The seminar aimed at building the capacity of parliamentarians and civil servants from both Chambers of Parliament in the field of legislative assessment. It brought together members of parliament, experts and academics, as well as representatives of the Venice Commission, PACE and the Delegation of the European Union to Morocco.

It enabled participants to acquire a good understanding of international standards, in particular those identified by the Venice Commission in its opinions, to benefit from the sharing of evaluation experiences from other countries, and to strengthen their knowledge of law evaluation methodologies, especially as regards the drafting of recommendations for evaluation reports and the follow-up to these recommendations.

The opening session was attended by Rachid Talbi El Alami, President of the House of Representatives of the Moroccan Parliament, Patricia Llombart Cussac, Ambassador, Delegation of the European Union to Morocco, and Simona Granata-Menghini, Director, Secretary of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe.

The seminar was organised as part of the "Support to the national mechanism of prevention against torture and to the development of the role of Parliament in Morocco 2020-2024" funded by the European Union and implemented by the Council of Europe, and also with the support of  South Programme V, co-funded by the two organisations and implemented by the Council of Europe.