As part of the process for developing the energy supply strategy for Zenata Eco-City, the Société d’Aménagement Zenata (Zenata Development Corporation, SAZ) has signed partnership agreements with the Agence Nationale pour le Développement des Energies Renouvelables et de l’Efficacité Energétique (National Agency for the Development of Renewable Energy Sources and Energy Efficiency, ADEREE) and Société d’Investissements Energétiques (Energy Investment Company, SIE).

The CDG Foundation has sponsored the annual Argana International Poetry Prize since 2008. The Prize is awarded in recognition of the contributions by poets of various nationalities, and the CDG Foundation took part in the award ceremony on Saturday 14 February 2015 that was part of the 21st Salon International de l’Edition et du Livre de Casablanca (Casablanca International Publishing and Book Fair, SIEL).

Music intercalated by moving personal accounts marked the Friday, 13 February 2015 at the Presentation and Dedication Ceremony for the book produced in homage to the artist Malika Agueznay and her long and productive artistic career.

The book, produced by the CDG Foundation and the ONA Foundation, is a true retrospective that turns the spotlight on one of the most innovative artists on the Moroccan arts scene and a pioneer, if not the pioneer, for Moroccan women artists.

The Council of Ministers, meeting on January 29, 2015 in Fez under the chairmanship of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, appointed Mr. Abdellatif Zaghnoun to the position of CEO of the Caisse de Dépôt et de Gestion.

Finea, represented by its Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Ali Bensouda and Bpifrance, represented by its Executive Director, Mr. Pascal Lagarde, signed on 16 January 2015 a memorandum of understanding for the purpose of promoting trade and development of Moroccan and French companies in Morocco and France respectively.

This partnership framework between the two institutions aims to strengthen support for Moroccan and French SME and lays down the following areas of cooperation:

Exchanges between the Parties:

An important diplomatic delegation led by Diplomatica Foundation and consisting of more than forty foreign ambassadors visited Casanearshore Park on January 13, 2015. The delegation was received by the Park Authority for a detailed presentation and a guided tour of the site.

Exprom Facilities and its Vigiprom subsidiary will open their new website that will be working from 30 December 2014. The complete overhaul has been oriented towards the production of quality information and simplifying access to data produced by Exprom Facilities and its Vigiprom subsidiary; with the objective of enhancing the reputation of both companies for their customers and all of their stakeholders.

On December 26, MEDZ Sourcing saw the successful renewal of the certification of its Quality Management System according to ISO 9001 for the third consecutive year. The results of the audits conducted by the firm DNV GL revealed no non-compliance with the QMS.

The auditor certified that the management system complies with standards, and highlighted the following strong points:

Following an International Open Tender launched by ONDA, Compagnie Générale des Parkings, a subsidiary of CDG Group, the Moroccan leader in the operation of car parks, won the airport car park management contract for Rabat-Salé, Fez, Tangier, Essaouira and Ouarzazate, with a capacity of nearly 2,700 parking spaces altogether.