The Head of Government chairs a meeting devoted to the preparation of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund
08/11/2022
On Tuesday, November 8, 2022, the Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch chaired a meeting devoted to reviewing the progress of the preparations for the holding of the annual meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund. This event will be held in Marrakech in October 2023 and should see the participation of 14,000 people from 189 member countries of these two international institutions. This preparatory meeting will be followed by a series of meetings to ensure the success of this international event organized, for the first time in 50 years, on the African continent.
This meeting was an ideal opportunity to review the steps taken in the preparations for this event in Morocco, as well as its communication plan.
This event took place in the presence of the Minister of Interior, Mr. Abdelouafi Laftit, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Cooperation and Moroccan expatriates, Mr. Nasser Bourita, the Minister of Economy and Finance, Mrs. Nadia Fettah, the Minister of Health and Social Protection, Mr. Khaled Ait Taleb, the Minister of Transport and Logistics, Mr. Mohammed Abdeljalil, Minister Delegate to the Head of Government in charge of Investment, Convergence and Evaluation of Public Policies, Mr. Mohcine Jazouli, the Minister Delegate to the Minister of Economy and Finance, in charge of the Budget, Mr. Fouzi Lekjaa.
The meeting was also attended by the Governor of Bank Al Maghrib, Mr. Abdellatif Jouahri, the Secretary General of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mr. Nabil Lakhdar, the Director of Treasury and External Finance at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mrs. Fouzia Zaaboul and the Director of Administrative and General Affairs of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Mr. Mohamed Al Kharmoudi.
The annual meetings of these international bodies are usually conducted for two consecutive years at the headquarters of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC and the third year in one of the member countries.
At these annual meetings, central bank governors, finance and development ministers, private sector leaders, civil society and media representatives, and academics gather to discuss issues of global concern, including the outlook for the world economy and financial stability, poverty eradication, as well as economic growth, job creation, climate change, and other topical issues.
It is worth noting that the Head of Government met last week with representatives of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, at the end of their annual consultative visit that began on October 24.
A meeting during which the representatives of both institutions were briefed on the preparations underway to host the said annual meetings in the Kingdom.
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