1. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL EQUAL NATIONAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE European Social Fund Unit European Union & International Affairs Directorate MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL POLICY EQUAL Monitoring Committee, 23 rd May 2008

2. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL Outline -Introduction -State of Implementation in 2007 -Financial Data -EQUAL Mainstreaming -Monitoring, Control and Evaluation -Compatibility

3. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL Introduction -Continuation of Action 2 -All projects terminated their training activities -Start of Action 3

4. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL State of Implementation in 2007 -Termination of Training activities -Most of the indicators had been reached or exceeded -Projects continued with their publicity and transnational activities -Disbursement of funds on track by December 2007 -Dissemination and mainstreaming activities started at project level -Implementation problems

5. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta OUTPUT INDICATORS Actually realised by December 2007 Measures 1A Employability 2C Entrepreneurship 4G Equal Opportunities 5I Asylum Seekers Totals Planned PC Indicators No. of persons trained 23 Males 24 Females 23 Males 27 Females 19 Males 181 Females 85 Males 22 Females 150 Males 254 Females 45 Males 55 Females Volume of training 45,984 participant hours 9,300 participant hours 1,724 participant hours 38,400 participant hours 95,408 participant hours 63,000 participant hours

6. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta RESULT INDICATORS Actually realised by December 2007 Measures 1A Employability 2C Entrepreneurship 4G Equal Opportunities 5I Asylum Seekers TotalsPlanned PC Indicators No. of certified beneficiaries 23 Males 23 Females 5 Males 9 Females 6 Males 96 Females 85 Males 22 Females 119 Males 150 Females 30 Males 35 Females Success/ satisfaction rate 86.5%74%75%100%84% 68%

7. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta IMPACT INDICATORS Actually realised by December 2007 Measures 1A Employability 2C Entrepreneurship 4G Equal Opportunities 5I Asylum Seekers TotalsPlanned PC Indicators No. of jobs created / retained 11 Males 9 Females 9 Males 7 Females27 Females 45 Males 18 Females 65 Males 61 Females 17 Males 28 Females Business Setups n/a4 Males 8 Females n/a 12 Businesses 5 Businesses

8. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL Financial Data - Committed total public cost - €1,654,884.00 -Amount paid by Treasury by December 2007 – €1,284,940.28 -Expenditure Certified by PA by 2007 - €1,179,743.46 -Interim Payment Received by European Union - € 862,501.52 -No problems with N+2 rule

9. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL EQUAL Mainstreaming -Finalisation of EQUAL Mainstreaming Strategy -Establishment of an inter-Ministerial Mainstreaming Steering Group (MSG) -Agreement on the establishment of one National Thematic Network (NTN) -Exchange Event in June 2007 and a Policy Forum in November 2007 -Mainstreaming of EQUAL results into the 2007-2013 Programming Period

10. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL Monitoring, Control, Evaluation and Publicity -Article 4 Spot Checks conducted by NSS and MA -May/June 2007 ESF Audit by European Commission -Detailed checking during Verification process -Third On-going Evaluation Report was presented in September 2007 -May and October 2007 EQUAL Monitoring Committees -MA/NSS continued providing assistance to PLs -Airing of 6-minute documentaries on television

11. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL COMPATIBILITY -Co-ordination via PPCD & EQUAL NSS -EQUAL contribution to the European Employment Strategy -Equal Opportunities -Environment -Procurement rules -Competition

12. EQUAL Community Initiative Programme for Malta 2004-2006 Conference co-financed by the EU: European Social Fund (ESF) Co-financing Rate: 75% EU Funds; 25% Government of Malta Annual Implementation Report 2007 ESF COMMUNITY INITIATIVE EQUAL EQUAL NATIONAL SUPPORT STRUCTURE MINISTRY FOR SOCIAL POLICY European Union & International Affairs Directorate Tel: +356 25 90 33 70 Fax: +356 25 90 33 85 esf.mfss@gov.mt www.mfss.gov.mt