Salé – The Minister Delegate in charge of the Budget and President of the Royal Moroccan Football Federation, Fouzi Lekjaa, called on Tuesday in Salé for strengthened exchanges, meetings, and consultations between public and private stakeholders in the countries co-hosting the 2030 World Cup.
Speaking at the opening of the Morocco-Spain-Portugal Business Forum on the 2030 World Cup, organized jointly by the General Confederation of Moroccan Enterprises (CGEM), the Spanish Confederation of Business Organizations (CEOE), and the Portuguese Business Confederation (CIP), Lekjaa said “These consultations make it possible to pool skills, share best practices and generate sustainable added value.”
He stressed that the 2030 World Cup should be a unifying project serving young people, bringing peoples closer together, and contributing to the construction of a shared future based on cooperation, innovation, and progress.
The minister underlined that this project, rooted in a long history of civilizational, cultural, and economic complementarity between the three countries, offers an opportunity to capitalize on their respective assets to ensure a smooth, coherent, and exemplary organization.
Lekjaa also highlighted the logistical, security, and organizational challenges of a tournament spread across several territories, marked by high mobility of teams and supporters. He noted that the success of more than 100 matches within a short timeframe requires continuous coordination, strengthened collective intelligence, and close harmonization of infrastructure, transportation systems, and management mechanisms.
He further emphasized that companies, regardless of their size, constitute a central pillar in the success of organizing a major international event such as the 2030 World Cup.
“From the large companies in charge of building infrastructure and stadiums to the smallest ones involved in ticketing and security management at the entrances, all are called upon to commit themselves in an intelligent and sustainable manner to ensure the success of this type of event,” he said.
According to Lekjaa, the complementary involvement of companies will enable the implementation of multiple projects and generate the expected added value in the three countries.
The minister also referred to the organization of the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, held under “exceptional” conditions, which he said reflects the Kingdom’s organizational maturity, the competence of national human resources, and the ability of Moroccan companies to design, build, and manage complex events.
