Abstract EN:

In Morocco, the public service as a concept and public services as organisations and structures are being questioned, not only at the level of doctrine, conception and production and financing methods, but also at the level of economy and society in general; it is obvious that they are going through a crisis in terms of functioning and development and financing perspectives. In view of economic data and the results of highly detailed sectoral diagnostics carried out, and bearing in mind that the reality is contingent and relative, we can adopt a pragmatic approach of the public service which will answer the present and future financial needs of Morocco and at the same time reform the legitimacy of public service economic activities whilst combining them with the rules and principles of a participative democracy. Therefore, beyond dogmatic and doctrinarian choices and approaches, we put forward the idea, whilst at the same time asserting that tools and techniques taken from other environments should not be transposed before being given due consideration, that the partnership between the public and private sectors is the cornerstone upon which we can erect a global, economic and institutional instrument to boost the idea of public services and methods of production and alternative financing for Morocco. A successful implementation of a public/private partnership mechanism can only come about if accompanied by necessary measures in terms of : an institutional and legal framework on a national scale ; institutional structures guaranteeing economic regulation ; and an institutionalised user representation system.