CORE Platform Annual Report 2016-2017

Unfortunately, Maria, who lived in Germany, had to leave CORE Platform due to logistical
problems, which made it very difficult to work on local projects. Thus, Matteo Privitelli joined the
organisation in May 2016 as its Executive.
In order to create an action plan for CSR, CORE Platform has held meetings with a vast number
of stakeholders, including SMEs, large companies and corporations, NGOs, government ministries
and entities, as well as local councils. As priorities, the following actions were established:
• To encourage small and medium size businesses to take part in CSR activities, mainly in
their localities;
• To create with local councils a priority task to be handled, such as the maintenance of
playgrounds;
• To take part in European CSR-related projects;
• To take part in local projects with NGOs, local communities, and businesses;
• To create CSR Awards.
In the meantime, CORE Platform has been engaged in a number of local and European projects.
The local projects include “Volunteer Siema”, “Working Roma”, “Resilient Communities”, “The
President’s Trust Employment Initiative”, “The President’s Trust Youth Empowerment Initiative”,
“Leaders For A Day”, as well as a project on playing fields within our local communities. The
European projects CORE Platform is involved in are “EUTalent”, which focuses on apprenticeships,
and “Stereotypes in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)”, which
is to start in the coming months and will be focusing on reducing the gap present between the
girls and boys that opt for STEM subjects at school and at University.
Due to our limited resources, we have not been able to do more, but we know that we are
working in the right direction and, hopefully, we will be able to gain more momentum in the
months to come.
We had, since the very beginning, told the Government that Malta is the only EU country that
does not have a national CSR Plan. Even so, this was acknowledged and we offered to co-ordinate
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