MOROCCAN STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT

OF LOGISTICS COMPETITIVENESS

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Fields of actions

Developing applied research centers in

logistics

Adequacy

Demand

Supply

Establishing apprenticeship training

centers

Creating a board to coordinate demand

and supply Providing places to

train operators

Labeling training networks and

organizations in logistics

Developing employment aid

mechanism for the sector

Capacity building of trainersA sectoral study and

an annual survey on skills needs

› Strengthening the training supply for the lines required by the market› A sectoral study on training in logistics (employments, businesses, skills, training plans)› Creating the Training Coordination Board in Logistics› An annual survey (supply, demand) and establishing follow-up indicators

Key short-term actions

EMERGENCE OF EFFICIENT LOGISTICIANS

Best investment attractiveness

Improved competitiveness and performance

Modernization and innovation

of logistics practices

Increased outsourcing rate

Supply of integrated logistics servicesProfessionalization

of the sector

Demand Supply

Providing logistics infrastructure of international standards

Improving the legal environment of the profession

Setting up a labeling system for service providers

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Formalizing a contractual arrangement between shipping agents and haulers

Improving the visibility of the market supply/demand

Adequacy between logistical skills and employers' requirements

Dissemination of the good practices in logistics

Supporting the emergence of logistics clusters and communities

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Extend State support programs to the logistics activity of companies

Raise the awareness of contractors on the advantages of outsourcing logistics activities

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Challenges

Fields of action

› Support and promote the development of virtual scholarships in logistics and freight services› Define a legal framework for the access, organization and practice of the profession of freight forwarding› Organize workshops to raise the awareness of shippers on the advantages of outsourcing

Key short-term actions

OPTIMIZATION OF LOGISTICS CHAINS

Fields of action

Import- Export

Construction materials

Agricultural products

Internal distribution

Hydrocarbons

› Emergence of aggregators › Tailored logistics infrastructure and transport offer

› Facilitation of logistics operations at borders

› Security and flow integrity

› Distribution- oriented massification infrastructures

› Logistical support for wholesalers, distributors, carriers, construction companies, ...

› Adequate logistics infrastructure› Logistics supply around structured stakeholders and the best practices

› Synergy with agropoles and modernization of wholesale markets

› Outsourcing of logistics› Logistical support for the modernization of traditional trade

› Structuring of urban logistics

› Improving storage and primary distribution

› Pooling secondary distribution

› Supporting the emergence of sectoral aggregators for the purchase of logistics services (committees of shippers, cooperatives, central purchasing bodies ...)

› Dematerialization and simplification of port transit procedures› Structuring plan of urban logistics in Morocco› Legal framework for the access, organization and practice of some logistics professions› Raise awareness of the good practices in the management of the supply chain: outsourcing, monitoring

logistics performance, IT use › Implement monitoring and communication tools on the evolution of the logistics services market

Key short-term actions

3300 ha by 2030

First operational zones

› Progressive development :• Responsiveness: meeting confirmed needs

• Proactivity: anticipating development opportunities

Zenata zone - 28 ha

Mita zone - 12 ha

Projects of regions underway

Key short-term actions› Contracting regional plans on the whole territory› Structuring the first projects in the regions› Defining and launching the second stage of the Zenata logistics zone› Steering the process to carry out the projects with planners developers

Contractual regional plan - 978 ha

Regional plans being finalized - 1,630 ha

Regional plans being defined - 690 ha

Marrakech

Agadir

Laayoune

Dakhla

Safi

Settat

Khouribga

Beni mellal

Mekness

Kenitra

Rabat

CasablancaEl jadida

TangierNador

Oujda

Fez

Taza

Containers logistics zones

Agri-marketing logistics zones

Cereal logistics zones

Building materials logistics zones

Distribution and logistics service zones

DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS ZONES

MOROCCAN OBSERVATORY OF LOGISTICS COMPETITIVENESS

Follow up the implementation of the logistics strategy

Governance Missions

A presidency entrusted to a figure from the private sector

Evaluate the performance of logistics systems

Steering carried out by public-private committees

Provide business intelligence

A secretariat managed by the Moroccan Agency for Logistics

Development

Constitute a source of proposals to improve logistics

competitiveness

Ministries Sectoral observatories

Statistical references

Professional associations

Software operatorsShippers

International organizations

R & D and training communities

Infrastructure managers

OMCL Partners

CONSISTENCY

DEVELOPMENT OF LOGISTICS ZONES

Pillars of the strategy

OPTIMIZATION OF LOGISTICS

CHAINS

SECTOR GOVERNANCE

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

EMERGENCE OF EFFICIENT

LOGISTICS OPERATORS

MOROCCAN AGENCY FOR LOGISTICS DEVELOPMENT (AMDL)Address: 11, Rue Al Kayraouane (angle avenue d’Alger), Hassan

BP 4434 Tour Hassan, 10020, RabatTel: +212 (0) 538 00 92 93/94

Fax: + 212 (0) 537 76 16 68E-mail: amdl@amdl.gov.ma

Web site: www.amdl.gov.maA

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