Strategic security: water, energy, food and AI

Securing Morocco’s water, energy and food, and mastering the artificial intelligence revolution: that is the purpose of the fourth charter in the PAM’s 2027-2031 programme. Allocated MAD 50 billion, the same envelope as the youth integration charter, this Security Charter relies on stronger growth and sound public finances.

A reflection that began in 2024

These themes did not appear with the campaign. From 19 to 21 September 2024 in Bouznika, the PAM’s first Summer University, held under the slogan “A renewed contract for dignity and hope” (translated from Arabic), put water scarcity and digital technology, including artificial intelligence, on its agenda, alongside identity and youth employment. Two years later, these concerns shape one of the five charters of the programme presented on 1 September 2026, which makes strategic security its fourth priority in the face of water, food and energy threats.

Energy and water: planning ahead

On energy, the programme plans to guarantee fuel stocks covering three months of national consumption, requiring importers to hold sufficient storage capacity, with strict oversight of supply. It also aims to raise the share of renewables in electricity consumption to 52%, from 46% when the programme was presented.

Water security takes centre stage, with measures ranging from storage and desalination to transfers between basins and irrigation. The commitments cover:

• close to 400 water structures: small dams, hillside dams and rainwater harvesting;
• six desalination plants, to exceed 1.8 billion cubic metres by 2031;
• the second phase of inter-basin water transfer, from the Bouregreg basin to the Oum Er-Rbia basin at the Al Massira dam;
• water-efficient irrigation on a further 350,000 hectares;
• around 1,000 water points in pastoral areas, which should also help rebuild the national herd.

Food: preserving agricultural heritage

The food strand seeks to steer farm investment towards the needs of the domestic market, according to each region’s potential. It plans to preserve the national agricultural heritage, from seed varieties and fruit trees to native livestock breeds, and to support agricultural research geared towards sustainable, climate-resilient farming. The programme also proposes to overhaul the management and oversight of the strategic reserve, securing the state’s role as an actor in the field. This strand complements the Purchasing Power Charter, which plans six regional agricultural distribution companies and modernised wholesale markets.

Artificial intelligence: training and building an ecosystem

The fourth strand of the charter concerns scientific and technical security. The programme plans a national project to train 5,000 artificial intelligence instructors, the introduction of the subject in lower-secondary school and support for research units in universities and higher institutes. The aim is to build a Moroccan artificial intelligence ecosystem that shields the country from a new form of dependency.

The Citizenship Charter extends this effort with the “IA MAROC” programme, which puts artificial intelligence at the service of the social state, a sovereign national cloud to host Moroccans’ data, fibre-optic coverage for 80% of homes and 1,500 citizen digital spaces.

Growth as the foundation

These investments require a solid economy. The Growth and Sustainability Charter sets average annual growth of 5% over 2027-2031, against 3.7% over 2022-2025, an inflation ceiling of 2%, a budget deficit capped at 3% of GDP and public debt at 62% of GDP by 2031, supported by nine major structural programmes. Of the programme’s additional cost of around MAD 350 billion, MAD 300 billion is expected from the effect of growth and a broader tax base, MAD 40 billion from local authorities and MAD 10 billion from budget reallocation. The full picture is set out in the article on the 2027-2031 programme.

Interviewed by MAP on 21 September 2026, two days before the vote, Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri said:

“Today, Morocco needs convergence in action.”

Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, interview with MAP, 21 September 2026 (translated from French)

These commitments are those of the PAM’s electoral programme; the government programme will be presented to Parliament once the government is formed. For more, see Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri’s vision.

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