CORE Platform Leaflet
CORE Platform Leaflet
CORE Platform Leaflet
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The Mission of <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is:<br />
“To promote, to debate, to raise awareness about and to disseminate the concepts of<br />
Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility and to be a platform of exchange<br />
and mutual learning among members, its associates, civil society and other partners at<br />
national and international levels”<br />
The main objectives of <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> are:<br />
- To promote the concept of Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Social Responsibility<br />
by supporting debate, awareness, dissemination and the activities developed by<br />
members and other parties searching for wide collaborations with local communities<br />
and with NGOs;<br />
- To promote exchange and mutual learning among all members and its associates,<br />
promoting a Forum of discussion and exchange of good practices, national and<br />
international by organising national and international events in cooperation with its<br />
members;<br />
- To provide, where appropriate, services to members and its associates in the areas<br />
related to the objectives of the Association;<br />
- To promote the development of innovative joint projects in all the areas related with<br />
CSR and sustainable development;<br />
- To develop and organise CSR Awards and promote events for their distribution,<br />
namely in the context of the European Awards recognised by CSR Europe.
Through the supporting of activities, <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> will aim to develop stronger bonds<br />
between businesses, NGOs and communities. <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> will support experiences of<br />
exchange and mutual learning amongst members and stakeholders at national and<br />
international levels.<br />
<strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is under the patronage of H.E. The President of Malta. It is also a member of<br />
CSR Europe and is their National<br />
Partner Organisation in Malta. CRS<br />
Europe is chaired by IBM Europe<br />
and has more than 40 CSR<br />
Organisations in more than 30<br />
European countries.<br />
The Executive Committee of <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is comprised of the Malta Chamber of<br />
Commerce, Enterprise and Industry (President), GRTU – Chamber of SMEs<br />
(Secretary), SOS Malta (Treasurer), the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association, the<br />
Malta Employers' Association, the Malta Business Bureau, BoV Foundation, Alfred<br />
Mizzi Foundation, TUMAS Foundation, Farsons Foundation, and AX Holdings Ltd.
Helga Ellul - President<br />
Helga Ellul was the Chief Executive Officer of Playmobil Malta Ltd<br />
until 2012. The company was set up in 1971 and currently employs<br />
over 1,000 people. Helga later set up a consultancy company Advise<br />
Ltd, and is board member and Chairman of various local businesses.<br />
She has also held various posts on boards of both constituted bodies<br />
and governmental organisations. She served as the Deputy Chairman<br />
of the Employment & Training Corporation between 1990 and 1996<br />
and was President of the Foundation for Human Resources<br />
Development between 1995 and 2003.<br />
Helga was the first female President of the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and<br />
Industry, with her tenure ending in March 2011. She was awarded the 'Medalja ghall-Qadi<br />
tar-Repubblika' in 1994 and received the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit on behalf of<br />
the German President by the German Ambassador Bernd Braun in 2011.<br />
Helga is married to Joseph A. Ellul and has two children, Christian and Chiara, and two<br />
grandchildren Maya and Thomas. Her family has always been her top priority and her biggest<br />
achievement has been to combine career and family.<br />
Matteo Privitelli - Executive<br />
Matteo joined <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> in May 2016. He is in charge of the<br />
administration of the organisation and helps in the setting up and<br />
coordination of events and meetings. He is also directly involved<br />
in the management of any projects that <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong><br />
undertakes.<br />
Matteo graduated from the University of Malta with a B.A. (Hons)<br />
in International Relations in 2011 and a M.A. in Diplomatic Studies in 2013. He is currently<br />
reading for a second M.A. in Hospitaller Studies. Apart from this, in 2013, he also graduated<br />
from the Institute for Tourism Studies as a Professional Tour Guide of the Maltese Islands.<br />
Before joining <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong>, Matteo worked with the Malta Business Bureau and, briefly,<br />
with the Malta Hotels and Restaurants Association.
