Kingdom of MoroccoHigh Commision for Planning

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International Association for Official Statistics

IAOS 2014

STATISTICS OF TRANSPORT IN MOROCCO: NEW NEEDS AND NEW STATISTICAL STRATEGY

Da Nang, Vietnam, from 8 to 10 October 2014

Plan

General Framework Current Context System of transport statistics New needs SWOT analysis Proposals

General Framework

The transport sector is an essential component for the national economy.The implementation of several strategies in different sectors.The launch of several strategies and action plans for the development of the transport sector.Official statistics provide an indispensable decision-making tool for monitoring development policies.

Current Context

• Several laws and legislations• The organization and reform

of the transportRegulator

y framewor

k

• Urban transport• Interurban transportInstitution

al environm

ent

Institutional environment5

The key stakeholder

s

Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics; National Office of Railways; National Office of Airports; National Ports Agency; Tangier Med Special Agency; National Society of Transport and Logistics; Shipping companies; National Motorway Company of Morocco; The National Society of Transportation and Logistics; Airlines (Royal Air Morocco, Regional Air Lines, Air Arabia Morocco...);Other transportation companies.

System of transport statistics

• Households and individuals;• Transportation companies;• Institutions of management of transport

infrastructure.Providers of transport statistics

• The High Commission for Planning; • Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics; • Ministry of the Interior;• National Office of Railways; • National Office of Airports; • National Ports Agency.

The main producers

System of transport statistics

• Infrastructure ;• equipment transport;• transport of persons and goods;• the activities of transport companies;• and others.Statistical

production

• Ministry of Equipment, Transport and Logistics; • The High Commission for Planning; • Other government departments and agencies; • Professional organizations; • Embassies, international organizations and others .

The main users

New needs

Monitoring and evaluation of development strategies of transport; Analysis and evaluation of the impacts of reforms and development policies;The planning and monitoring of the management and operation of infrastructure.

SWOT analysis

• The importance and the need for the use of statistical data

• Producing statistics at several institutions

• The existence of cooperation and collaboration

Strengths

• The absence of a national register of business enterprises

• Informal sector• The multitude of sources• The lack of optimal use of

administrative records Weaknesses

SWOT analysis

• International projects and programs• The importance of statistical

information• Policy-based evidenceOpportunitie

s

• Lack of coordination between producers

• Lack of funding

Risks

Proposals

Exploiting of existing administrative data sources

Producing new indicators and measurement tools

Connection and link automatically all databases and the use of data warehouse technology

The use of data warehouse technology

The realization of statistical surveys on transport

Improving the relationship between producers and users

Impro

ving coopera

tion and

coord

ination

Using th

e best inte

rnatio

nal

standard

s

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Thank you

Bouazza BOUCHKHARDirectorate of Statistics

High Commission for PlanningMorocco

Tél: +212 6 78 57 62 06 Fax: +212 5 37 77 32 17

E-mail: bbouchkhar@hotmail.com bbouchkhar@gmail.com