Morocco has secured nine leadership positions across multiple African Union (AU) bodies, marking a significant expansion of its role in continental governance. From institutional reforms to migration, financing, environment and economic integration, the kingdom is strengthening its footprint on strategic issues shaping the pan-African organisation’s future.
Morocco is deepening its roots within the African Union, once again demonstrating its ability to influence the continent’s institutional balance. Following regional consultations in North Africa, the kingdom was awarded nine positions in key AU organs and structures. This advancement reflects both the trust of its African partners and the rising momentum of its diplomatic engagement on major continental dossiers.
This new institutional chapter places Morocco at the forefront of North African countries in the distribution of regionally negotiated responsibilities. It comes at a time when the AU is pursuing several major initiatives, including institutional reform, governance consolidation, financing, economic integration, migration management and environmental challenges.
Stronger presence in decision-making bodies
Among the roles secured, Morocco will serve as vice-chair of the ministerial committee responsible for African candidacies within the international system. This committee plays a key role in coordinating African positions and promoting the continent’s candidates in multilateral organisations. For the kingdom, this function provides an additional lever to help improve Africa’s representation in global decision-making spaces.
Morocco will also hold the vice-presidency of the bureau dealing with member states’ contribution scales and assessment of their quotas. Though technical in appearance, this portfolio touches one of the AU’s most sensitive issues: financing. National contributions are central to strengthening the AU’s financial autonomy, improving resource predictability and supporting programme implementation. These two responsibilities place the kingdom at the heart of structural matters critical to the organisation’s future.
Reforms, law and economy at the core
Morocco will also sit on two specialised technical committees, considered important platforms for shaping African public policy. The first deals with justice and legal affairs. The second covers economic development, tourism, trade, industry and mineral resources. This dual involvement underscores the kingdom’s interest in areas central to the continental agenda.
On the legal front, the AU is working to strengthen its normative frameworks, harmonise approaches and support member states in consolidating their institutions. On the economic side, equally decisive challenges exist: trade integration, industrialisation, natural resource valorisation, tourism development and economic diversification are key levers for transforming the continent.
For Morocco, this participation aligns with a sustained African diplomacy focused on concrete cooperation, sectoral partnerships and building economic bridges across the continent. Engaged in several regional and continental initiatives, the kingdom aims to continue contributing to debates on development models, African competitiveness and the creation of regional value chains.
COREP: a strategic space for Moroccan action
Moroccan representation will also be reinforced in the sub-committees of the Permanent Representatives’ Committee (COREP). This body plays a decisive role in the AU’s daily functioning, preparing decisions, monitoring technical files and ensuring ongoing coordination between member states and the organisation’s organs.
Within this framework, Morocco will assume the vice-presidency of the bureau of the sub-committee on institutional reforms. This file is of particular importance for the AU, which has been engaged for several years in streamlining its structures, improving efficiency and clarifying priorities. The kingdom will also chair the sub-committee on environmental issues.
This responsibility comes at a time when climate change impacts are intensifying across Africa, a continent highly vulnerable to droughts, floods, soil degradation and water resource pressure. Additionally, Morocco will serve as a member of the sub-committee on human rights, democracy and governance. Its presence in this structure will allow it to participate in discussions on sensitive issues related to institutional strengthening, the rule of law and African governance mechanisms.
Migration: Morocco builds on its experience
Another significant role: the kingdom has been appointed to the board of directors of the Continental Centre on Migration. Moroccan experts will also be seconded to contribute to the centre’s work. This appointment cements Morocco’s recognised role in African migration governance and extends a commitment driven at the highest state level.
For years, the kingdom has promoted an African approach to migration based on solidarity, humanism and shared responsibility. This vision emphasises migrants’ dignity, cooperation among origin, transit and destination countries, and the link between human mobility, development and stability. Morocco’s presence on the centre’s board will strengthen this contribution and allow it to share a national experience frequently cited in African debates. It also confirms that migration remains one of the areas where the kingdom holds particular legitimacy within the AU.
