The Planning and Priorities Coordination Department (PPCD)
has issued a pre-announcement of a new call for project proposals to be
part-financed by the European Union under the European Social Fund 2007-2013.
This call for projects falls under Priority Axis 1 and
Priority Axis 2 of the Operational Programme (OP) II Empowering People for
More Jobs and a Better Quality of Life. OP II aims to strengthen social and
economic development by improving employment and job opportunities, encouraging
a high level of employment and more and better jobs. It supports initiatives
which aim to increase employment and quality and productivity at work, promote
social inclusion and encourage disadvantaged people to join the work force.
Priority Axis 1: Improving Education and Skills
Priority Axis 1 aims at supporting Maltas quest to become a
knowledge-based, competitive economy pursuant to investment in human capital
and the increase in the overall participation rates in education at all levels.
This process will in turn contribute towards increasing and upgrading the
knowledge and skill levels of the labour force. Priority will be given to
projects concerned with Research and Innovation, including projects which
concern training in S&T capacity-building education and training, S&T
actions, support educational quality, relevance, structures, systems, campaigns
and research.
The Indicative Financial Threshold is of ¬4 million, which
amount may be increased to ¬5 million.
Priority Axis 2: Investing in the Employability and
Adaptability of the Workforce
Priority Axis 2 specifically aims at investing in human
capital by ensuring that the working age population and businesses become
flexible enough to respond to the needs of the economy, whilst reducing
unemployment levels.
The Indicative Financial Threshold is of ¬3.5 million.
The actual launch of the Call will be announced by the PPCD.