Rabat (UNA-OIC) – Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim M. AlMalik, and Mohamed Al-Mehdi Bensaid, Minister of Youth, Culture and Communication of the Kingdom of Morocco, explored the arrangements for the proclamation of Rabat as the 2022 Islamic World Capital of Culture for the Arab Region, as part of ICESCO’s Islamic World Capitals of Culture Program.
The meeting, held on Friday at the Ministry headquarters, discussed the executive measures relating to agreeing upon the details of the programs and activities to be implemented throughout 2022, as part of the celebration of Rabat as the Islamic World Capital of Culture for 2022.
The two parties also talked about the consultative meeting to be held on 22 November 2021, to present the blueprint of the celebration program, which will bring together representatives from all ministries in the new Moroccan Government and an ICESCO team.
Further, they discussed the proposal of the Moroccan Ministry of Culture to organize the upcoming edition of the International Book and Publishing Fair in Rabat, which is one of the major cultural events in Morocco and features a variety of activities relating to books, publication, and culture.
Also during the meeting, the two parties discussed the latest developments regarding several culture and heritage projects to be implemented by ICESCO in cooperation with the Moroccan Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication. Meanwhile, they reaffirmed their keenness to sustain the fruitful cooperation between ICESCO and the Ministry in the fields of youth training and capacity building, culture, heritage and the co-organization of a number of cultural events.
