The designations employed and the presentation of the material in this publication do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area, or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries. [...] Morocco established cross-sectoral governance and institutional structures, notably the National Commission on Sustainable Development and the Department of Sustainable Development of the Ministry of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development. [...] Priority issues requiring further attention by Morocco, as identified in the EPR, include: the promotion of sustainable development and support of the cross-cutting work of the Department of Sustainable Development; the reinforcement and acceleration of the development of secondary legislation to operationalize the environmental legal framework; the strengthening of the environmental impact assess. [...] Olga Algayerova United Nations Under-Secretary-General Executive Secretary United Nations Economic Commission for Europe v PREFACE The second EPR of Morocco takes stock of progress made in the governance and management of the environment since the first review in 2014, assesses the implementation of the recommendations of that EPR and makes new recommendations for the country to implement. [...] The Chair of the Expert Group on Environmental Performance Reviews (Estonia) informed the Committee on Environmental Policy of the main outcomes of the Expert Group’s work in 2021, highlighting the richness of the Second Environmental Performance Review of Morocco, which contained 105 recommendations and addressed 76 targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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