TEDxENSIAS - Omar Balafrej - STOP TGV

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Balafrej Omar, CEO of Technopark in Casablanca. He went to Centrale school in Lyon, France. President of Abderrahim Bouabid Foundation. A foundation's mission is to contribute to public debate on major social issues, promoting reflection likely to clarify the issues, in cultural and scientific fields. He is also co-initiator of the call "Clarity, Courage Ambition" (www.ambition.ma). A wake up call for the Moroccan left with more than 700 signatories. It does not exclude to turn this call into a political party in the medium term.
Mr. Omar Balafrej argued that the state shouldn't seek superficial development and he gave the example of Morocco's TGV or the High Speed Train. He argued that the state would be wasting money for such a huge project, which the country does not currently need; since there are other priorities that the state should be investing money in, namely health and education, without which a country can never be developed. He gave the example of Spain and Brazil which delayed their TGV projects, saying that it's not bad to go back on ones decision if it appears to be not for the benefit of the community.