This MoU was signed during the visit by the UNICEF Regional Director for North Africa and the Middle East (MENA), Ted Chaiban, to the Foundation, which is part of strengthening and consolidating the partnership between the two parties relating to the promotion of the protection of children in contact with the law, said the Foundation in a press release on Tuesday.
Chaired by the National Coordinator of the Mohammed VI Foundation for the reintegration of detainees, Abdelouhed Jamali Idrissi and held in the presence of the representative of UNICEF in Morocco Giovanna Barberis, this meeting was an opportunity to present and review the results of partnership between the two parties resulting from the implementation of the partnership agreement, signed on January 05, 2018 as part of the "Himaya" program, added the same source.
The regional director of UNICEF for the MENA lauded during his speech the multiple achievements and efforts made by the Foundation, in particular its interventions during the period of the Covid-19 pandemic for the benefit of children in contact with the law.
In addition, the two parties agreed on the need to consolidate and promote their future collaboration and discussed the future prospects for the next financial year, highlighting the priority projects and programs of collaboration, including that of rehabilitation and reintegration of children of returnees and children accompanying returnees from conflict zones, the press release concluded.