The National Authority for Probity, Prevention and fight against Corruption (INPPLC) and Abdelmalek Essaadi University (AEU) concluded a cooperation convention on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences in Tangier. The convention was signed by Mr. Mohamed Benalilou, Chairman of the Authority, and Mr. Bouchta El Moumni, President of the University, in the presence of officials from both institutions. 

The convention aims to establish a strategic and institutional framework for cooperation and partnership between the two institutions, enabling them to work together to consolidate the values of probity, transparency and good governance and to spread a culture of preventing and fighting corruption in academia. In so doing, it contributes to developing qualified human capital imbued with the values of responsible citizenship. 

The convention covers training and supervision, scientific research, and scientific and cultural activities. At the signing ceremony, the joint action plan drawn up by the two institutions was presented; which shall put the provisions of the convention into specific activities with clear deadlines. The plan covers integrating the values of probity and corruption prevention into university training cycles; strengthening scientific research and the joint supervision of research projects; organizing scientific meetings and joint activities; and working to establish a probity and corruption prevention system at the university. 

The convention is part of the “Probity Forums at the University” program, pursuant to the Authority’s 2025-2030 strategy, which makes strengthening communication ties with universities and research centers a strategic focus in its own right. In his speech on this occasion, the Chairman of the Authority explained that this signature coincided with the inaugural lecture reflects a determination to move straight to implementation, and that the aim is to shift from one-off awareness-raising to institutional integration, and from ad hoc activities to the core of training cycles. M. Benalilou added that, through this convention, the two institutions are making a joint commitment to young people at the university, stressing that the battle for probity is not won in courts and monitoring offices alone, but also in classrooms, laboratories and research centers. 

For his part, Mr. Bouchta El Moumni, President of Abdelmalek Essaadi University, confirmed that the convention reveals a shared will to raise the relationship between the two institutions to the level of a strategic partnership, adding that “investing in probity is investing in trust.” He stressed that the University’s responsibility is not only limited to teaching the principles of probity and transparency but extends also to embodying them in its practices, management and relations with its environment, and he called on students to consider probity as a moral and societal capital that begins with everyday practice within the University. 

To implement these commitments, the Authority is placing its expertise and reference resources at the University’s disposal, while the University is involving its human resources and headquarters and encouraging the involvement of its students, teachers and staff. A joint coordination and follow-up committee will be set up to draw up an annual action plan and evaluate its results. The convention has been concluded for five years and shall be tacitly renewable. 

As the first initiative to implement the convention, the Faculty of Legal and Political Sciences in Tangier hosted the inaugural lecture of the 2026-2027 academic year, delivered by Mr. Mohamed Benalilou under the title “fighting corruption in morocco: what do the data reveal, and what does reform require?” Drawing on the Authority’s annual report for 2025, the lecture tackled the methodology for reading international indices and the judicial and monitoring data on corruption, and for distinguishing between their findings, the raised questions and the intended reforms. 

The Chairman of the Authority focused on the challenges faced by these data, and he presented the findings of the final evaluation of the National Anti-Corruption Strategy (2015-2025) included in the said report and the gap it highlighted between achievements and impact. He then set out the orientations for taking reform from the institution-building stage to the stage of delivering impact and consolidating trust. This initiative reflects the two institutions’ will to turn the convention into ongoing scientific, training and awareness-raising programs and activities that make the University a knowledge and educational partner in supporting national projects relating to moralizing public life and consolidating good governance.