Projects

OUC Project aims to empower the political participation of marginalized citizens, especially youth, women and people with disabilities. It also seeks to engage and support them in playing an active and effective role in society, and raise their awareness and participation in issues of public concern, thus improve participatory democracy in Morocco. This project is based on developping concrete measures that would directly affect the primary beneficiaries and indirectly support an Moroccan citizen who seeks...

Horiat Taabir is a two-year project that aims to improve freedom of expression (FOE) and access to information (A2I) in Morocco. The project is implemented by Internews, a non-profit organization promoting free and independent media. By strengthening key stakeholders, including media organizations, CSOs, and government agencies, the project seeks to provide transparency and support freedom of expression (FOE) in Morocco.

The training program is designed to help young scholars, activists and journalists develop their skills of practical, policy-relevant writing and communication. Academic work and the policy field often reveal a gap between them, leaving policy makers in want of serious analysis and research, and academics unable to inform policy based on their research. The public policy paper writing is aimed at training a group of young researchers and professionals from Morocco to bridge that gap...

The Moroccan Policy Dialogues is a formal forum organized by the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA). It is held monthly, gathering participants from the government, development partners, international institutions, researchers, experts and civil society to discuss emerging public policy issues, challenges and constraints of implementation in the context of Morocco. A few weeks after each dialogue is held, a policy brief is issued summarizing the key points discussed and providing practical, actionable recommendations.

DIRAIA, ‘Knowledge’ in Arabic, short for “Developing Inclusive Research through Activism and Informed Advocacy,” is a comprehensive initiative addressing the knowledge gap on environmental activism in the MENA region. Focusing on Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon, and Iraq, DIRAIA explores the dynamics, strategies, and resilience of environmental mobilization within the context of social justice and governance challenges. Employing an action-oriented research design involving interviews, fieldwork, and case analysis, DIRAIA aims to provide practical insights for practitioners, policymakers,...

The Arab Reform Initiative (ARI), in partnership with Alternative Policy Solutions (APS) at the American University in Cairo (Egypt) and the Moroccan Institute for Policy Analysis (MIPA), is spearheading a groundbreaking initiative to strengthen civil society’s role in environmental governance in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). Generously co-funded by the European Union through its ‘Civil Society Facility for the Mediterranean’ and the Kingdom of Sweden through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA),...