Useful Links

CRI Oriental
http://www.orientalinvest.ma/hom.html
The Regional Investment Center of the Oriental region assists investors and start-ups in setting up their business and developing their activities.

Agence de Développement de l’Oriental
http://www.oriental.ma/main.php?Id=192&lang=fr
The Development Agency of the Oriental Region assists national and local stakeholders in implementing development programs in the region.

Agence de Développement Social de l’Oriental
http://www.ads.ma/index.php?id=834
The site of the Agency for Social Development in Oriental presents some key information on the region (figures, institutional actors, development issues…)

Le Fonds d’Investissement de la Région Oriental
www.firo.ma/accueil
The Investment Fund for the Oriental region has an initial budget of 150 million Dirham to finance productive projects that create value and qualified jobs which have an impact on the region’s development

Fondation Hassan II pour les MRE
http://www.alwatan.ma/
The Hassan II Foundation focuses on maintaining and developing links between Moroccans living abroad and their home country. Among other things, it accompanies Moroccans living abroad in all stages of their investment projects.

ANIMA
http://www.animaweb.org/
The ANIMA Investment Network is a multi-country platform for the economic development of the Mediterranean. The network unites around 40 investment-promoting agencies, international networks as well as stakeholders of territorial development in the Mediterranean.

Investor’s kit offered by Maroc Entrepreuneurs
http://www.marocentrepreneurs.com/kit-entrepreneur-au-maroc.php
Maroc Entrepreneurs is a non-profit organization that aims to contribute to Morocco’s economic development through three levers:
1. Encouraging Moroccans abroad or persons with strong ties to Morocco to create their enterprise in Morocco
2. Helping make people discover the universe of entrepreneurship and current socio-economic affairs in Morocco
3. Establishing synergies between enterprises in Morocco and Moroccan know-how abroad

Programme Moukawalati
http://www.entreprendre.ma/Programme-Moukawalati_a234.html
« Moukawalati » is a governmental program which aims to create 30,000 small enterprises (investment sum under 250,000 Dhs) in all regions and localities of Morocco. Moukawalati accompanies start-ups in all their endeavors and helps them to obtain loans.

CGEM
http://www.cgem.ma/
CGEM is the General Confederation of Enterprises in Morocco.

Project FACE

Since the 1 October 2009 the project FACE (“Facilitation of the creation of enterprises for the Moroccan Diaspora”) co financed by the EU and IntEnt (www.intent.eu) is operational. With its office located in Casablanca, the project supports members of the Moroccan Diaspora mainly in Holland, France and Germany who wish to set up small enterprises in Morocco. Active partners are AFD (France) and CIM (Germany).                                                                                                                                          www.intent-maroc.com

Royaume du Maroc : Administration du Tourisme
http://www.tourisme.gov.ma/
Official site on tourism in Morocco

Portail de la région Al Hoceima – Taza – Taounate
http://www.taza-alhoceima-taounate.ma/
French homepage on the region, containing information on tourism, development possibilities, civic life etc.

Chambers of Commerce

CCIS Oujda
http://www.ccis-oujda.ma/
Oujda’s Chamber of Commerce

CCIS Al Hoceima
http://www.ccisalhoceima.com/index.php
Al Hoceima’ Chamber of Commerce

CCIS Nador
Nador’s Chamber of Commerce
The CCISN’s website will probably not go online until June 2009. If the address is not yet linked here, please look for it through a search engine.

Chambre française de commerce et de l’industrie au Maroc
http://www.cfcim.org/
The French Chamber of Commerce in Morocco assists enterprises in setting up their business, in commercial planning, in all practical matters, with employment, animation and training.

AHK Casablanca
http://marokko.ahk.de/
German Chamber of Commerce in Casablanca

Large Investment Projects

Mediterrania Saïdia
http://medsaidia.com/
Mediterrania Saïdia is a big tourist project in the North of Morocco, between Nador and Algeria in front of the Spanish coast of Almeria, in the province of Berkane. With its 39,000 beds, its marina, its three golf courses, its congress center and its shops, Mediterranea Saïdia will soon multiply the potential of the region. Investment opportunities exist in activities that would be complementary to the Saïdia resort.

German development cooperation

GTZ
http://www.gtz.de/en/index.htm
The German international cooperation Agency, to which the MIDEO project is affiliated

CIM
http://www.cimonline.de/en/index.asp
As Human Resources Provider for German Development Cooperation, CIM links up partner country organizations in need of qualified employees with highly qualified experts from Germany and other European Union countries. By doing so, CIM paves the way for know-how transfer to developing, transition and emergent countries.

BMZ
http://www.bmz.de/en/
Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development

Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW)

http://www.kfw-entwicklungsbank.de/

The KfW Development Bank is the financial branch of the German development cooperation network.

Diaspora.

CCME
http://www.ccme.org.ma/
Council of the Moroccan Community abroad

MRE.ma
http://www.mre.ma/
Diaspora site in French, with forum and adds

Infobörse rund um Marokko
http://www.marokko.com/
Diaspora site in German

Deutsch-Marokkanisches Kompetenznetzwerk
http://mkfd.de/
The German-Moroccan competency network brings together experts of Moroccan origin who were born in Germany or have been living there for a long time. The organization’s goal is to channel energy in favor of a sustained development in Morocco, and to support the integration of citizens of Moroccan origin in Germany.

Moroccan and local media

L’économiste
http://www.leconomiste.com/
Morocco’s most important daily economic newspaper

NadorCity.com
http://www.nadorcity.com/
Local website with current information on Nador, mostly in Arabic

Le Nadorien
http://www.nadortoday.com/news/
Local website with current information on Nador, mostly in Arabic

OujdaVille
http://www.oujdaville.com/
Local website with current information on Oujda

Municipalité de Figuig
http://www.ville-figuig.info/
Website of the city of Figuig

Berkane Ville
http://www.berkaneville.com/
Website on the city of Berkane

Disclaimer: These links are being provided for your convenience and for informational purposes only; they do not constitute an endorsement by the MIDEO project. The MIDEO project bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links.

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