▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁Mor oc co ' s ▁prime ▁minister , ▁Abb as ▁El ▁F ass i , ▁announced ▁greater ▁support ▁for ▁science ▁during ▁a ▁meeting ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Centre ▁for ▁Scient ific ▁and ▁Techn ical ▁Research . ▁The ▁aim ▁was ▁to ▁give ▁univers ities ▁greater ▁financial ▁aut onomy ▁from ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁make ▁them ▁more ▁respons ive ▁to ▁research ▁needs ▁and ▁better ▁able ▁to ▁for ge ▁links ▁with ▁the ▁private ▁sector , ▁in ▁the ▁hope ▁that ▁this ▁would ▁n urt ure ▁a ▁culture ▁of ▁entrepr ene ur ship ▁in ▁academ ia . ▁He ▁announced ▁that ▁invest ment ▁in ▁science ▁and ▁technology ▁would ▁rise ▁from ▁US $ 6 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁to ▁US $ 8 . 5 ▁million ▁( 6 9 ▁million ▁Mor oc can ▁dir h ams ) ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 9 , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁fin ance ▁the ▁ref urb ishment ▁and ▁construction ▁of ▁labor ator ies , ▁training ▁courses ▁for ▁research ers ▁in ▁financial ▁management , ▁a ▁scholar ship ▁programme ▁for ▁post grad uate ▁research ▁and ▁in cent ive ▁measures ▁for ▁companies ▁prepared ▁to ▁fin ance ▁research , ▁such ▁as ▁giving ▁them ▁access ▁to ▁scientific ▁results ▁that ▁they ▁could ▁then ▁use ▁to ▁develop ▁new ▁products . ▁ ▁The ▁Mor oc can ▁In nov ation ▁Str ategy ▁was ▁launched ▁at ▁the ▁country ' s ▁first ▁National ▁In nov ation ▁Sum mit ▁in ▁June ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁by ▁the ▁Ministry ▁of ▁Indust ry , ▁Com merce