Ready for the Future of Manufacturing 4.0

The Competence Center on Automation to boost know-how and skills for the industrial development.

The agriculture and food industry in Morocco

May 27, 2022, 15:00 – 18:00

The agri-food sector is one of the engines of the Moroccan economy. It accounts for about 20% of the Kingdom’s GDP and 20% of its exports. The agriculture and food industry creates jobs and wealth for many people in Morocco.

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CCoA report on automation in Morocco

Automation and digitalization in Moroccos manfacturing sector need skilled workers and managers. The CCoA report provides findings from online surveys and expert interviews.

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CCoA strengthens cooperation with University Hassan II of Casablanca

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CCoA intensifies its activities in Morocco with a second training for Moroccan experts and multipliers on Industry 4.0

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Concepts and Talents for the Smart Factory

CCoA presenting smart manufacturing concepts of Germany’s technology leader Siemens. International manufacturers working on Industry 4.0 projects with talents from Moroccan universities.

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CCoA Program 2022

Focus on innovation and job creation

With a whole series of events, the CCoA will continue to contribute to industrial knowledge transfer in 2022 – and thus to future-proof employment and development. The conferences and seminars address key aspects of automation and the most advanced technologies in manufacturing.

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Survey on the digitalization of Moroccan industries

A survey conducted by the CCOA has analyzed the level of automation and digitization in selected Moroccan industries. The results provide a roadmap to make Moroccan industry even more competitive.

Members of the CCOA Best Practice Community can download the survey for free.

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Knowledge transfer: Successful continuation on site

Second intensive training for Moroccan experts and multipliers on Industry 4.0

After the successful kick-off in July, the second event of the Competence Center on Automation (CCoA) followed in October for a group of nine trainers from engineering schools, universities and vocational training institutions.

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CCOA Community - now open for you!

Now it is launched: The new CCOA community page. Register here and benefit from the advantages: Information, exchange and soon company profiles and job offers.

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Effective teaching

Get an impression of how we are enabling Moroccan multipliers and teachers at university and vocational school level to develop and convincingly implement sustainably effective teaching units on the topic of automation

Our Objectives: Industrial Knowledge Transfer and job creation

The objective of the Competence Center on Automation is to train young people on the vocational and academic level in skills required for industrial automation and development. The CCoA will carry out training and further education measures at craftsmen-, engineering and management level. We will organize and coordinate curricula development, trainings, seminars, conferences and exhibitions. The CCoA aims at the creation of new jobs and the improvement of employment-opportunities in Moroccan industries through advanced automation and digitization technologies. Our focus areas are the automotive sector, agriculture and food-processing.

Initiative and Partnerships

The establishment of the CCoA is supported by the Special Initiative on Training and Employment of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), which is implemented, among others, by the Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH. In Morocco, the Special Initiative is implemented in cooperation with the Moroccan Ministry of Industry and Trade.