Denver – The Minister of Culture, Youth, and Sports Othman El Ferdaous revealed a new agreement that was reached with the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco. The agreement consisted of plans to start a new annual competition that plans to highlight some of Morocco’s rich culture in the digital age.
According to Mr. El Ferdaous’ statement, both the academy and the Ministry will work to “support the emergence of new cultural and digital uses” through the competition, as well as working towards “the democratization of culture and to promote national cultural and symbolic richness in several languages.”
The competition will accept submissions in text, audio, image, and video formats.
As part of the agreement, the academy will also begin a program to train doctoral and research students to properly be able to participate in the competition when it begins.
The ministry and the academy have already been working on the project, and have been able to lay out a basic framework including a “strategic vision” for the project, as well as basic rules for the contest, and have even recruited “a large panel of specialists as well as a jury made up of academic experts,” to help judge the contributing pieces.
As the world becomes increasingly digital, this competition is a way for Morocco to contribute its rich cultural heritage into the digital ecosystem.
The Ministry of Culture, Youth, and Sport’s choice to implement this project with the academy is an indication of the recognized importance of embracing this digital change and encouraging its synchronization with Moroccan culture moving into the future.
