Industrial Development Board, twenty-ninth session

Satement by H.E. Salah Eddine Mezouar, Minister for Industry, Trade and Upgrading, Morocco

Minister for Industry, Trade and Upgrading of Morocco, Salah Eddine Mezouar  welcomed the exemplary cooperation between Morocco and UNIDO, notably through the Integrated and Modular Programme for Morocco, aimed at strengthening the country's industrial fabric, making the sector more competitive and promoting access to international markets for Moroccan products.

That ambitious programme, which since its inception had benefited from greatly appreciated support from donor States, had made considerable progress and produced very promising results. His delegation expressed appreciation for the invaluable contributions from Italy, Switzerland, Spain and the Republic of Korea, as well as for the help of UNIDO in enabling the entire programme to become operational, and for the assistance received from UNDP.