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Update April 2000: Morocco
 

1. Launch of action plans by private companies and CCI's

  1. The inauguration on February 1rst of Planetarabia.com specialised in the development of local portal web sites : the Moroccan portal web site will aim at developing a web site dedicated to the Arab community in the world. Planetarabia is a subsidiary of an American company.

  2. The inauguration of the Moroccan office of the French company Wanadoo specialised in the development of local portal web sites. To develop a portal web site for local content providers and provide a low cost Internet connection to facilitate the growth of information technology in Morocco.

  3. The birth in February of the Moroccan office of the American company Orientation specialised in Internet. Orientation will propose a portal web site based on local content.

2. Local/national surveys

The Ministry of Industry released a national study on the impact of information technology on industry in February. The study looked at the rate and usage level of Information Technology in the industrial sector. This study analysed current trends in human resources ; material , software and communication infrastructures, and contractors.

 3. Actions plans launched by Ministries and Government bodies

  1. Seminar " Information, a competitive factor for business " was organised by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on January 27th.

  2. The Ministry of Trade and Industry organized a seminary on information technology in Moroccan industry on March 24th, 2000.

  3. Electronic Business Forum was organised by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, SEPTI (State Ministry for Postal services and new technology) and APEBI (Professional Association of Information Technology in March

4. Actions led by Universities

The British Council on British academic networks experiment organised a seminar on February 24-26th. This seminar was designed to share British experience with Marwan network administrators, a Moroccan academic network.

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