The aforementioned COPIL was set up on 09 April 2024 and is responsible for ensuring the consistency and alignment of the Programme's activities with sectoral policies, validating the technical, institutional and regulatory proposals for implementing the Programme, assessing the progress made in implementing the activities, taking measures to ensure effective implementation and considering appropriate solutions to the difficulties encountered, as well as supervising the Programme's institutional communication.
The Strategic Steering Committee is chaired by the Budget Directorate, part of the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and comprises representatives of the programme's various partners. This includes the General Treasury of the Kingdom (TGR), the Department of Treasury and External Finances (DTFE), the Department of Agriculture, the General Directorate of Hydraulics (DGH), the General Directorate of Meteorology (DGM), the Department of Sustainable Development, the National Agency for the Development of Oasis Zones and Argan (ANDZOA), the National Agency for Water and Forests (ANEF) and the National Social Security Fund (CNSS).
This first meeting provided an opportunity to review the progress made in implementing the programme, in particular (i) the consolidation of its governance through the operationalisation of all its governance bodies (PMU, technical committee and COPIL), (ii) the good progress made in its implementation, with several results already achieved and others in progress, with projected disbursements of around US$ 42.2 million by the end of June 2025.
The COPIL also took stock of the state of preparation for the co-financing of the programme by the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB).
Furthermore, one of the key aspects of this programme, highlighted at this COPIL meeting, is the adoption of a coordinated and participative approach, based on the principle of ‘collaborative leadership’. Achieving the programme's objectives requires the concerted commitment of a wide range of stakeholders, at both central and local level.
In this respect, working groups have already been set up, such as the Climate Unit, the Taxonomy Committee, and the Interministerial Committee for Green/Sustainable Sovereign Bonds, etc. It has emerged that certain issues could benefit from improved coordination between the various partners involved, which would take the appropriate form and methods.
Also, to enshrine the ‘whole of government’ approach and ensure that the Climate Programme is linked to the National Commission on Climate Change and Biological Diversity (CNCCDB), the programme will be presented at the next session of this commission, scheduled for the end of December 2024.