Racines is a Moroccan non-profit organization advocating for the integration of culture into public human, social and economic policies. Racines is born from the desire of Moroccan cultural actors who are convinced that the issue of culture is common to African and Arab countries : weakness of cultural policies, lack of involvement of the states, non-recognition of culture as a human right, weak creative industries, lack of protecting artists' rights, lack of training in cultural jobs...Racines' projects are articulated around cultural policies (research, advocacy, mapping), arts and culture for social change, entrepreneurship, training and capacity building, freedom of artistic expression, artists' rights and status...