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Contents List of Acronyms..............................................................................................................................................................i List of Tables and Figures............................................................................................................................................. iii PART A - Malta’s National Reform Programme 2005-2008 Closure Report Sustainability of Public Finances............................................................................................................................... - 2 - Competitiveness........................................................................................................................................................ - 7 - Employment ............................................................................................................................................................ - 15 - Education and Training ........................................................................................................................................... - 19 - Environment............................................................................................................................................................ - 23 - PART B - Addressing Malta’s Specific Recommendations Political Summary ................................................................................................................................................... - 28 - Strategic Direction 2008 - 2010............................................................................................................................... - 30 - Addressing Malta Country Specific Recommendations .......................................................................................... - 30 - Reinforcing the competition authority to strengthen competition ............................................................................- 30 - To strengthen competition, notably in professional services...................................................................................- 31 - Reduce state aids and redirect them towards horizontal objectives, especially R&D.............................................- 32 - Step up efforts to attract more people into the labour market, particularly women and older workers ...................- 35 - Addressing Malta’s Points to Watch........................................................................................................................ - 39 - Implementing and reinforcing delayed measures on health care reform ................................................................- 39 - Further improving the regulatory environment by continuing simplifying legislation by introducing systematic impact assessments and effective one stop shops for business start-ups.........................................................................- 41 - Diversifying energy sources, including enhancing energy efficiency and renewable energy and connecting Malta to Europe’s energy networks....................................................................................................................................... - 42 - Raising educational attainment and reducing early school leavers ........................................................................ - 44 - Part C - Malta's National Reform Programme 2008-2010 Macroeconomic Policies ...................................................................................................................................... - 48 - Recent Economic Developments ................................................................................................................ - 48 - Macroeconomic Policy ................................................................................................................................ - 50 - Issues and Opportunities ............................................................................................................................ - 50 - Vision and Objectives.................................................................................................................................. - 52 - Stable macro economic framework............................................................................................................. - 52 - Competition policy....................................................................................................................................... - 52 - Wage developments ................................................................................................................................... - 53 - Diversification of the economy .................................................................................................................... - 53 - Human Resource Development .................................................................................................................. - 54 - Development of infrastructure ..................................................................................................................... - 54 - Encouraging investment.............................................................................................................................. - 54 - Malta National Reform Programme 2008-2010 Contents
Flexibility of the economy............................................................................................................................ - 55 - Fiscal Policy ................................................................................................................................................ - 56 - Issues and Opportunities ............................................................................................................................ - 56 - Vision and Objectives.................................................................................................................................. - 57 - Microeconomic Pillar............................................................................................................................................ - 58 - Unlocking Business Potential.............................................................................................................................. - 58 - Better Regulation – From ‘Red Tape’ to ‘Red Carpet Treatment ................................................................ - 58 - The Small Business Act .............................................................................................................................. - 60 - Tourism ....................................................................................................................................................... - 61 - Public Land Transport Reform .................................................................................................................... - 61 - Services Directive ....................................................................................................................................... - 61 - Intellectual Property Rights ......................................................................................................................... - 62 - Investing in knowledge and innovation ....................................................................................................... - 62 - R&D............................................................................................................................................................. - 62 - ICT .............................................................................................................................................................. - 63 - Energy and Climate Change ....................................................................................................................... - 65 - Energy......................................................................................................................................................... - 65 - Climate Change .......................................................................................................................................... - 66 - Employment........................................................................................................................................................... - 68 - Health and Safety........................................................................................................................................ - 68 - An Overview of Recent Labour Market Trends ........................................................................................... - 68 - Malta’s Flexicurity Pathway......................................................................................................................... - 70 - Education and Training ........................................................................................................................................ - 73 - Curriculum Review ...................................................................................................................................... - 73 - Core Competencies Policy and Strategy .................................................................................................... - 73 - Review of the Transition from Primary to Secondary Education................................................................. - 73 - Promoting literacy skills in young people .................................................................................................... - 74 - Increasing the number of graduates in Science and Technology ............................................................... - 74 - Developments in further education ............................................................................................................. - 74 - Expansion of the Junior College ................................................................................................................. - 75 - Ongoing developments within the Institute for Tourism Studies ................................................................. - 75 - Malta College for Arts, Science and Technology Master Plan 2008-2013.................................................. - 75 - The University of Malta ............................................................................................................................... - 76 - Skills shortages and new occupational needs ............................................................................................ - 78 - Lifelong Learning......................................................................................................................................... - 79 - Paradigm shift to a Developmental Model of Education ............................................................................. - 79 - eLearning Strategy – training the education workforce............................................................................... - 79 - Malta National Reform Programme 2008-2010 Contents
Page 4 and 5: Conclusion.........................
Page 6 and 7: IT Information Technology SCM Stand
Page 8 and 9: Introduction The renewed Lisbon Str
Page 10 and 11: Malta’s NRP 2005-2008 Closure Rep
Page 12 and 13: Measure 1.5 Redeploy Government emp
Page 14 and 15: Measure 1.12 Promote public service
Page 16 and 17: Measure 2.1.3 Develop SME loan guar
Page 18 and 19: Measure 2.4 Enhancement of existing
Page 20 and 21: In July 2008 Malta experienced a 1.
Page 22 and 23: Moreover, Government has set its vi
Page 24 and 25: The first phase of this initiative
Page 26 and 27: Between 2005 and 2006, 37 22 partic
Page 28 and 29: A consultation paper on the introdu
Page 30 and 31: Measure 4.7 Establish a forum betwe
Page 32 and 33: Within this context, an MPA Steerin
Page 34 and 35: The main plant of Sant Antnin is be
Page 36 and 37: Political Summary The re-launch of
Page 38 and 39: Addressing Malta’s Specific Recom
Page 40 and 41: Whereas it may be confidently ascer
Page 42 and 43: Table 2 - Key State Aid Indicators
Page 44 and 45: Older workers Increasing the employ
Page 46 and 47: Implement changes to the tax and be
Page 48 and 49: Containing public health care expen
Page 50 and 51: Within this context the existing Bu
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Raising educational attainment and
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• a number of policy reviews whic
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Macroeconomic Policies Recent Econo
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The improvement in the current acco
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Vision and Objectives Stable macro
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The generally widespread trend in E
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This high degree of decentralisatio
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Microeconomic Pillar The turbulent
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• 5 IOs concerning Financial Serv
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The ongoing screening process has i
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The results of this investment have
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In this respect, energy efficiency
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Employment Increasing the overall e
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The opposite is true for those with
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The project will help young people
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This process aims to facilitate the
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In addition, MCAST is embarking on
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Apart from the Faculty of ICT, the
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• the Implementation of an on-goi
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Appendix: 01 - List of Measures
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3.4 Manufacturing research projects
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9.0 Addressing Groups at Risk 9.1 E
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15.5 Upgrading of Zewwieqa Waterfro
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Appendix: 02 - Flexicurity Measures
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key competencies to adult learners
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