Draa project aims to answer the question: how to raise the quality of the territory of the Province of Ouarzazate, its economy and culture, and improve the quality of life of its population, the crises that our societies are undergoing since the early '30 Financial "and economic, social, environmental and cultural issues that arise? To do this, the Drââ project aims to develop a cooperative and participatory territorial observatory that will consolidate indicators and useful information to stakeholders to develop, manage and evaluate projects using diagnostic needs expressed by the population of prospective scenarios agendas transition to sustainable development, in line with the main industries of the local economy. From 2013 both caINTI and ERTEMEM research teams have implemented a first territorial diagnosis that collected responses from 1685 people. The results of which have been the subject of an invited lecture at the International Seminar AUF territorial intelligence inRoscoff on May 2014. End of 2013 a complementary survey put the focus on locals actors (farmers, teachers, elected officials) in two rural communes, Ouisselsate and Iznaguen, in the south of the province of Ouarzazate. The paper will present the first results of this survey highlighting the role of common heritage in promoting the region and involving its inhabitants quality of life, especially women. It will also summarize the progress and update on the current outlook of the Draa project.