PAM citizenship charter: health, schools, housing, digital

The third of the five charters in the PAM’s 2027-2031 programme, “To change course. One word!”, the Citizenship Charter is allocated MAD 100 billion, the programme’s second-largest envelope after purchasing power. It brings together six commitments around the services that, in the text’s words, “have always underpinned citizenship”: the hospital, work, the school, housing, digital services and official status for the Amazigh language.

The “work” pillar (one million net jobs) is covered in a separate article: one million net jobs by 2031. Here are the other five commitments, as set out in the programme.

A competitive public hospital

First commitment: public healthcare within reach across the country.

• 100% health coverage, and maternity and gynaecology units staffed by specialist doctors around the clock, nationwide.
• Four new regional university hospitals before the end of 2028: Beni Mellal, Guelmim, Errachidia and Casablanca.
• Upgrading 1,600 primary health centres and 90 regional and provincial hospitals.
• A sustainability plan for compulsory health insurance from the 2027 budget, to absorb a deficit projected at 33 billion dirhams by 2030.
• Strict oversight of the caesarean rate, brought down gradually from 68% to 25%.

A public school that educates, trains and prepares for the future

Second commitment: from early childhood to higher education.

• Universal pre-school from age 4, and a school day starting at nine in the morning.
• Universal school transport in rural areas, school meals in vulnerable areas, and regular hearing and vision screening.
• 20 minutes of reading a day, and three hours of physical education in primary and lower-secondary school.
• Vocational excellence tracks in secondary schools, and higher education restructured into three clusters linked by a bridging system.

500,000 households reach decent housing over the five-year term

Third commitment: housing, with a figure set for the term.

• Continuing the housing-support programme to reach 300,000 beneficiaries.
• 100,000 homes as part of the emerging integrated rural centres, with household support of up to 40,000 dirhams and technical assistance.
• A progressive tax on undeveloped land inside urban perimeters, to curb property speculation.
• Rehabilitating 20,000 buildings in the old medinas, to traditional architectural and aesthetic standards.
• A framework law restoring balance between landlord and tenant, and public apartment blocks let exclusively to young people.

Equal access to digital services

Fourth commitment: digital services as a public service close to people.

• Fibre-optic coverage for 80% of homes, with satellite connectivity in isolated areas.
• 1,500 citizen digital spaces across municipalities, supporting people close to home.
• An IA MAROC programme: artificial intelligence in the service of the social state, from early detection of school dropout to telemedicine.
• Digital sovereignty through a sovereign national cloud hosting Moroccans’ data.

Accelerating the official status of Amazigh

Fifth commitment: speeding up the implementation of Amazigh’s official status.

• A dedicated fund to support the use of Amazigh, endowed with two billion dirhams.
• Activating article 34 of organic law no. 26.16: a standing ministerial committee under the Head of Government for monitoring and evaluation.
• Supporting the digital transition and the use of Amazigh in public services.

Cost and timetable

The MAD 100 billion envelope is a little under a third of the programme’s estimated additional cost of around MAD 350 billion over five years, whose financing is set out in the article 5% growth and financing. Some deadlines are dated by the programme itself, such as the four university hospitals by the end of 2028 or the sustainability plan for compulsory health insurance from the 2027 finance law. The government’s programme will be presented to Parliament once the government has been formed, so the PAM’s commitments do not at this stage have the status of a government text. See the tracker on forming the government.

The full text of the charter, with its six commitments, is on the Programme page: citizenship charter.

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