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Belgian-Moroccan programme to support 100 Oriental entrepreneurs

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The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises and Belgian agency Enabel are launching a mentoring programme for 100 project leaders and entrepreneurs in the Oriental region. Up to 40% of participants and at least 30% of mentors will be women, according to Lavieeco.

The General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM) and the Belgian Agency for International Cooperation, Enabel, have signed an agreement in Casablanca to launch the “Maghrib Belgium Mentoring” programme, aimed at supporting 100 project leaders and entrepreneurs in the Oriental region, Lavieeco reports. The agreement was signed by CGEM president Mehdi Tazi and Enabel’s resident representative in Morocco, Benoit Legrand.

The programme aims to support entrepreneurship closer to local stakeholders in the Oriental region. It is in line with royal directives promoting advanced regionalisation and value creation in the regions, according to Lavieeco.

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