Keywords: Public Policy


Health insurance: reusable menstrual products to be reimbursed from the start of the school year

The government has announced that reusable menstrual products will be reimbursed starting from the next academic year, marking a significant step in public health and social policy. The measure will apply to women under the age of 26 as well as individuals facing financial hardship. According to official......

Northern Morocco faces floods that expose deep public policy failures

Recurrent flooding across northern Morocco has moved beyond the realm of exceptional weather events and now reflects a deeper structural crisis in public policy. Weeks of heavy and persistent rainfall have once again affected several cities, revealing long-standing weaknesses in urban planning, land......

AI-driven errors in Deloitte reports spark trust concerns for public policy

What started as a minor embarrassment for an Australian government agency has evolved into a cautionary tale about the risks of artificial intelligence in professional consulting. Deloitte, a global leader in advisory services, is at the center of two high-profile controversies that reveal the growing......

Policy evaluation drives transformation in Morocco's public sector

Investment Minister Karim Zidane has underscored the critical role of policy evaluation as a transformative tool for ensuring effective governance and aligning public action with citizens' needs. Speaking at a study day in Rabat focused on public-policy evaluation, Zidane described it as a "strategic......

Spain moves to reinstate swift compensation for high-speed rail delays

Spain is preparing to restore a stricter refund policy for high-speed rail passengers, requiring the national operator Renfe to compensate travellers delayed by as little as fifteen minutes. The shift follows a vote in Congress to reinstate the earlier reimbursement model that had been replaced in 2024......

Morocco unveils national plan to improve autism care and inclusion

Morocco has taken a significant step in addressing autism by launching two landmark national studies aimed at improving support for individuals with autism and their families. The studies, presented at a conference in Rabat by the Collective Autisme Maroc (CAM) in partnership with the UN Population Fund......

WHO urges Morocco to intensify efforts against rising tobacco use

Morocco is facing growing concern over its high smoking rates, as new data from the World Health Organization (WHO) reveals more than 3.5 million adult smokers in 2024, including around 160,000 women. The findings, published in the WHO report Global trends in tobacco use prevalence 2000-2024, show that......

UM6P spearheads pan-African initiative to drive Africa’s transformation

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P), in partnership with key organizations, has launched "Lead," a pan-African initiative aimed at advancing Africa's growth by fostering public policy excellence and institutional development. A collaborative effort for change The initiative, hosted......

Morocco prioritizes health reform as a cornerstone of socio-economic growth

Morocco’s government has positioned the overhaul of its national health system as a central pillar in the country’s socio-economic transformation strategy. Speaking during a plenary session in the House of Representatives, Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch emphasized that health reform is......