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Deal #5381 Version #72240

Morocco

Created at

2017-01-16

Last update

2021-01-04

Last full update

2024-04-17

Consultation of local community

Community consultation

Limited consultation

How did the community react?

Community reaction

Mixed reaction

Comment on community reaction

The project involves the king, there is not much resistance, however, local actors clearly state that they perceive the project as not creating gains in the new commons, but losses of the vital old commons.

Displacement of people

Comment on displacement of people

Ait Oukrour Toundout ethnic community

Promised or received compensation

Promised compensation (e.g. for damages or resettlements)

The MASEN set up a series of projects according to its corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies. These included the provision of sanitary infrastructure such as a mobile hospital stationed for two days a year in the principal village of Ghessate, school buses, dormitory for girls, stables for sheep and goats, welding courses, sponsorship of local marathon, vacation for children, and allocation of funds for NGOs that support rural agricultural development, etc. However, CSR projects do not provide the promised direct benefits and are not accessible to all the people in the area.

Promised benefits for local communities

Health, Education, Productive infrastructure (e.g. irrigation, tractors, machinery...)

Comment on promised benefits for local communities

Corporate social responsibility projects do not provide the promised direct benefits and are not accessible to all the people in the area.