supporting SMEs and auto-entrepreneurs at the level of the prefectures and provinces of the region.Al Bayane:• Moroccan Sahara: the Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs reiterates his country's constant position in favor political, fair and sustainable. The Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop reiterated his country's constant position in favor of a political, just and lasting solution, under the aegis of the UN, to the dispute over the question of Moroccan Sahara. Speaking at a press conference at the end of his meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Abroad, Nasser Bourita, Diop reaffirmed the "constant and unequivocal" position of the Mali "which goes in the direction of full and complete adherence to the process carried out under the aegis of the United Nations with a view to finding a political, peaceful, just, lasting and acceptable solution" to this file. Diop also maintained that his country will not undertake anything against Morocco's interests on this issue. its dimensions. The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) "is called upon to contribute to the establishment of a new world order which will serve as a platform for effective joint action capable of strengthening collective security in all its dimensions", pleaded in Belgrade, Ambassador Permanent Representative of Morocco to the United Nations, Omar Hilale. "Based on the importance it attaches to constructive multilateral action, the NAM is called upon to contribute to the establishment of a new world order which will serve as a platform for joint and active action, which will strengthen security in all its dimensions and respond to current and emerging challenges," said Hilale, speaking at a conference commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade.

Al Massae: The new government promises allowances for destitute families. The Akhannouch government has promised to generalize the system of family allowances to all particularly poor Moroccan families, who will benefit from 300 dirhams per month for each child up to a limit of three children. In its program presented to parliament, the government has also promised to grant, from 2023, a birth allowance of 2000 DH at the birth of the first child to these families so that they can cover the medical costs related to pregnancy and the period following childbirth.Prisons: a note to control employee access. Most penitentiary establishments at the national level began on Monday to apply the instructions mentioned in a note published recently by the general delegate of the penitentiary administration, concerning the control of access to penitentiary establishments. This procedure irritated the prison staff, surprised by a strict control at the entrance. According to the note, this measure is part of the fight against behavior likely to affect the security of the prison establishment and that of the staff, prisoners and users. Release:

• The election of September 8 reflects the adhesion of Sahrawis to democratic construction in Morocco. The massive participation of the populations of the southern provinces in the triple ballot of last September 8 reflects, in complete transparency, the adhesion of the Sahrawis to the process of democratic construction engaged in the Kingdom, affirmed, Monday in New York, Mr. Mohamed Ayach, parliamentarian representing the city of Laâyoune Intervening before the 4th Committee of the UN General Assembly, Ayach underlined that this democratic stage demonstrated a political awareness in the region, specifying that some 6,582 Sahrawi candidates representing 28 parties politicians took part in the election campaign. During this process, the candidates were able to present their programs and their visions for the development of the Moroccan Sahara region, he indicated. • Beni Mellal: a varied and diversified cultural program for the month of October. The Beni Mellal House of Culture has concocted a varied and diversified program for the month of October which targets different age groups in society and touches on several aspects of art. This eclectic program was developed under the supervision of the Regional Directorate of the Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication (Department of Culture), and in collaboration with several associations and local cultural actors. Rich and varied, this program provides for a multitude of activities that will be organized throughout this month, in face-to-face mode but in full respect of the health measures put in place as part of the fight against the spread of the pandemic of the new Coronavirus.

Al Yaoum Al Maghribi Akhannouch outlines his government's main commitments for 2021-2026. The head of government Aziz Akhannouch declined, on Monday, the main commitments of his cabinet for the period 2021-2026, as recorded in the government program. Presenting the salient features of this program, during a joint session of the two Chambers of Parliament, in accordance with the provisions of Article 88 of the Constitution, Akhannouch indicated that the definition of these major commitments falls within the framework of the application of the principle of accountability and aims to facilitate the monitoring and evaluation of the government's balance sheet. UNESCO Executive Council: The Arab Group salutes the tireless efforts of HM the King for the defense of Al-Quds . The Arab Group of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) hailed, on Monday, the tireless efforts of HM King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy City at the diplomatic, political and economic levels. "The Arab Group salutes the tireless efforts of HM King Mohammed VI, Chairman of the Al-Quds Committee, for the defense of the Holy City at the diplomatic and political levels and also economically through the financing and implementation of projects in the city ​​of Al-Quds through the Bayt Mal-Al-Quds-Asharif Agency," said Egyptian Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Chairman of the Egyptian National Commission for Unesco, Khaled Abdel Ghaffar , in an address on behalf of the Arab Group before the 212th session of the Executive Council of the UN organization.Assahra Al MaghribiaCovid-19: drop in the number of positive cases. Positive Covid-19 cases are on a downward trend for the ninth consecutive week in all regions of the Kingdom, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, saying that this situation "applies to all other indicators". Presenting the bi-monthly report on the epidemiological situation (September 28/October 11), the head of the communicable diseases division, Abdelkrim Meziane Bellefquih, specified that the contaminations have increased from 10,000 weekly cases two weeks ago, less than 4,000 last week. Port Tanger-Med: Failure of an international drug trafficking operation and seizure of 6,300 psychotropic tablets. National security elements at the Tanger-Med port thwarted an international drug trafficking operation on Tuesday morning and seized 6,300 psychotropic tablets destined for Morocco via Spain. The person involved in this affair, a 53-year-old driver of Moroccan nationality, was arrested just after his arrival on board a cruise from the port of Algeciras, said a press release from the General Directorate of National Security ( DGSN), adding that the search and preventive palpation operations made it possible to discover these shipments of psychotropic tablets wrapped with adhesive tape stuck to the body of the suspect and carefully concealed under his clothes.

