This paper presents the Moroccan experiences with users' participation and highlights the recent achievements of the ORMVA's, since 1995, in the process of transfer of irrigation systems. The objectives of the participatory approach are to insure better water management and sustainability of irrigation equipments and systems and, therefore, to reduce water cost and to convince the farmers to pay their shares and to guaranty actual partnership between the ORMVA's and farmers. At present, the movement of participation of beneficiaries in irrigation management is in full swing. In next coming five years, it is expected to bring at least 30 percent command area under water user association management. It is expected that the transfer of management to beneficiaries will result in sustainable, efficient and economic water use. From the experiences gained during the last years it appears that the execution of the ORMVAs plan of action requires new practices in the area of promotion, creation, and technical support for WUAs in order to get the associations realistically defined and progressively managed by the members themselves.