Promotion Nationale
Forty-Five Years of Experience of Public Works in Morocco
Created in 1961, Promotion Nationale (PN) is an autonomous public entity in
charge of mobilizing an underemployed or unemployed workforce for the implementation
of labor-intensive projects, calling upon a simple technology likely to provide
employment to unskilled workers. It is one of the major programs of social
protection in Morocco—the oldest, most important, and best-targeted social
program in the country.
Vis-à-vis the importance of rural underemployment, especially during
dry years, estimated per million working days, PN aims to improve employment
opportunities by developing collective working methods, and by generating large-scale
investment for the realization of public infrastructure projects and rural
equipment. This institution aims at limiting rural migration through the permanent
improvement of local incomes and living conditions. It thus constitutes a safety
net for a large part of the population, especially in rural areas. Forty-five
years after its creation, PN has at its credit an important and single assessment
regarding the fight against unemployment with minimal management costs, in
spite of certain difficulties and limitations that hinder the organization,
particularly in terms of the geographical targeting of rural poverty zones.