Placing the new generations at the center of the drive to moralize public life, the Minister of Youth, in charge of the Supreme Youth Council (SYC), Mustapha Hidaoui, and the president of the High Authority for Transparency, Prevention, and Fight Against Corruption, Salima Mousserati, chaired, this Friday in Algiers, a training session dedicated to promoting integrity and embedding a culture of denouncing corruption.
In his opening speech, Mr. Hidaoui stated that this meeting aims to “embed the culture of integrity and the fight against corruption within the youth, while strengthening their participation in various national initiatives to contribute actively to public life and decision-making processes.”
The minister added that, beyond transmitting legal and institutional knowledge, this initiative primarily seeks to “build a collective consciousness based on a sense of responsibility, citizen vigilance, and commitment to the general interest.”
He also affirmed that transparency “cannot remain an abstract principle confined solely to texts,” but must “become a daily practice and a citizen reflex for every young Algerian.” Integrity, he added, now represents “a strategic issue for the credibility of public action and for strengthening trust between institutions and citizens.”
Moreover, in a participatory approach, Mr. Hidaoui considered that “strengthening the presence of young people in various national initiatives through innovative activities” is an essential condition to ensure the continuity of efforts to moralize public life.
He also called for greater involvement of student organizations, associative movements, and digital content creators, whom he described as “essential partners in raising awareness and disseminating the values of integrity and good governance.”
The minister emphasized that “Algerian youth possess the intellectual capacities, energy, and creativity needed to carry a true societal project for moralizing public life,” considering that the engagement of new generations is “a guarantee of continuity and renewal in the fight against deviant practices.”
He stressed that “tomorrow’s Algeria is being built today in universities, associative spaces, and digital platforms,” presented as incubators of civic values and collective responsibility.
For her part, Salima Mousserati placed the fight against corruption in a global perspective, affirming that this battle constitutes “a societal and moral project based on citizen consciousness and a sense of individual and collective responsibilities.”
She highlighted the central role of youth, due to “its influence capacity and its driving role in the evolution of mindsets and social behaviors.”
The official invited the young participants to “engage actively in disseminating integrity values within their universities, neighborhoods, institutions, and digital environments,” encouraging them to contribute to awareness campaigns, join associations specialized in corruption prevention, and propose concrete initiatives capable of “strengthening the principles of good governance.”
Furthermore, she urged young people to report, through legal channels, “all forms of corruption,” describing them as the “first line of defense to build a just, transparent, and integrous society,” as well as “true agents of the change that Algeria aspires to.”