The participants in the opening session of the Third National Conference of the Engineers' Movement affirmed that the development that Morocco
knows on the economic level requires the formation of more engineers, as they are the mainstay of any economic and development path.
Mohand al-Nasr, Secretary-General of the Popular Movement Party, said, in a speech on the occasion, that the engineer “has played a key role in the development and progress of the country today, more than ever, especially in light of the revolution we are experiencing in the field of digitization and the use of modern technology.”
He added, "We have to think about how to employ engineers in the development of our country, and that they are strong actors in the economic policy followed and keep pace with the development that he knows in Morocco."
The number of engineers in Morocco does not exceed 125,000 female and male engineers; A figure that Driss Maroun, a member of the Popular Movement's Political Bureau, considered insufficient, noting that the average number of engineers in Morocco per 10,000 people does not exceed 8.6.
The former Minister of Construction and City Policy compared Morocco and Japan in this regard, noting that Japan has 540 engineers for every ten thousand people.
The same speaker linked Japan's progress to the availability of a large number of engineers in various disciplines, stressing that Morocco needs to develop a vision that helps to find sufficient human resources, numerically qualified, technically, and capable of advancing the role entrusted to the engineer; “Because without this perception it is difficult to face the future,” as he put it.
In the same context, Hamid Khulaifi, Chairman of the Engineers’ Movement, called at the opening session of its conference organized under the slogan “The Engineer… Any Role for a Competitive Economic Take-off in the Light of the Current Challenges” to provide the appropriate conditions for the work of engineers, highlighting that the current conditions do not allow what It is enough to invest all the energies of Moroccan competencies in the field of engineering.
Driss Al-Santisi, head of the kinetic team in the House of Representatives, praised the level of Moroccan engineers, highlighting that they "are doing well in all national and international forums, and they have the scientific competence and training that qualifies our country to go far."
Al-Santisi recorded that “Morocco’s political and security stability and strategic geographical location are factors that make our country qualified to achieve a strong economic take-off similar to the Asian countries, But the condition for moving from production to production.”
Mohamed Al-Masoudi, head of the University Mobility Forum, called for moving the Moroccan engineer from the position of working in the public office after graduation to encouraging him to create a business, saying: “We do not train engineers to work in the public office but in order to create their businesses and create projects in the private sector.
Al-Masoudi recommended Moroccan engineers invest in the African continent, considering it a promising market.