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Intangible heritage: The royal warning against plundering

“A NY attempt to claim the Convention is more concerned with
the skills and knowledge involved
cultural and civilizatio-
in crafts than with the craft products
nal heritage of another
country as one’s own must be fought”. themselves. Thus, UNESCO adopts
This is a meaningful sentence that the a particular approach. Instead of
Sovereign sent in his letter to the par- focusing on the preservation of han-
ticipants in the interministerial com- dicrafts, safeguarding efforts should
mittee of UNESCO, responsible for instead focus on encouraging artisans
the safeguarding of intangible heri- to continue producing them and pas-
tage, held on November 28 in Rabat. sing on their knowledge to others. and
This meeting, chaired by Samir Ad- their know-how, particularly within
dahre, Ambassador and Permanent their community.
Delegate of Morocco to UNESCO, The Sovereign insisted that culture
aims to “promote the goals of the is also a reflection of the civilizatio-
Convention for the Safeguarding of date, eleven cultural properties of the listed in the prestigious directory. nal dynamics that gave birth to it. “It
Intangible Cultural Heritage, ratified country appear on the list of the intan- Regarding Morocco, traditional is even more a vital necessity of our
to date by 163 States”. The intermi- gible world heritage of UNESCO; craftsmanship is perhaps the most daily lives. As food for the soul and
nisterial committee of UNESCO is Moroccan equestrian art or Tbourida tangible manifestation of intangible the spirit, culture provides a bridge
also required to provide internatio- is the latest one, since last year, to be cultural heritage. However, the 2003 between the past and the present and
nal assistance in the safeguarding of allows individuals to be tied to their
intangible cultural heritage. Finally, social environment”. Today, cultural
the committee studies applications A national center is born heritage has evolved considerably
for inclusion on the UNESCO lists, as from the conceptual standpoint. In-
well as program or project proposals. IN his letter, King Mohammed VI capacities of professionals responsible deed, it no longer only serves to desi-
King Mohammed VI insists on the announced the creation of a Natio- for safeguarding measures, the new gnate a set of historical monuments
fact that, in a rapidly changing world, nal Center for the Intangible Cultural national structure will raise aware- or archaeological pieces. “It refers
it is important to underline that the Heritage, “which will have the task of ness among younger generations of more broadly to habits and customs
intangible heritage of a country consolidating the achievements made the importance of cultural heritage. and living expressions, inherited from
contributes to its influence and that in this area”. One of the missions of The future national center will also be our ancestors and transmitted to
consequently, “it must be protected this center “will consist in continuing responsible for evaluating the effec- future generations such as oral tra-
by a clearly defined mechanism , in the methodical inventory of the natio- tiveness of the mechanisms for the ditions, artistic representations, and
full accordance with the goals of the nal heritage throughout the Kingdom conservation of Moroccan properties even social practices” , concluded the
Convention”. Morocco has embarked and in setting up a national database listed on the World Heritage Lists and King in his message. o
on this path since July 2006, when the of relevant data” . In addition to aca- preparing the applications that Moroc- Abdessamad NAIMI
country ratified the Convention. To demic training organized to build the co intends to present in the future.o

Draft Budget Bill: Your salary in 2023

P ROMISES only bind those who According to the simulations that regardless of the level of monthly re- contribute to achieving this goal since
believe in them, the employees L’Economiste has requested from muneration. This is therefore not what
the gains made, which are insignifi-
will have to get over it. The accounting firms, the impact of this will make households richer. People
be passed on to employees. This is a
2023 Draft Budget Bill only includes change is minimal. Thus, for people who therefore had purchase projects, cant by the way, will not necessarily
one measure concerning them, namely receiving a gross annual salary of and who were relying on a tax mea- measure that should ultimately benefit
the increase in the flat rate of deduction 36,000 MAD, the gain will obvious- sure, will have to postpone such pro- employers, especially since there is
of professional expenses from 20% ly be zero, since they are already tax jects. Indeed, instead of acting on the no legal basis forcing them to allow
to 35% for employees whose gross exempt. Beyond that amount, earnings income tax grid, the government has their employees to benefit from the
annual taxable income is less than or will vary according to the taxable opted to raise the ceiling for the deduc- increase in the deduction scale for
equal to 78,000 Dirhams (about 7,800 gross salary brackets: 43.04 MAD per tion of professional expenses because professional expenses. As a reminder,
USD). For these employees, the maxi- month, for example, for 4,000 MAD of its minimal impact on Treasury the costs related to a specific function
mum deduction remained unchanged monthly salary, and 169.99 MAD per revenue. or job must not be confused with the
and capped at 30,000 MAD (3,000 month for 10,000 MAD monthly sa- However, in the presentation note of expenses incurred by employees in
USD) per year. For people whose lary. People paid up to exactly 11,666 the Draft Budget Bill, the Ministry of the context of their work (fuel, hotel,
gross annual taxable income is greater MAD gross will see their payslip Finance explains that this provision catering bills, etc. .) and for which
than 78,000 MAD, this flat rate goes increase by 198.32 MAD. This is the comes “in the context of the imple- they request reimbursement from
from 20% to 25% with an increase peak of earnings. At 18,600 MAD mentation of the government’s com- their employer subject to providing
in the deduction ceiling from 30,000 gross monthly salary, the maximum mitments resulting from the social supporting documents. These costs
to 35,000 MAD per year (article gain will be 154 MAD. For people dialogue aimed at improving the actually correspond to an allowance
59-IA and B of the General Code of receiving high salaries, the differential power of purchase of employees” . that the payroll calculation software
Taxes). The future deduction base will due to the change in the rate of deduc- Except that the increase in the rate takes into account to determine the
obviously apply to income generated tion of professional expenses will sta- of deduction of expenses related to tax base. o
from January 1, 2023. bilize at a maximum of 158.33 MAD, the function or employment will not Hassan EL ARIF
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