Taounate’s Provincial Human Development Committee has approved 73 development projects with a total budget of more than MAD 6M, including over MAD 5.4M from Morocco’s National Initiative for Human Development (INDH).
Approved during a meeting on October 13, 2026, the projects target youth entrepreneurship, economic inclusion, education and support for vulnerable groups across the province.
The largest allocation covers 70 youth entrepreneurship projects under the income improvement and economic inclusion program. They have a combined cost of more than MAD 4.8M, with around MAD 4.3M contributed by INDH.
The committee also approved MAD 150,000 to equip a digital classroom at the educational center of Taounate’s local prison. The facility is intended to support educational and training activities for inmates.
Two additional projects, worth a combined MAD 1.1M, will create a student space at Ibn Sina secondary school in Taounate and build a protective exterior wall for the Dar Taliba student residence in Bouchabel.
The committee also approved an amendment to an education support partnership involving the regional education academy and Zakoura Education Foundation. The program supports 2,000 students, with its beneficiary group expanded to include students living in boarding residences.
According to the announcement, INDH financed 524 youth income and economic inclusion projects in Taounate between 2019 and 2025, with a total cost of MAD 52.9M.
Source: Fes24
