About Us
ABOUT US
Established on March 1st, 2023, the National Skills Council of Malta operates as an executive government body. Our dedicated efforts are focused on advancing skill development, recognition and validation to foster a prosperous and resilient workforce for the nation.
Evidence-based decision making – Ethical development – Shared responsibility – Inclusivity
Our organisation stands as a beacon of progress in shaping the nation's skills agenda. With a focused organisational structure under the direction of the Executive Chairman Dr Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, we are dedicated to driving impactful change.
- At our core, the Technical Unit steers the helm, formulating robust policies that resonate with national objectives. This unit engages in policymaking for employment, education, and international collaborations, ensuring Malta remains globally competitive.
- Parallelly, our Corporate Services Team efficiently manages finance, procurement, IT, health and safety, and other vital functions. Their seamless support empowers the Council's smooth operations.
- In tandem, our Strategy, Human Resources, and Communications Team orchestrates cohesive approaches to employee engagement and wellbeing, ensuring our initiatives are aligned and communicated effectively.
Together, these divisions fortify the National Skills Council's commitment to spearhead an evidence-based skills agenda focused on employability, social inclusion and wellbeing.
Core Ideology
The Council's primary objective is to use evidence-based practices to understand and anticipate current and future skills within the labour work force whilst instigating policy changes to this effect. Malta is already facing skill gaps and mismatches often addressed in the short-term through the importation of foreign workers. This imbalance will exacerbate further due to the ever-changing labour market. Labour market transformations present uncertainty, risks and opportunities locally and worldwide is therefore essential to ensure resilience and competitiveness.
Principles
This decade is expected to bring about even bigger changes that will have lasting effect on the world of work. The key drivers include the fast-technological advancement, the demographics in our country and beyond, and undoubtedly climate change. The European Union recognised these common changes and established 2023 as the official European Year of Skills. The National Skill Council has an instrumental role in ensuring that Malta is better prepared to face new labour market realities with capabilities to contribute to economic and social development.
Goals
- Skills Advisory: Advising government on the priority in the line with emerging global trends.
- Skills Strategy: Steering Malta's national skill strategy and establishing policy and procedures in related fields.
- Skills Panorama: Overseeing research, benchmarking and reporting performance, and developing intelligence.
- Skills Developments: Promoting required mechanisms for the advancement of skills and minimising the skills gap.
- Skills Networking: Creating the right channels for different stakeholders to connect and collaborate to effectively respond to present and future skills demands.
The National Skills Council is the National Coordinator for the European Year of Skills. If you are organising events on skills development, please register them on this interactive events map through this survey and keep us in the loop. You can find skills-related activities and events by checking the interactive map on the European Year of Skills website. EYS National Coordinators shape the Year in their countries. When communicating skills related activities on social media, please link them to the Year using the hashtags #EuropeanYearofSkills and #nscmalta