Education for all

Since 2012, inception date of the HEM Foundation, many civic and community service activities of HEM, known and recognized today, are now grouped there.

The HEM Foundation aims to expand access to knowledge and debating culture through various channels:

• The Citizen University ®
• Reading Clubs of the Citizen University ®
• The Citizen University ® Press
   

The Citizen University ®

This is one of the projects supported by the Foundation whose purpose, among others, is to consolidate more the Citizen University®. This unique concept in contemporary Morocco is rooted in ancient historical practices and great traditions that have marked the epic of the Moroccan university. It consists of a series of seminars, open to all, with no prerequisites, designed as introductory and awareness raising courses about Morocco’s socio-political, managerial and economic realities.

The seminars, spanning over three months, are provided free of charge, once a year, in cities where HEM is present. An "auditor's certificate" is awarded to individuals who attend at least 80% of the seminars.

Reading Clubs of The Citizen University ®

The HEM Foundation aims to expand access to knowledge and the culture of debates through the Reading Clubs of the Citizen University ® termed CLUC.

Created in September 2014 as an extension of the the Citizen University ® and in partnership with the French Institute of Morocco (IFM), the Reading Clubs of the Citizen University ® aim to promote access to literature and reading and share knowledge, ideas and questions about social issues in Morocco with a diverse public.

Reading Clubs of the Citizen University ® are held in encounters with 4 authors per year (alternately in Arabic and French) and in all common locations HEM - IFM.

The Citizen University ® Press

The HEM Foundation aims to expand access to knowledge and the culture of debates through the Citizen University ® Press.

A collection of works created in January 2014 as an extension of the Citizen University ® whose three key themes are revisited:

• Institutions, politics and human rights
• Economics and business management
• Thought and society.

The objective of the Citizen University ® Press is to open the academic arena to a wide audience of non-specialists and to contribute differently to the dissemination of the culture of debates and critical thinking.

The works of the Citizen University ® Press appear every 18 months.