Morocco, France sign two agreements on health, gender equalitry

Morocco and France signed on Wednesday in Rabat two agreements worth €150 million. The funds are destined to support the Generalization of Compulsory Medical Coverage Program, and the Government Equality Plan 2023-2026.

The first agreement, worth €100 million, is part of ongoing support of the French Development Agency (AFD) for the Royal project to globalize social protection, based on three pillars.

The aim is to bolster governance reforms to improve the Compulsory Health Insurance (AMO), support equity and reinforce AMO’s efficiency, taking into account gender issues, and to strengthen AMO’s expenditure control.

The second agreement, worth €50 million, provides for contributing to the reduction of all gender inequalities through two objectives, namely to operationalize and allocate Gender Responsive Budgeting (GRB), including in the territories. The aim is also to boost the economic empowerment of women, notably through support for measures relating to the care economy part of the government’s Equality Plan III (2023-2026).

The two agreements were initialed by Minister in charge of the Budget Fouzi Lekjaa, French Ambassador to Morocco Christophe Lecourtier, and AFD Country Director in Morocco Quiterie Pincent.