Belgian prince dedicates environment projects in Morocco; educating public on environment - economic links
Morocco-Belgium, Environment, 8/25/2003

Prince Laurent of Belgium chaired Friday the inauguration ceremony of green kiosks in Meknes aimed to reinforcing the national environment protection policy.

Prince Laurent, chairman of the Royal Institution of Sustained Management of Natural Resources and the Promotion of Pollution-free Energies, said he is "pleased to be associated to an environmental project in Morocco.

"The project shares our vision and will be of a great importance to future generations," he noted.

The project, which is part of the Moroccan-Belgian partnership, is estimated at 1.000.000 DHs (US $100,000) extending on a twelve-month period.

The green kiosks are equipped with didactic material to provide the best conditions for raising people's awareness.

The purpose of the project is to contribute to the national policy in relation to raising the awareness of people concerning environment and environmental communication, the contribution to sustained development, the improvement people's living conditions and generating labor for the youth.

The green kiosks are due to be operable in harmony with the "green caravan," a mechanism developed part of cooperation between Morocco and Belgium. The "green caravan" is aimed to inform people on the nature and forms of environment deterioration and to popularize the principle of "environment's protection is everybody's responsibility."

The implementation of the caravan will take 24 months and require a budget of 550,000 Euro, including 450,000 Euro allocated part of the Moroccan-Belgian cooperation.

Prince Laurent underlined that the initiative of green kiosks and "la caravane verte" is an important means to restore favorable behaviors and ethics vis-a-vis the sustained management of environment.

Moroccan secretary of state in charge of environment, M'hamed El Morabit, Belguim's ambassador in Rabat, Cristina Funes Noppen and other officials were present at the inauguration ceremony.

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