NEWSROOM (ADV) – The 2nd edition of African meetings of economic intelligence will take place in June 2019 in the city of Dakhla, announced Friday evening in Rabat, Driss Guerraoui, president of the Forum of African Associations of Economic Intelligence (FAAEI).
This meeting, which sets itself as the main objective of making an inventory of African national experiences in territorial economic intelligence, based on an academic, political and scientific approach, will have as theme “the economic and prospective intelligence of territories in Africa, “Guerraoui said at the end of the workshop on building African capacity in economic intelligence.
In concrete terms, it will be a question of highlighting the experiences of African countries and cities in terms of territorial intelligence. This is the case, for example, of economic, financial, social and cultural innovation experiments, training of managers and elected representatives, digital development of territories, or experiences of promoting policies and activities in the field of sustainable energy, water management, agriculture and sustainable tourism, he stressed.
In this context, Mr. Guerraoui invited all the representatives of the 21 countries present at the Forum of African Associations of Economic Intelligence to contribute, each from his position, to feed the theme of the meeting in order to identify the lessons learned. to draw and the strengths of the “success story” experiences of African local authorities, as well as the model of partnership to promote for the future in terms of economic intelligence.
On the menu of the 2019 edition is also the launch for the first time of a prize for the best research in economic intelligence in Africa. According to the treasurer of the Forum, Mohammed Ourdedine, this is a reward for researchers affiliated with research centers and African students studying in master’s and doctoral programs. The prize includes three categories, namely, doctorate, master and book, and will be awarded annually at these meetings to distinguish research excellence on topics related to economic intelligence in Africa.
Organized for two days by the Open University of Dakhla and FAAEI, in partnership with the Moroccan Agency for International Cooperation (MAIC), the workshop on building African capacities in economic intelligence was attended by representatives of 21 countries of English-speaking, French-speaking and Portuguese-speaking Africa.
This event, which is part of the activities of the University for the year 2019, aims to share best practices, the launch of new African associations of economic intelligence, and the presentation of the FAAEI Roadmap for the period 2019-2021.
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