EQUAL No. 4 – Promoting EQUAL Opportunities through Empowerment
The objectives of the project are to:
• To reach out to the inactive segment of the Maltese population , particularly women, and encourage them to be part of, remain and advance in the labour market by promoting the uptake of opportunities in different fields.
• To effectively make use of role models that have improved their employment status after they have undergone training and/or sought employment to develop their career.
National Activities
The project involves different phases. These include the:
Compilation of information of training and employment opportunities
Distribution of Information: Television and radio programmes, and Public service announcements have been used to disseminate information about role models and the publicity of the available education, training, and labour market opportunities.
Public Seminars were organised in four regions including Northern, Central and Southern Malta , and Gozo. The aim of these seminars was to describe in more detail the information disseminated through the media and to explain how one could go about taking up the opportunities available in the different fields.
Click on the two links below to download the information packs that were distrubuted during the local council seminars:
| Pakkett ta' Informazzjoni (1) |
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| Pakkett ta' Informazzjoni (2) |
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Meetings with Employers will be organised to assess the sensitivity of employers to the barriers women face when seeking employment and the priority attributed by the industry to these barriers.
Formulation of Policy
The National Development partnership
The name of the National Development Partnership is GenderRole, and is composed of thirteen entities. The National Commission for the Promotion of Equality (NCPE) is the lead development partner. The Development partners which are contributing to the set objectives of this project include:
NCPE - National Commission for the Promotion of Equality : www.equality.gov.mt
DLG - Department of Local Government : www.justice.gov.mt
ETC - Employment and Training Corporation : www.etc.gov.mt
FOI - Malta Federation of Industry : www.foi.org.mt
GWU - General Workers' Union : www.gwu.org.mt
KNPD - National Commission Persons with Disability : www.knpd.org
MCAST - Malta College of Art, Science and Technology : www.mcast.edu.mt
MEA - Malta Employers' Association : www.maltaemployers.com
MEYE - Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment: www.education.gov.mt
MTA - Malta Tourism Authority : www.mta.com.mt
NCW - National Council of Women : www.ncwmalta.com
The Cooperatives Board : www.coopsboard.org
UHM - Union Haddiema Maghqudin : www.uhm.org.mt
A. Life long learning
Lifelong learning views education in its broadest sense with the definite aim of providing opportunities to develop creativity and learning possibilities. Adult education is definitely intricately woven within this learning framework.
Various full-time and part-time courses are offered by a number of institutions including:
MEYE - Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment: www.education.gov.mt
MCAST - Malta College of Art, Science and Technology : www.mcast.edu.mt
ETC - Employment and Training Corporation : www.etc.gov.mt
ITS - Institute of Turism Studies : www.its.gov.mt
Moreover, a number of short courses, such as Basic Skills, ECDL are offered by various other organisation including:
• GWU - General Workers' Union : www.gwu.org.mt
• NCW - National Council of Women : www.ncwmalta.com
• UHM - Union Haddiema Maghqudin : www.uhm.org.mt
• Local Councils
B.Europass Curriculum Vitae
Drawing up curriculum vitae is an important step in looking for any job or training. The CV is often the first contact with a future employer. It needs to seize the reader's attention immediately and to demonstrate why you should be given an interview.
For further information : http://europass.cedfopeu.int
C. Job Search
The Employment Services Division within the ETC includes:
• Registration Unit
• Employment Advisory Unit
• Vacancy Profile Unit
• Job Centres
• Eures
• Law Compliance
• Employment Licences
• Parastatal Unit
• Over 40's Consultant
• Job Search Seminar & Job Club Leaders
• Schemes Co-ordinators – ESF TEES scheme
The ETC
Job Centres include:
• Valletta Job Centre Zakkarija Street, Valletta — Tel: 21249 531/2/3
• Mosta Job Centre St. Anne Street, Mosta — Tel: 21421286, 21421287
• Birgu Job Centre Access Complex, St. Edward street, Birgu — Tel: 23985151, 23985152
• Rabat Job Centre (Gozo) St.Francis Square, Rabat , GOZO — Tel: 21556086
Services offered at Job Centres are:
• Promoting Vacancies
• Touch Screen Computers
• Training Referrals
• Employment / Registration Histories
• EURES ( http://ec.europa.eu/eures )
• Registration of clients on Part 3 (records@etc.org.mt)
• General Information on ETC services
For further information: www.etc.gov.mt
D. Hospitality and Tourism Industry
The Hospitality and Tourism Industry is made up of tourism related enterprises and catering establishments. These include hotels, restaurants, travel agencies, airlines, leisure centres, outdoor recreation, arts and culture centres, retail and others. Within these organisations, a wide choice of jobs is available.
The Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS)
Educates and trains students in a wide variety of academic and vocational subjects that are related to the hospitality and tourism industry. ITS also exposes students to industrial experience, in order to enhance their knowledge and skills
The ITS offers a number of part-time and day-release courses as well as tailor-made training modules designed to meet specific needs within the industry. These could range from one and two-day management seminars and refresher courses to specific skills training programmes.
For furhter information: http://www.its.gov.mt/
E. Cooperatives
A cooperative offers a different possibility to all those individuals with entrepreneurship skills. An example of a cooperative is the possibility of creating handmade products aimed in particular to the tourist industry or the production of healthy take-away food for the Maltese families.
All those prepared to work together and pool their resources in order to form a business enterprise and offer products and/or services can form a Co-operative. This group has to be made up of at least five (5) persons. Before starting to function, the group needs to know what is a co-operative, prepare a feasibility study, adopt the seven basic principles of co-operativism and undertake market research so to understand the potential and demands on their product or service. Brainstorming sessions prior to taking a final decision of whether or not to form a Co-operative are crucial.
For further information: www.coopsboard.org
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