Introduced by the Interior Minister, the draft decree sets the institutional framework of the ANR to allow it to achieve the objectives assigned to it through contributing to the reform and renewal of the social support system in Morocco, pursuant to the High Royal guidelines contained in the Throne Day Speech of July 29, 2018, said Minister of National Education, Vocational Training, Higher Education and Scientific Research, Government Spokesman, Saaid Amzazi in a statement read at a press briefing following the weekly Cabinet meeting, held through video-conference.

The adopted text entrusts the chairmanship of the ANR Board of Directors to the Head of government, while the government authority in charge of the Interior will exercise the prerogative of state supervision over the Agency, Amzazi said.

The ANR Board of Directors is composed of government authorities or their representatives in charge of the Interior, Economy and Finance, Agriculture, National Education, Solidarity, Social Development, Equality and Family, the Administration of National Defense, and the High Commission for Planning.

The decree also provides for the establishment of a technical committee to the Board of Directors, consisting of representatives of the Insurance Supervisory Authority and Social Welfare (ACAPS), the National Social Security Fund (CNSS), the Digital Development Agency (ADD), and the National Agency for Regulation of Telecommunications (ANRT), Amzazi added.

Pending the creation of the ANR, the government authority in charge of the Interior will exercise, temporarily, some functions entrusted to the Agency, he concluded.