Construction of the Bab Ighli site in Marrakech which will host the COP 22 has reached 15%. This was revealed to the Ecofin Agency by Abdeslem Bekrate, Head of Logistics and Security division for the event. “We have completed development stage and we start today, July 15, conveying and assembling of structures for the site to be ready for the event,” said the official who added that the completion level did not include pre-assembling of some installations, which was done jointly with development works. 

The COP 22 site covers 25 ha of which 10 ha will be hosting light structures. Its construction, which was estimated at 450 million dirham (about $45 million), was trusted to GL Events, a consortium of eight companies. Works are expected to be completed by the end of September 2016, and the site will be delivered on October 15, 2016.

“We are moving according to scheduling so we are confident and serene,” said Mr Bekrate.

Construction works and maintenance of the site, during the event, at which 25,000 participants are expected, will generate more than 3,000 local jobs.

Gwladys Johnson, Special reporter