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Municipality of Kénitra

General Directorate of Services

The General Directorate of Services is made up of the following services:

  1. Registry Office
  2. Archives Service
  3. Coordination and Monitoring Service
  4. Complaints Service
  5. Council Affairs Service

The duties of these services are as follows:

Registry Office

This service is responsible for:

  • keeping all incoming and outgoing mail registers;
  • recording mail received by the Municipality and forwarding it to the relevant services;
  • ensuring that all correspondence, incoming or outgoing, is recorded and archived;
  • recording and checking all outgoing mail from municipal services and administrative annexes;
  • receiving mail sent to the Municipality by external bodies and distributing it to the administrative annexes after approval by the Director-General or their deputy;
  • distributing mail sent by the Municipality of Kénitra as instructed.

Archives Service

This service is responsible for:

  • collecting, documenting and keeping documents relating to local public affairs so that they can be classified, organised and made available to citizens, staff and heads of services and divisions;
  • keeping municipal decisions and regulatory orders;
  • keeping agreements signed by the Municipality;
  • keeping specifications (cahiers des charges);
  • keeping plans and maps of the city;
  • storing, copying and digitising all legal references;
  • numbering, recording and classifying legal and regulatory references;
  • keeping documents relating to public contracts and concession agreements;
  • keeping urban planning documents (development plans, sector plans and restructuring plans);
  • keeping documents relating to research and studies.

Coordination and Monitoring Service

Reporting directly to the Director-General of Services, this service is responsible for:

  • carrying out part of the Director-General’s duties relating to coordination between divisions and services;
  • monitoring projects carried out by the Municipality and compiling activity reports from each service;
  • coordinating the Municipality’s various services;
  • preparing annual activity reports;
  • receiving telegrams sent to the Municipality and routing them by subject;
  • carrying out prior legal review of decisions by the Council or the administration;
  • helping to draft municipal decisions;
  • organising and supervising participatory governance activities;
  • representing the Municipality at national or international governance meetings at the request of the President or the Director-General;
  • preparing the Municipality’s Action Programme under the Director-General’s supervision, in coordination with all relevant services.

Complaints Service

This service handles complaints from users of municipal services and residents of Kénitra. It is responsible for:

  • receiving, recording and forwarding complaints to the relevant services for investigation, and following up on how they are handled;
  • meeting complainants in person and preparing a file for each complaint;
  • advising and guiding complainants where necessary;
  • monitoring the outcome of complaints in coordination with other services;
  • supervising the online portal through which citizens can submit complaints;
  • supervising the free phone line;
  • making sure complainants receive a reply within a reasonable time.

Council Affairs Service

This service is responsible for:

  • assisting the Council secretary in drafting the minutes of Council and committee sessions;
  • monitoring the work of the Council’s bodies;
  • preparing draft session agendas;
  • drafting minutes and reports of the Council’s bodies;
  • keeping documents relating to the Council’s bodies;
  • monitoring the work of the Executive Bureau and standing committees;
  • preparing Council sessions and standing committee meetings;
  • preparing files and decisions submitted to the competent authority for approval;
  • monitoring the implementation of Council decisions;
  • preparing ordinary and extraordinary sessions;
  • helping committee chairs document the reports and recommendations of standing committees.

Updated on October 7, 2026