Delivering the benefits of the digital transformation across Morocco in a context of regionalisation

This chapter examines the potential of digital government for regional development in a context of rapid uptake of digital technologies by Moroccan citizens and businesses. The chapter considers the ongoing implementation of the decentralisation and regionalisation reforms and the opportunities and risks they pose to governmental efforts to bring digital dividends across the territory. The chapter discusses how to enhance co-ordination and collaboration across levels of government and proposes an assessment on key basic enablers required to bring about the digital transformation of the territorial administration of the country. The chapter closes with an evaluation of the institutional capabilities of the public sector to implement digital government across Morocco and a consideration of useful strategies to strengthen such capabilities in the short and long terms.