Law n ° 80 00 relating to the National Center for Scientific and Technical Research (CNRST) was promulgated on August 1, 2001. The mastery of science and technology is nowadays the essential tool for any successful strategy. to come up.

The Morocco of tomorrow can only be considered in this context through an ambitious scientific research policy and by strengthening its capacity for innovation. This ambition was already expressed in the mid-1970s by the creation of the National Center for the Coordination and Planning of Scientific and Technical Research (CNCPRST) in parallel with the decentralization policy of the university and in the absence of the he era of any governmental authority capable of developing, directing and coordinating scientific and technical research of all kinds. To this end, several missions have been assigned to the CNCPRST by its creation Dahir (law n ° 1.76.503 of 5 chaâbane 1396, 5 August 1976). The mission of coordinating and planning research is now the responsibility of the government. It will be ensured by an Interministerial Committee chaired by the Prime Minister and whose creation text was adopted by the Council of Ministers. The monitoring and execution of government decisions and guidelines within the framework of this Committee are the responsibility of the government authority responsible for research; the CNRST under the supervision of this department will be a structuring operator and a service provider. It will help ensure the implementation and follow-up of the Committee's recommendations. the CNRST under the supervision of this department will be a structuring operator and a service provider. It will help ensure the implementation and follow-up of the Committee's recommendations. the CNRST under the supervision of this department will be a structuring operator and a service provider. It will help ensure the implementation and follow-up of the Committee's recommendations.

The CNRST's missions are closely related to the new directions entrusted to it. In particular, he will be responsible for:

• • implement research and technological development programs within the framework of the choices and priorities set by the government supervisory authority;
• • contribute to the dissemination of scientific and technical information, and to the publication of research work and to ensure technological watch work;
• • assist in strengthening the national research infrastructure;
• • provide services for the benefit of research operators and contribute to the promotion and transfer of research results;
• • establish association agreements or contracts, within the framework of research activities or services, with public or private research establishments and organizations;
• • create synergies between the various research teams working on priority themes (networks, centers of expertise);
• • carry out the evaluation and ensure the follow-up of all research activities or services in which it is involved