Lobbying in Morocco: OECD gives it 0% for practice
Morocco scores zero on lobbying practice in the OECD’s latest assessment of public integrity. The Kingdom meets only 20% of the regulatory criteria examined, far below the averages observed in the organization’s member countries.
The finding appears in the “Anti-Corruption and Integrity Outlook 2026,” published on March 24 by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Regarding lobbying, Morocco meets 20% of the criteria concerning regulation and 0% of those assessing practice. The OECD averages reach 43% and 38%, respectively.
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The zero does not mean that the OECD claims all lobbying activities in Morocco are irregular or corrupt. The indicator measures the existence and implementation of safeguards intended to regulate influence exerted on public decision-making.
And this is precisely where the OECD’s assessment of Morocco becomes severe: the Kingdom has no framework defining lobbying actors or activities, nor a system for publishing information relating to those activities. Moreover, no central authority is responsible for monitoring compliance with such a system.
In reality, Morocco meets only one of the regulatory criteria selected in this category. It concerns the transparency of the beneficial owners of companies. Law 12-18 provides for a register making it possible to identify the real owners of legal entities. This register exists and is accessible to the public, but the OECD notes that the owners’ full identities are not accessible free of charge.
The contrast with political financing
The result on lobbying contrasts with the scores Morocco obtained in other areas. In the area of conflicts of interest, the Kingdom meets 78% of the regulatory criteria and 33% of those concerning practice. The OECD notes in particular that all government members and 99% of parliamentarians filed their asset and interest declarations for the 2018-2023 period.
It nevertheless observes that no data are published on the follow-up to detected conflicts of interest or on the sanctions applied in cases of non-compliance.
The contrast is even more striking with political financing. Morocco scores 100% on the regulatory criteria and 100% on practice, compared with OECD averages of 76% and 58%. The organization highlights in particular the ban on anonymous donations and financing from foreign states or companies, as well as the auditing of parties’ accounts by the Court of Auditors.
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The problem identified by the OECD therefore appears highly targeted: while Morocco has relatively developed mechanisms in several areas of public integrity, lobbying remains largely outside a specific and transparent framework.
