The Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima region has launched a new phase of support for women’s cooperatives and self-employed women benefiting from the “Jihat NahiDa” programme, aimed at moving beyond initial support and financing toward stronger follow-up and consolidation of project sustainability, through a communication meeting held on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, under the theme “From Support to Sustainability: Accompanying Women’s Cooperatives Toward Success.”
The meeting was organised at the initiative of the Tangier-Tetouan-Al Hoceima Regional Council, in partnership with the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family, and with the support of the region’s Wilaya, as part of the implementation of the Regional Development Programme and national objectives aimed at strengthening women’s economic empowerment, particularly by promoting female entrepreneurship and the economic and social inclusion of women and girls.
The meeting was chaired by Omar Moro, President of the Regional Council, in the presence of representatives of the Wilaya, the ministry, partner institutions, prefectures and provinces, as well as several women’s cooperatives and programme beneficiaries.
The “Jihat NahiDa” programme is based on an integrated support process for project holders, beginning with awareness-raising and guidance, followed by training, capacity building and project preparation, before moving to selection and financing, and finally to monitoring and evaluation after the projects are launched. The programme operates within a regional and provincial governance framework involving supervision, monitoring and selection committees.
The programme has a total budget of around MAD 12 million, jointly financed by the Regional Council and the Ministry of Solidarity, Social Inclusion and Family, with support from the Wilaya. The initiative resulted in the selection and financing of 244 projects benefiting 680 women across the region’s various prefectures and provinces.
The beneficiary projects include 194 self-employment businesses and 47 women’s cooperatives operating in a wide range of sectors, including agricultural product valorisation, food processing, tailoring, hairdressing and beauty services, trade, event organisation, photography, and bread and pastry production, alongside other income-generating activities.
The initiative is part of broader efforts to strengthen women’s economic independence, particularly among women from vulnerable backgrounds or facing difficult circumstances, by supporting self-employment and the creation of sustainable businesses. It also contributes to the development of the social and solidarity economy and to more inclusive and sustainable territorial development.