“E-Fahm for the strengthening of civil society and advocacy” was a project led by Transparency Morocco in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Rabat Morocco Foundation. The project’s activities were implemented in several cities across Morocco and involved social actors, student researchers, specialists, and politicians.
The action aimed to raise awareness among as many citizens as possible, particularly young people, about the harms of corruption and the importance of accountability. The project advocated for fighting corruption and promoted accountability through social actors’ engagement and awareness-raising efforts directed at decision-makers. It built upon the awareness, training, research, and advocacy activities carried out by Transparency Morocco (TM) in recent years. It contributed to sustaining TM’s previous actions for short- and medium-term impact.
Since the end of 2018, TM, in partnership with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, had already begun organizing training and awareness-raising meetings on the right of access to information for students, elected officials, and mayors as part of the project “Words of young people for accountability.” These activities revealed that the relevant law was still largely unimplemented.
Implementing the requirements of this law remained challenging. To address this, the project established an E-learning platform for training trainers, with regularly updated data, to promote citizen participation, transparency, good governance, and responsibility in the short and medium term.
Meanwhile, Morocco had launched several initiatives aimed at integrating gender into public policies in accordance with the 2011 Constitution and the national equality plan. In this context, Transparency Morocco continued its work on issues related to sexual corruption. This phenomenon further hindered women’s access to institutions, particularly political institutions, basic services (education, health, justice), and decision-making spaces.
TM organized several training and awareness-raising sessions on sexual corruption for students, civil society representatives, and the general public. However, further legal analysis and studies were required to justify continued advocacy efforts with relevant ministries.
Through this project, TM mobilized a broad network of civil society representatives to address the right to access information and the issue of sexual corruption to promote good governance.
The project was executed through the following steps:
- Creation of an E-learning platform and digital communication tools: A dedicated website and graphic identity were developed for the project. The platform hosted videos from online meetings on the right of access to information, expert presentations, source materials, and other resources aimed at educating and informing the public.
- Exchange meeting: An in-person meeting was organized on the right of access to information, specifically for young lawyers, journalists, and human rights activists. The aim was to train and sensitize these actors and advocate for the proper implementation of the law in accordance with international human rights standards.
- Online training sessions: Training-of-trainers sessions were held for five Moroccan associations, including a student club or legal clinic, focusing on the right of access to information.
- Local ICD training support: The five partner associations were supported in organizing local training sessions to raise awareness among young people, ensure continuity of the work with local partners, and encourage youth civic engagement.
- National meeting on DAI (Right of Access to Information): A national meeting was held to present the current status of DAI implementation and to share the findings and recommendations developed by TM and training participants.
- Legal study on sexual corruption: A study was conducted to deepen the advocacy work on sexual corruption and continue dialogue with the Ministries of Justice, Solidarity, Social Integration and Family, Higher Education, and Digital Transition.
- The University of Transparency: This component aimed to strengthen student capacities in responsible governance practices and raise awareness about mechanisms to combat sexual corruption and protect victims.
- National conference on sexual corruption: A final national conference was organized, where representatives from the press, ministries, civil society, and academia were gathered to discuss the issue and present TM’s recommendations based on the legal study.
