Skip to main content
Compact II program by the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Morocco.

Compact II program by the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Morocco.

Environmental, social and population resettlement technical assistance for the development of the "Compact II" program.

Since the start of the project in 2016, Antea Group has been able to provide MCC with a team comprising of various experts, able to be mobilized at a few days’ notice. Antea Group’s technical assistance particularly enables MCC to ensure that projects comply with local regulations and with the IFC’s environmental and social sustainability performance standards, that all permits are obtained before the construction phase and that the main risks or impacts are identified.

Project background

Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) and the Royal Government of Morocco have concluded a second “Compact II” program, a program of cooperation aimed at reducing poverty in Morocco through economic growth. This comprises three projects:

  • An education and training project for employability aiming at increasing the employability and the employment rate of young Moroccans by improving the quality and relevancy of secondary education;
  • A land productivity project aiming at increasing agricultural productivity and investment in Morocco enabling rural and industrial markets to better meet investor demand as well as modernizing the legal, regulatory and procedural framework related to land and property. This comprises of 2 components:
    • An agricultural component: privatization of public agricultural land (‘Melkisation’)
    • An industrial component:  Three sustainable industrial pilot zones are going to be developed by integrating the redevelopment of existing industrial zones

Provided Services

Since 2015 Antea Group has evaluated the environmental and social projects suggested by MCC by checking compliance in relation to the performance standards of the International Finance Corporation (IFC, a World Bank member). Detailed assessments of soil and groundwater contamination were conducted in selected existing industrial zones.

In 2016, Antea Group was commissioned to supervise the Compact II program’s environmental and social aspects. The technical assistance provided by Antea Group to MCC teams based in the United States and Morocco is as follows:

  • Environmental and social impact assessment, environmental management;
  • Land procurement and population resettlement;
  • Social evaluation and stakeholder engagement;
  • Health, Safety, Environment;
  • Data management and modeling using GIS;
  • Hazardous substances, contaminated sites and soil management as well as groundwater decontamination;
  • Environmental performance of industrial effluent treatment plants.

Key Figures

  • 5 years Duration
  • €1.2 M of provided services
  • 20 Mobilized manpower

This website uses cookies

Functional and analytical cookies are placed with every visit without requiring permission. Use of the Social Media buttons depends on the privacy statement and cookie policy of the relevant social network. Targeting cookies from third parties are only placed if you give your consent. Select the type of cookies you want to accept.

More information