These EU funds are for you to use - Chris Bonett
After years of hard work, we are finally reaping the fruits of our labour. Together with the EU Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms, Elisa Ferreira, the government has launched Malta’s operational programmes for the next seven years.
Despite outperforming our EU partners economically, through the negotiation skills of the prime minister, Malta was allocated a record sum of €2.2 billion in EU funds.
The commission can choose to assign fewer funds to those which have achieved significant economic progress. Thus, acquiring double the amount we had in comparison to the last seven years was no mean feat.
With this figure, we aspire to change the face of our country to prepare it for tomorrow’s challenges. The funds will look to modernise Malta, making the islands more sustainable, digital and resilient.
And we shall lose no time in our ambition to achieve these goals. We are rearing to go.
Malta boasts a very high consumption rate of EU funds. It is vital to make sure that we remain one of Europe’s top performers and exhaust the funds allocated to us.
Therefore, we will be opening the first programmes and schemes immediately, so that everyone, from students looking to further their...