The Royal Institute for Strategic Studies (IRES) organized, on May 31, 2022, a day of reflection on the future of the Region of Dakhla Oued-Eddahab, in the light of the Royal Orientations aimed at establishing the Southern Provinces as a gateway to sub-Saharan Africa and the current changes at the regional and international levels.

This meeting, which was attended by many senior national and African officials, local actors, as well as academic experts, was an opportunity to discuss the development prospects of this region, the largest of Morocco in terms of area, as well as the pivotal role it has to play in South-South cooperation, especially at the African level and in the articulation with the Atlantic and European spaces.