Morocco/Territorial upgrading, subject of the meeting of the Board of Directors of the Urban Agency of Beni Mellal

The 20th session of the Board of Directors of the Urban Agency of Beni Mellal was held on Tuesday, June 01, 2022, at the headquarters of the Wilaya, in the presence of the Inspector General of the Ministry of National Land Management, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy, the Wali of the Region of Beni Mellal - Khenifra, the Governors of the Provinces of the Region

President of the Regional Council and members of the Board of Directors of the Urban Agency. This meeting was devoted to the presentation of the balance sheet of achievements and the approval of the accounts of theThis meeting was devoted to the presentation of the balance sheet of achievements and approval of the accounts of the agency for the years 2019 - 2020 - 2021, the draft budget for the year 2022, and its projected program 2022 - 2025.
On this occasion, the Wali of the region, Mr. Khatib El Hebil, discussed the constraints and problems encountered in the management of territories under the scope of the Urban Agency of Beni Mellal, while reviewing the measures that have been taken to correct this situation, which has taken to correct this situation, which has led to imbalances, especially in the development of space
urban, the deterioration of urban spaces and the occupation of land with high agricultural capacity.
He also noted that despite all the measures that have been taken concerning the ancient components, they still suffer from a slow deterioration, especially through the increase in the phenomenon of buildings threatening ruin.

He also stressed the need to combine efforts to prevent any risk threatening the habitats of the old medina and ensure a decent life in good conditions to the inhabitants of these buildings.
Also, in the face of territorial, economic and social developments in the region of Beni Mellal - Khenifra, the Wali of the region called the Urban Agency to accompany these developments, working on the development ofa strategic territorial plan based on a proactive anticipation of the field, and
based on a new generation of urban planning documents and plans while taking into account the pillars of territorial development in its sustainable and integrated dimension.
He also stressed the need to establish an effective territorial governance that is at the service of investment, to concretize all the documents ofHe also stressed the need to establish an effective territorial governance that serves investment, to concretize all planning documents, to accelerate the realization and completion of studies related to the spatial and urban framing of underdeveloped neighborhoods, to simplify the procedures for the development of the territory and to improve the quality of life.quipés, simplify procedures, accompany local authorities in the issues
related to the sector of urban planning and work on the continued modernization of its administration, the adoption of quality standards and the shift to digital transactions.
For his part, the Inspector General of the Department of Land Management and Urban Planning, stressed the importance of strategic planning as a tool fordevelopment of the territory in a coherent framework that preserves all the territorial components their functions and their particularities
, and ensures citizens a framework and a suitable living space.
He also indicated that the Ministry of National Land Management, Urban Planning, Housing and Urban Policy, is in the process ofHe also indicated that the Ministry of National Planning, Urbanism, Housing and Urban Policy, is developing the general policy of national land use planning which is a forward-looking document and a reference tool that establishes a new concept of urban planning.tablishes a new concept of development that accompanies the profound transformations that are experienced
national territorial spaces, and which clearly defines the governmental priorities and choices of the State in terms of territorial development by placing the Moroccan space in the framework of territorial competitiveness.
Similarly, he added that the Ministry has worked on the establishment of a new model of territorial planning based on a revision of the adopted readopted to cover areas with new generation urban planning documents, and noted that the Ministry is betting on the revalorization of the roles of urban agencies to achieve the objectives of the Moroccan government.the roles of urban agencies to achieve the strategic objectives of the State in the areas of planning, urban planning and implementation of programs and projects that are in the process of being implemented.uvre programs
and projects that aim to encourage and attract investment, develop the attractiveness of the territories and support their development.

He also cited the measures adopted by the Ministry to frame the urban planning and housing
in the rural world, improve the legislative field and the legal arsenal in this direction and install good governance in the field of urban planning.
He also mentioned the particularities of the perimeter of intervention of the urban agency, which is distinguished by its strategic depth as a natural reservoir ofwater and phosphates and by the richness of its agricultural, forestry, mining and tourism assets, alongside the diversity of its cultural heritage that have become an attractive field for many projects
investment and construction private and public. By the same occasion, he called the urban agency to anticipate and accompany these spatial transformations by adopting an approach based on strategic planning leading to the establishment of a comprehensive and integrated vision of its field of intervention.
This meeting was marked by a detailed presentation, by the Director of the urban agency, in which he presented the results of the achievements of the agency.This meeting was marked by a detailed presentation by the Director of the urban agency, in which he presented the balance sheet of the agency's achievements for the years 2019 - 2020 - 2021, as well as the action plan for the period 2022 - 2025. He also cited the characteristics of the urban agency of Beni Mellal constraints encountered by it as well as planning
territorial represented by the coverage of urban planning documents, the realization of studies related to the restructuring and development of the city.tudes related to the restructuring and territorial planning of under-equipped neighborhoods and urban management mechanisms represented by digitization to encourage investment and settle the files of urban planning.
It should be noted that this meeting was an opportunity for members of the Board of Directors to conduct several interventions that have focused, in the main, on issues related to the field of urban planning, including problems related to construction in rural areas, the lack of means of local authorities which makes them unable to meet their obligations.s, which makes them unable to carry out the studies related to the organization of their territories, besides the problems related to the delay in the realization of the documents ofs to the delay in the realization of urban planning documents at the level of municipalities, and the failure to take into account the law of urban planning and the territorial characteristics of each municipality.

Source: en.hibapress.com