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Rabat – The Minister of National Spatial Planning, Urban Planning, Housing and City Policy, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, launched on Tuesday the second urban caravan for rural areas of Morocco with the aim to reduce spatial disparities, ensure territorial equity, and strengthen attention to rural areas.
This comes amid Morocco’s commitment to manage urban expansion to foster job creation and improve living conditions across its regions.
Ms. El Mansouri’s field visit was marked by the signing of the Agreement for Technical and Architectural Assistance agreement in Rural Environments (2026-2028) and a visit to villages affected by the earthquake in order to assess the progress of the reconstruction work. Her visit was accompanied by the Wali of the Souss-Massa region, governor of prefecture of Agadir Ida Outanane, Said Amzazi, the governor of the province of Taroudant, Mabrouk Tabet, and other elected officials.
The caravan is part of the Royal Directives to ensure that the administration goes to meet villages, markets, and rural areas in order to listen directly to citizens, provide them with practical solutions, speed up construction and housing procedures, and consolidate the principles of territorial justice, according to the minister.
This second edition of the caravan is set to visit twelve regions of the Kingdom, target 118 rural municipalities (a population of more than 1,532,680 inhabitants), and visit 180 villages and 37 rural markets. The initiative also aims to bring together the legal, technical, real estate, and architectural services of residents to process applications, present housing offers, and support rural investment.
“We want to restore trust between the administration and rural people and offer them safe, regulated and transparent construction procedures,” the minister said, noting that “the new rural centers, as well as the identified villages, now play a strategic role, and we are committed to guaranteeing them access to technical services that contribute to their organization and development.”
The minister also carried out a field visit to several villages affected by the earthquake including Aït Maala (Tafenkult) and Agadir Jamaa (Tizi N’Test).
She praised the progress made in restoring the housing of these villages. “We will not abandon any disaster-stated village until each house is rebuilt and secured. The safety and dignity of our citizens are our collective responsibility, and our presence here today is a message of support and continued commitment,” she said.
MWN with MAP
