Davos: Head of Government Aziz Akhannouch arrived in Switzerland on Monday to represent Morocco at the 56th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF), held in Davos until January 23. The event brings together around 400 top political leaders, including nearly 65 heads of state and government.
According to Agence Marocaine De Presse, Akhannouch is leading a delegation that includes the Minister of Economy and Finance, Nadia Fettah, and the Director General of the Moroccan Agency for Investment and Export Development (AMDIE), Ali Sadiki.
Under the theme “A Spirit of Dialogue,” this edition brings together nearly 3,000 participants from more than 130 countries, against a backdrop of profound geopolitical, technological, and societal upheavals.
The event features six G7 leaders, as well as 55 finance and economy ministers, 33 foreign ministers, 34 trade ministers, and 11 central bank governors, marking the highest level of governmental participation in the Forum’s history.
Political leaders will engage with nearly 850 CEOs and chairpersons of the world’s largest companies, as well as around a hundred unicorn founders and tech pioneers.
Positioned as an impartial platform for dialogue, collaboration, and action, the Forum aims to foster open exchanges among public officials, business leaders, civil society representatives, international organizations, and the academic world, in order to provide concrete solutions to global challenges.
It engages a wide range of voices to broaden perspectives, and seeks to develop long-term solutions to interconnected issues while opening new opportunities for growth, resilience, and impact.
Debates will focus in particular on renewing international cooperation in a context of contested norms, strained alliances, and eroded trust, as well as exploring new collaboration models in response to challenges to established notions of security, sovereignty, and global integration.
Discussions will also address the management of geopolitical risks and economic uncertainty, responsible innovation, especially disruptive technologies like generative artificial intelligence, and the pursuit of trajectories that promote competitiveness and inclusive growth.
The human dimension of these transformations will be central to the exchanges, with an emphasis on investing in skills, workforce adaptation, and well-being, while participants will also examine ways to rebuild prosperity within planetary boundaries, notably through more sustainable energy, natural, and water systems.