"Continuing Training in Crisis"Urgently Call
Continuing Training in Crisis: GIAC and ABCF Urgently Call on the Minister
Mr. Minister of Economic Inclusion, Small Business, Employment, and Skills
In a rapidly changing economic landscape, upskilling remains the cornerstone of competitiveness and resilience for Moroccan companies. This is why the Interprofessional Groups for Advisory Support (GIAC) and the Association of Consulting and Training Firms (ABCF) wish to draw your attention to an unprecedented systemic crisis that is currently paralyzing the national continuing training system (CSF).
A Severely Disrupted Service to Businesses
For over twenty years, GIAC and consulting and training firms—recognized by both public authorities and businesses—have primarily supported SMEs in identifying their skills needs, designing training plans, and implementing tailored programs
However, this essential mission is now at risk due to the prolonged freezing of budgets allocated to training engineering and strategic diagnostics, despite these budgets being funded by the Professional Training Tax (TFP) collected from companies
These decision-making delays are forcing companies to drastically reduce their training cycles—from the initially planned twelve months to just three months—thereby compromising the proper implementation and effectiveness of training plans
A System Paralyzed by Flawed Governance
Despite a clear regulatory framework that allocates 30% of the TFP to continuing training via GIAC and CSF mechanisms, no budget has been mobilized to date for the 2025 fiscal year
The ABCF and GIAC strongly denounce
The irregularity of meetings of the Central Committee of Special Training Contracts (CCCSF)
The lack of transparency in deliberations and the failure to publish meeting minutes within the required deadlines
Unilateral decisions that are often disconnected from on-the-ground realities
The obsolescence of the information system, which compromises transparency and the monitoring of actions
Chronic reimbursement delays, in violation of legal deadlines.
The latest CCCSF meeting adopted a resolution fully aligned with current regulations, aimed at extending the deadlines for submitting technical files to the OFPPT to preserve the 2025 fiscal year and make up for the accumulated delays
However, this decision is now being challenged by a representative of a ministerial department tasked with safeguarding the funds from the Professional Training Tax (TFP), which are specifically intended to facilitate companies access to continuing training
The ABCF and GIAC also raise concerns about the growing interference of the administration in the prerogatives of consultative bodies, particularly regarding the approval of budgets and fund allocations
This interference undermines the fundamental principle of shared governance and effectively strips these bodies of their intended roles
A Collected But Unreturned Tax: An Intolerable Situation
Although companies continue to pay the TFP annually with the expectation of receiving training in return, nearly 70% of the funds allocated to continuing training remain unused, depriving especially SMEs of their rightful access to upskilling opportunities.
This situation breeds frustration, confusion, and mistrust towards a system that has become opaque, slow, and inefficient
More seriously, some actors are unfairly attempting to blame GIAC and consulting firms for these dysfunctions—a baseless maneuver
A Solemn Appeal to the Ministerial Authority
Faced with this alarming drift, GIAC and ABCF issue a solemn appeal to the Minister to
As a matter of urgency
1Immediately release the budgets from the past four years for strategic diagnostics, training engineering, and training plans, and grant companies sufficient time to execute them
2Launch an inclusive consultation with all system stakeholders (socio-economic partners, OFPPT, GIAC, OCF, companies) to rebuild trust
3Enforce Law 60-17 by publishing the implementing decrees that have been pending since 2018
4Modernize the information system to ensure transparency, traceability, and efficiency
5Guarantee companies’ rights by processing reimbursements within the legal deadlines
Conclusion
A Wake-Up Call for National Skills Development
The reform of continuing training can no longer be postponed
Morocco will not succeed in its economic transition or reindustrialization without placing human capital at the heart of its priorities.GIAC and ABCF reaffirm their total commitment to supporting Moroccan companies towards a more resilient, inclusive, and competitive economy
ABCF & GIAC
