1. MALTA: VOLUNTEERING FOR CHANGE Jimmy Magro, Executive Secretary, Local Councils’ Association

2. Political Context  Malta has had a Minister for Youths since the eighties  Under the current Administration, Youths fall under a Parlaimentary Secretary under the Ministry of Education & Employment

3. Government Budget - 2012 Total Recurrent Expenditure €2070m Ministry of Education & Employment €207m10% PS for Youth & Sports €5.6m0.27%

4. Budget Lines: Youths  Political Secretariat - €432,000  Operations - €150,800  Sports Activities - €1,340,000  Youth Activities - €150,000  National Youth Council - €14,000  Youths National Program - €60,000  Sports Events – Gozo - €35,000  Sports Tourism - €350,000  Scholarships - €220,000

5. Online Information  Government Portal http://gov.mt/servicecluster.asp?s=22&l=2  Youth Agency http://www.youthinfo.gov.mt/  National Youth Council http://www.knz.org.mt/  Youth In Action Programme http://www.yia.eupa.org.mt/  Youth for Exchnage & Understanding http://www.yeu-international.org

6. Sports Clubs (2008)  Number of Clubs – 560  Members – 74,561  Males – 80%  Employment – 1,446  86% in Part-Time Employment  Revenue - €15million  Expenditure - €15.6 million  Wages & Salaries - €6.6 million

7. Volunteering - 2010  28,468 engaged in voluntary work  Represents 8% of persons aged 12 and over  Females – 54%  37% aged between 25-49  32% aged between 50-64  33% spend less than 10 hours per month  25% spend more than 30 hours per month  Males do 27 hours per month  Females do 21 hours per month

8. Malta Volleyball Marathon

9. President of Malta Fun Run

10. LifeCycle Marathon

11. L-ISTRINA – Community Chest Fund

12. Greenhouse – Sea Bed Cleaning

13. Environment Organisations

14. Inspire – Mental & Physical Disadvantaged Persons

15. Tree4U Campaign

16. THANK YOU !!