A press release from the Head of Government's Department said that the Ministerial Commission also adopted, during a meeting held Wednesday under the chairmanship of the Head of Government Saad Dine El Otmani, two recommendations relating to the gradual generalization of the action plan for the protection of children against exploitation in begging and the activation of integrated territorial mechanisms for the protection of children in the eighteen model provinces, while working for their gradual generalization to the rest of the provinces.
This meeting was devoted to the evaluation of the achievements in the field of child protection within the framework of the programs undertaken by certain departments and institutions, in addition to examining the perspectives of action in order to give a strong impetus to this major social project, underlined the press release, adding that the approved recommendations must be implemented in coordination and in collaboration with all the partners.
In a speech on this occasion, the Head of Government highlighted the special interest that HM King Mohammed VI takes in the promotion of the situation of children, recalling, in this context, the Very High Royal Instructions, reiterated on Tuesday June 1, to definitively settle the issue of unaccompanied Moroccan minors, who are in an illegal situation in certain European countries.
El Othmani reviewed the provisions laid down in the 2011 Constitution, which aim to promote the protection of the rights of the child as a constitutional right, in addition to the obligations contained in the government program, in particular with regard to strengthening of social protection and family and child support systems.
He stressed that the government "has honored its commitments thanks to joint horizontal work between the different departments".
El Otmani also pointed out that the meeting of this Commission, instituted by decree on November 19, 2014, coincides with the reform of the social protection system, which HM the King launched as an important national project, a societal project, and a real social revolution in the country, adding that this royal project targets different social groups, including the category of children, notably through the generalization of family allowances which will benefit nearly 7 million children of school age, from 3 million families between 2023 and 2024.
In this context, El Otmani recalled the measures implemented by the government to increase the value of family allowances and the number of children who benefit from them, the operationalization of the law setting the working conditions and employment of domestic workers, the implementation of the integrated public policy of child protection, the creation of integrated mechanisms for the protection of children, the launch of urgent measures to take care of abandoned and homeless children, the development of the Family Solidarity Fund system, the integration of abandoned mothers, as well as the improvement of schooling conditions for children with disabilities, whether within the framework of the National Inclusive Education Program, or as part of the support for the education of these children in specialized educational centers.