l Ahdath Al Maghribiya Will and citizenship: commitments of mutual trust. During his presentation of the government program in a joint session bringing together representatives and parliamentary advisers, the head of government Aziz Akhannouch undertook to review the system of governance of public affairs through the consolidation of the transparency of the administration and the adoption of a participatory approach allowing citizens to participate in the management of their affairs. He also promised to strengthen the means to fight against corruption, nepotism and clientelism and to take concrete measures to improve citizens' equal access to public services. And to carry out a rigorous and continuous evaluation of the results of social policy, it is committed to strengthening control, in particular in the health and education sectors.Morocco: Campaign against the stigmatization of people affected of mental disorders. The Ministry of Health and Social Care has launched a campaign against the stigmatization of people with mental disorders, on the occasion of World Mental Health Day. Scheduled from October 10 to 17, under the slogan "Mental disorder is a health condition...dignity and rights for you and me", this campaign aims to promote the rights of these people, to dismantle the prejudices associated with their troubles and to raise awareness among loved ones, families and society of the importance of supporting them in order to achieve their recovery, according to a press release from the ministry. Al AlamM. Akhannouch: 1 billion for the officialization of Amazigh. Head of government Aziz Akhannouch announced, in his programme, the broad outlines of which were presented to parliament, the creation by 2025 of a special fund endowed with one billion dirhams with a view to implementing the official character of the Amazigh language. It is a financial mechanism allowing the State to integrate the Amazigh language in the fields of education, legislation, information, communication and cultural and artistic creativity, and to promote its use in administrations and in all public services. The governance of the Fund will be strengthened by the creation of a national advisory committee and regional committees comprising representatives of the ministerial departments concerned and open to personalities interested in Amazigh culture. The 1st International Conference on the therapeutic and industrial potential of hemp, October 22 to 24 in Tangier. The 1st International Conference on the therapeutic and industrial potential of hemp in Morocco will be organized from October 22 to 24 in Tangier, with the participation of many scientists and researchers. Organized by the Moroccan Consultative Association for the Use of Cannabis (AMCUC), this conference is part of the efforts made by Morocco to develop the various scientific and socio-economic aspects, capable of bringing values.

Al Ittihad Al IchtirakiMorocco challenges Algeria for its international responsibilities in the question of the Moroccan Sahara. Algeria as the "true party responsible for the creation and maintenance of the artificial regional dispute around the question of the Moroccan Sahara is called upon to fully engage in the process of the round tables in a spirit of realism and compromise", Morocco's permanent representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Omar Hilale, said Monday in Belgrade. "Algeria's participation in the political process as the real party responsible for creating and maintaining this regional dispute is the way to achieve the desired political solution", said Hilale who reacted to the provocative remarks of the Algerian Prime Minister during the high-level commemoration ceremony of the 60th anniversary of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries. Bourita receives his Malian counterpart, carrying a written message to HM the King from the president of the transition of Mali. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccans Living Abroad, Nasser Bourita, received, on Monday in Rabat, the Malian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Abdoulaye Diop, bearing a written message from Mali's transitional president, Assimi Goïta, to His Majesty King Mohammed VI. Speaking at a press conference at the end of his meeting with his Moroccan counterpart, Diop reaffirmed Mali's "constant and unequivocal" position "which goes in the direction of full and complete adherence to the process carried out under the aegis of the United Nations with a view to finding a political, peaceful, just, lasting and acceptable solution" to this file. Bayane Al YaoumLe Patronat calls for reducing the tax burden and establishing a green tax system. In its recommendations for the 2022 finance bill, the CGEM called for the preservation of the competitiveness of companies subject to global competition, through, among other things, the reduction of the tax burden, the review of the taxation of import inputs and the introduction of green taxation. In this sense, several concrete measures are proposed, in particular the initiation of the reduction of the IS rate to reach the internationally accepted level, the reduction of the minimum contribution with a view to its abolition within 5 years, the reform of taxes constituting a real brake on investment with regard to the multitude of taxes and royalties, as well as the generalization of a 10% VAT on solar equipment and the establishment of a targeted R&D tax credit. The SG of the UN draws the attention of the Security Council to the diversion of humanitarian aid by the "polisario". The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, drew attention, in his report to the Security Council on the Moroccan Sahara, to the embezzlement by the "polisario" of humanitarian and financial aid intended for the populations sequestered in the camps from Tindouf. Guterres thus pointed out in his report that the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights has received information from NGOs that the "polisario" has embezzled humanitarian aid as well as funds in the Tindouf camps.Rissalat Al OummaThe most attractive countries in terms of renewable energies: at the head of Arab and African countries, Morocco ranks 16th in the world. Morocco has maintained the first place among Arab and African countries in the index of "The most attractive countries in terms of renewable energies". According to the British accounting firm Ernest &Young, Morocco ranks 16th in the world on the list of the most attractive countries for investments in the field of renewable energies (40 countries). This is the same position he occupied in the previous edition. According to the index report, published on Tuesday, the Kingdom was awarded this place by obtaining an average of 58.1 points out of 100 possible points. The MGPAP raises the death benefit and the retirement allowance. The chairman of the board of directors of the MGPAP, Moulay Brahim El Othmani, indicated that the death capital will increase from nearly 19,000 dirhams to 50,000 dirhams, while the retirement allowance will increase from 6,500 dirhams to 35,000 dirhams, after decision jointly with the supervisory authorities, namely the labor and finance departments. El Othmani spoke during a communication meeting held on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the creation of the MGPAP. This meeting was an opportunity to highlight the means of improving the services offered to users, according to an integrated action program for the effective implementation of the proximity policy and advanced regionalization.