The Moroccan Association of the Presidents of the Councils of Prefectures and Provinces is an Association that was founded within the framework of the provisions of Royal Dahir No. 1.86.376 of November 15, 1958, as amended and supplemented in the field of public freedoms. Its members are the Presidents of the Councils of Prefectures and Provinces of the Kingdom of Morocco.

AMPCPP was created at the initiative of the Presidents on January 28, 2019, with  a vision of creating a body enabling them to contribute effectively to strengthen the process of administrative decentralization and implementation of advanced regionalization in Morocco, while strengthening the associative dynamics of Moroccan Territorial Collectivities.

Objectives and missions of the Association

THE COORDINATION OF RELATIONS AND COOPERATION BETWEEN THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES OF THE KINGDOM AND SHOWCASE THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS

THE DISSEMINATION AND OPERATIONALIZATION OF THE CONCEPTS OF LOCAL DEMOCRACY, AS WELL AS THE CONSOLIDATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION

THE PARTICIPATION IN THE DRAFTING OF LEGISLATIVE TEXTS RELATED TO THE MANAGEMENT OF THE AFFAIRS OF THE TERRITORIAL COLLECTIVITIES THROUGH THE VARIOUS PARTICIPATIVE CHANNELS

THE REPRESENTATION AND THE SUPPORT OF THE ELECTED PREFECTURAL AND PROVINCIAL AUTHORITIES IN ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THESE COLLECTIVITIES

THE EXPRESSION OF OPINIONS ON MATTERS RELATED TO THE EXERCISE, BY THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES, OF THE COMPETENCIES CONFERRED ON THEM BY LAW

THE CREATION OF BONDS OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES, ON THE ONE HAND, AND THE COUNCILS OF REGIONS AND COMMUNES, ON THE OTHER, WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMPLEMENTARITY AND MUTUAL SUPPORT IN ORDER TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES THAT PERTAIN TO THE MANAGEMENT OF LOCAL AFFAIRS

THE COORDINATION OF THE POSITIONS OF THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES AT THE LEVEL OF FORUMS, CONFERENCES AND REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROMOTE THE MOROCCAN PRESENCE WITHIN THESE BODIES

THE CONTRIBUTION TO THE LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEBATE AIMED AT CONSOLIDATING THE PROCESS OF ADMINISTRATIVE DECENTRALIZATION AND PROMOTING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND TERRITORIAL EQUITY

TO SEEK SUPPORT, FINANCIAL AND MATERIAL ASSISTANCE, BOTH IN MOROCCO AND ABROAD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES

THE PROMOTION OF PARTNERSHIP AND DECENTRALIZED NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION

THE STRENGTHENING OF THE ROLE OF THE COUNCILS OF PREFECTURES AND PROVINCES AS A FACTOR OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT

THE PROMOTION OF WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF TERRITORIAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS IN THE CONTEXT OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OBLIGATION OF PARITY BETWEEN MEN AND WOMEN