Environmental Analysis & ICT Sector Development in Morocco: Mapping Interim Outcomes, Slides of Information Technology

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Mapping Intermediate Results

Outlines

 National approach

 ICT in Morocco

 Questionnaire examination

 Lessons and actions

National Approach

 Environnemental Analysis of the sector : Data collecting

 Collection of information published by :

• International organizations (the World Bank; UNDP; ITU...)
• Official or private statistics producing organizations (High Commission in the Plan; SEPTTI; ANRT; APEBI; research and educational institutes, IRC; BMCE ..)

 Organization / participation in workshops dedicated to the ICT

• Economical media (newspapers; reviews; broadcast)
  • Meeting with the attended resources to supplement the inventory of collected data and confirm the sector’s development prospects.

National Approach

 Environnemental Analysis of the sector : Data validation

 Validation of the elaborate analysis by the

experts panel

 Expertise results Restitution envisaged

for March 13 th, 2008.

 Release of the analysis and the mapping

frequencies and dates after agreement on March 13 th^ ,

ICTs Sector

 A supported development which incurred an annual increase :

 Turnover

• 3.5 billion € at the end of 2006 ( contribution GDP > 6.5% )
• Export Turnover : 200 Millions € end 2006 (6 %)

 Employees

• 42000 persons (0,5 % of the active population)

 1 500 operators (+ 50 % since 2004)

• Domination of the telecom branch > 70% Turnover of the sector
• Domination of SME 50% having below ten employees , Only 11% have more than 25 wage-earners

Training in IT has become by itself a whole branch of activity :

IT Formation

Graduates number ( > Bac + 4 ) will triple by 2010

(‘’Initiative of 10000 engineers’’ launched by the government ).

(Source : Apebi – Contract Progress Emergence 2005 – 2012)

Schools of engineers (31%) 2000 engineers Bac +

OFPPT* (37 %) 2400 Technicians & Specialized technicians

Private sector (17%) 1000 engineers

1000 bachelors in ICT

Universities (21%)

(*): Office of the Vocational training and of Promotion of Work

 Indicators

 Turnover of 3.5 billion € (2007)  Growth rate of Turnover : 19.2% (2004-2005)  Growth export Turnover :40 M € to 200 M € (2004-2006)  180 call centers with a turnover of 225 M € and 17500 employees (2006)  More than 45000 employees

Offshoring

 key branches

 Call center  Software conception  Financial and accounting data processing  Edition

Inciting Measures

Businesses environment improved (legislative and regulatory texts)

• Law 18-95 that forms the investment charter : fiscals and customs incentives, State participation, free capital exchange.
• Law 17-97 on protection of Industrial properties.
• Law 6/99 on freedom of price and competition.
• Law 2-00 on copyright private rights
• Law 53-95 on the setting up of bankruptcy courts.
• Law 65-99 on legislation of flexible work (CDD-CDI-Interim…)
• Innovation inciting by investing in R&D (dedicated fund)
• Financing mechanisms and defiscalisation for the benefit of the sector (guarantee funds, start up funds, incubators, adjustment funds ).
• Creation of reception zones dedicated to the ICT activities..
• Allowance of promotion budget to support export and the IDE
• Liberalization and regulation of the sector ( law 55-01)
• Securing of the data exchanges ( Law 53-05)

Supplementary measures specific to the sector

Questionnaire

 Answers ’ analysis :

• Size: reduced < 50 employees - Geographical distribution : ≈ 78% represented on 2 cities

45 % 33 %^ Casablanca Rabat

Agadir 11 %

Marrakech 11 % 56 % ( 0-9)

44 % ( 10-49)

Questionnaire

 Answers analysis : Geographical distribution

• Domains adequacy activity / challenges of the 7 th^ FP

Questionnaire

 Answers analysis :

65 % 11 %

23 %

11 %

Challenge 5 : Sustainable and personalised healthcare

Challenge 6 : Mobility, environmental sustainability and energy efficiency

11 %^ 67 %

11 % 11 %

Challenge 7 : Independent living and inclusion

67 %

22 %

11 %

Business Areas

Questionnaire

Assembly & Manufacturing

Consulting 13 % 13 % Content

7 % 33 %

24 %

9 % Internet Services

IT Services

Software Products Development

Telecommunications

1 %

 Concretization of the sector’s developmental previsions.

 Confirmation of the role of the development vector in the sectors

of economy.

 Visibilit y through contractual programs.

 Morocco’s attraction in terms of foreign investing.

Conclusion

 The received answers do not mirror the sector’s reality( important

companies not represented : Maroc télécom; Méditel; Wanna…)

 Huge projects are still to show their effects