Missions

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Missions  according to Decree No. 2013/169 of 27 May 2013 to organise MINPMEESA

  • elaborating and implementing the handicraft development policy;
  • identifying and promoting handicraft industries;
  • facilitating the creation of handicraft enterprises;
  • supervising handicraft enterprises, monitoring the application of standards and improving the quality of handicraft products;
  • developing and implementing a strategy for the promotion of handicrafts, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
  • monitoring the implementation of capacity building mechanisms for craftspeople ;
  • seeking out economic opportunities for handicraft products;
  • defining and improving the status of craftspeople;
  • promoting professional groups and trades;
  • seeking out and developing support mechanisms for craftspeople, in conjunction with the administrations concerned;
  • controlling the execution of programmes and projects in favour of craftspeople;
  • exploiting the results of studies and surveys on the informal sector;
  • exploiting the results of studies on the possibilities of migration from the informal sector;
  • developing and implementing a national policy for migration from the informal sector to the formal economy.

The Department of Handicrafts and Migration of the Informal Sector(DAMSI) is composed of 02 Sub-Departments : the Sub-Department of Handicraft and the Informal Activities and Migrations Unit

 The Sub-Department of Handicraft is in charge of:

  • monitoring the development and updating of the nomenclature of handicraft trades, in liaison with the administrations concerned ;
  • monitoring the identification of craftspeople and handicraft enterprises ;
  • promoting professional groups and trades;
  • promoting handicraft sectors with high growth potential;
  • management relations between Consular Chambers and professional groups with the administration;
  • connecting craftspeople with partner organisations ;
  • developing and implementing development strategies for the handicraft industry;
  • developing competitiveness and improving the quality of handicraft products;
  • defining and implementing support mechanisms for craftspeople and handicraft enterprises;
  • monitoring and organising promotional events ;
  • promoting and facilitating exports of handicraft products, in conjunction with the relevant administrations.

The Informal Activities and Migrations Unit has as missions: 

  • the exploitation of the results of studies and surveys on the informal sector
  • the elaboration and follow-up of specific studies on the control of the informal sector ;
  • the monitoring of the evolution of the activities of the informal sector, in liaison with the competent administrations;
  • the development and the keepping of a data file of informal sector actors and groupings ;
  • the development and implementation of strategies for the evolution of informal sector actors towards the formal economy;
  • the development and implementation of a support plan for informal sector actors in the formalisation of their production units;
  • the design and implementation of support mechanisms for the modernisation of production units in the informal sector;
  • the design and implementation of measures to promote migration;
  • the development, in collaboration with the competent administrations, of administrative, fiscal and social regulations tailored to microenterprises.