National Organizing Committee

National Organizing Committee (Morocco)

• Co-Chairs:
  • Driss MOUSSAOUI (Past-President of WASP, President of the Moroccan Association of Social Psychiatry)
  • Hachem TYAL (President of the Moroccan Association of Dynamic Psychiatry)
• Members:
  • Brahim BENBRAHIM (President of the Moroccan Society of Psychiatry) 
  • Nadia KADRI (President of the Moroccan Association of Private Psychiatrists)
  • Hachem TYAL (President of the Moroccan Association of Dynamic Psychiatry) 
  • Fatima EL OMARI (Vice-President and Past President of the Moroccan Association of Addictology)
  • Jallal TOUFIQ (Chair of the United Nations International Narcotics Control Board)
  • Fatiha MANOUDI (Head of the University Psychiatry Department, Director of the Ibn Nafis University Psychiatric Hospital, Marrakesh)
  • Mohamed AGOUB (Chief Physician of the Ibn Rochd University Psychiatric Center, Casablanca)
  • Hassan HARGOUN (Member of the National Federation for Mental Health & representative of family caregiver NGOs)
  • Salma RAOUI (Chair of the Moroccan Association of Public Sector Psychiatrists)
• Ex Officio Members:
  • Vincenzo DI NICOLA (President of WASP, 25th World Congress President)
  • Rachid BENNEGADI (Past-President of WASP)
  • Yasser KHAZAAL (Treasurer of WASP)

Report of the Meeting of the National Organizing Committee (May 12, 2025)

Thank you for your presence and active participation in our first videoconference.

Eight people were present:
Driss Moussaoui, Vincenzo Di Nicola, Fatima El Omari, Fatiha Manoudi, Hachem Tyal, Yasser Khazaal, and Hassan Hargoun.

Rachid Bennegadi and Jalal Taoufiq sent their regrets.

• It is urgent to prepare the scientific programme and the scientific committee in order to contact pharmaceutical companies quickly.
• The deadline for the call for papers (symposium, oral presentations, posters) should be specified.
• Select the presence of a few international opinion leaders (e.g., Professor Sartorius).
• The social, cultural, and event program should highlight the richness of Moroccan Arab-Muslim and Berber heritage and traditions (local authorities, crafts, NGOs, the INDH (National Initiative for Human Development).
• Specify in the posters and on the website that the 25th World Congress will be organized by WASP with the collaboration of Moroccan associations and scientific societies:
• Moroccan Association of Dynamic Psychiatry, Dr. Hachem Tyal: Chair
• Moroccan Association of Private Psychiatrists, Prof. Nadia Kadiri: Chair
• Moroccan Society of Psychiatry, Dr. Brahim Benbrahim: Chair
• Moroccan Association of Addiction: Prof. Fatima El Omari: Chair
• Prof. Fatiha Manoudi: Head of the University Psychiatry Department, Director of the Ibn Nafis University Psychiatric Hospital, Marrakesh
• Prof. Mohamed Agoub: Chief Physician of the Ibn Rochd University Psychiatric Center, Casablanca
• Our next videoconference will take place on Saturday, June 14th at 7 p.m. Moroccan time, 8 p.m. Paris time, and 2 p.m. Montreal time.

All the best,
Saïd Fattah
May 12, 2025