The Moroccan Confederation of Very Small, Small, and Medium Enterprises (CM-TPME) has called on the newly formed government to prioritize small businesses and the self-employed. In a press release issued on Tuesday, the confederation urged the government to place these enterprises at the heart of its priorities. This appeal comes as coalition talks continue following the September 23 legislative elections. The Authenticity and Modernity Party (PAM) topped the vote with 97 of 395 seats in the House of Representatives.
The confederation emphasized that very small, small, and medium enterprises, along with auto-entrepreneurs, make up more than 98% of all Moroccan businesses. These firms play a crucial role in creating jobs, driving economic activity, supporting territorial development, and strengthening social peace. As such, they warrant a public policy that is coherent, sustainable, and adapted to their realities. The group framed its message as a constructive and responsible one, oriented toward action and implementation.
The appeal builds on an earlier initiative by the confederation. During the campaign for the September 23 vote, the group sent a memorandum of 13 priority demands to political parties, including the PAM. The aim was to move entrepreneurs' concerns beyond campaign declarations and promises toward commitments that can be programmed, verified, and measured. Several parties, including the Party of Progress and Socialism (PPS), the Istiqlal Party, and the Moroccan Liberal Party (PML), backed the 13 proposals.
With the electoral phase closed, the confederation argued that campaign pledges must now give way to implementation. It called for the 13 demands to be factored into the next government program and into the 2027 Finance Bill. The group also urged that the sector's specific problems be weighed before cabinet members are named, particularly for ministries with direct or indirect responsibility over these areas.
The confederation cautioned that the obstacles facing small firms cannot be handled by a single ministry or by paper programs detached from reality. These obstacles span areas such as the economy, investment, taxation, employment and social protection, trade, industry, handicrafts, digital transformation, public procurement, export, and access to credit. As such, the group called for effective and horizontal government coordination to prevent the dispersion of public policies.
The confederation proposed a method to track commitments, identifying for each of the 13 demands the government commitment, the responsible ministry, the needed legal or regulatory mechanism, a timeline, the allocated budget, and indicators to measure results. This approach would allow for a national dashboard to monitor progress. The group offered to present its memorandum in detail to the new government and called for a structured, permanent institutional dialogue to define, monitor, and evaluate public policies.
The statement was signed by Abdellah El Fergui, president of the CM-TPME. The confederation emphasized that small businesses and the self-employed no longer demand only promises but commitments, mechanisms, timelines, and results. The group seeks the conversion of existing commitments into concrete and measurable actions, rather than new promises.
Key points
- The Moroccan Confederation of Very Small, Small, and Medium Enterprises urges the new government to prioritize small businesses and the self-employed.
- The confederation proposes a method to track government commitments to small businesses, including a national dashboard to monitor progress.
- The group seeks a structured, permanent institutional dialogue to define, monitor, and evaluate public policies affecting small businesses and the self-employed.
