Office du Développement de la Coopération (ODCo)

13, rue Dayat Aoua Agdal
10100 Rabat
Maroc

ODCO is a public institution with legal personality and financial autonomy, and are placed under the administrative supervision of the Prime Minister or of the governmental authority delegated by it for this purpose. ODCO is responsbile for the following (except in the agriculture sector):
•    centralize and investigate applications for the establishment of cooperatives and their associations and forward them for decision, with its opinion, to the governmental supervisory authority delegated for this purpose;
•    to assist co-operatives and their unions in the fields of training, information and legal aid;
•    financing of extension and training campaigns;
•    to assist the realization of social works for the benefit of the cooperators;
•    centralize and disseminate documentation and information on cooperation;
•    study and propose any legislative or regulatory reforms and any special measures of interest to the creation and development of cooperatives.
ODCO is administered by a council composed of representatives from Ministerial departments, public establishments, co-operatives and banks. It is presided over by the Minister of Art, Social Economy and Solidarity.