Meeting: National Contact Points for EU Funds

Servizzi Ewropej f’Malta (SEM) has recently been entrusted with the role of Coordinator of the National Contact Points (NCP) for EU funds to provide support to NCPs in Malta with the objective to maximise EU centralised funds.

In this context, SEM invited representatives of NCPs for a meeting on December 11 to discuss issues of common interest and common challenges to be addressed jointly.

The role of NCP coordinator, as SEM CEO, Denise Fiorentino said in her introductory speech, “is very much in line with SEM’s raison d’etre, which is to act as the face of EU funds locally whilst providing information on all EU funding opportunities. On a daily basis, we meet with NGOs, public entities, schools, farmers and fishers and many more.”

Centralised funds are those funds, which are managed directly by the European Commission. Examplea of such funds are Horizon Europe; LIFE; URBACT; Connecting Europe Facility; Citizens, Equality, Rights and Citizenship (CERV) and others.

Addressing the NCP representatives, Parliamentary Secretary for European Funds, asked NCPs to increase their efforts to increase Malta’s absorption within the context of centralised funds. “SEM is there to assist in the promotion as well as the uptake of such funding opportunities”.

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