Some of the local and European projects <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is engaged in include:<br />
Volunteer Sliema<br />
Volunteer Sliema is a Partnership between SOS Malta and the Core <strong>Platform</strong> and is supported<br />
by Sliema Local Council and Capua Hospital. This multi-stakeholder local partnership will<br />
develop an innovative community based response to the needs of vulnerable elderly people to<br />
ensure a reduction of their social exclusion, whilst contributing to a reawakening of the spirit<br />
of self giving and active citizenship within the community through the development of a local<br />
volunteer scheme. This project will be a flagship project to celebrate 25 years of SOS Malta.<br />
This project will seek to ensure vulnerable elderly and people with a physical disability feel<br />
more mobile and able to access health care and essential services, as well as engage in leisure<br />
and community activities. Additionally, the project will seek to provide emotional support to<br />
these groups of people through the creation of a Community Volunteers Network.<br />
This pilot project will build upon both the existing VolServ project and Tal-Kultura – the<br />
volunteer programme for Valletta 2018, which currently together have approximately 500<br />
volunteers. The scheme will also utilise the existing the SOS Malta car and the wealth of<br />
volunteer management experience SOS Malta holds and will contribute to the SOS Malta<br />
core pillar of work of social inclusion and solidarity with vulnerable groups. The proposed<br />
pilot project would take place in Sliema. This area is one of the main shopping hubs with a<br />
wide catchment area.<br />
The project will include 3 key elements:<br />
1) The development of a local volunteer network of 20-30 volunteers to ensure a pool of<br />
support for the elderly;<br />
2) The development of a community transport scheme to promote the mobility of the elderly<br />
and those with a disability;<br />
3) The establishment of a local stakeholder network who support the implementation of the<br />
scheme.
Supporting the President's Trust Employment Initiative and the President's<br />
Foundation, and projects at a local level<br />
<strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is currently supporting the President's Trust in its Employment Initiative,<br />
which aims to help young people, who are coming from difficult backgrounds and are going<br />
through personal challenges, find employment in Malta.<br />
<strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is also helping the President's Foundation for the Wellbeing of Society in<br />
two main projects. These include the redesigning and embellishment of the Palliative Ward at<br />
the Oncology Centre at Mater Dei Hospital, as well as the renovation of the gardens at Mt<br />
Carmel Hospital in Attard.<br />
In addition, <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong> is working with the Maltese local councils in the setting up of<br />
playing fields in the various localities found around the Islands, which would serve as safe<br />
hubs and recreation zones for children in the area.<br />
Tackling Gender Stereotypes in the field of Science, Technology, Engineering, and<br />
Mathematics (STEM)<br />
<strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong>, together with CSR Europe and 14 other National Partner Organisations, has<br />
embarked on a mission to address the stereotyping of education and career choices relating to<br />
STEM and to dissolve the persisting imbalance in the STEM field.<br />
Project activities include:<br />
Setting up of business-education partnerships to deliver awareness-raising activities<br />
for 13-19 year-old students, their parents, and company representatives to address and<br />
question stereotypes and attract women into male-dominated STEM sectors;<br />
Developing a toolkit and provision of training for national partner organisations on<br />
how to set-up business-education partnerships on STEM and gender Stereotypes;<br />
Having an impact assessment of activities;<br />
Facilitating a learning network for companies at both national and EU level that aims<br />
to improve the impact of a company’s STEM programme (with an emphasis on<br />
tackling gender stereotypes).<br />
Developing and providing training, online courses and a guide for teachers so that<br />
they are equipped with all the tools necessary to combat gender stereotypes.
EU Talent – Business in Europe Hosting Apprenticeships for Youth<br />
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), have a big role and potential in combating youth<br />
unemployment by providing development and employment opportunities, such as offering<br />
apprenticeships. SMEs however often lack information, resources and/or experience in<br />
providing high quality apprenticeships. To support SMEs, this project aims to create support<br />
structures in the form of European & national learning networks.<br />
The key objectives include:<br />
1. Increasing awareness on the benefits of apprenticeships<br />
2. Increasing opportunities for uptake of apprenticeships<br />
3. Improving the quality of the apprenticeships<br />
4. Identifying and remove policy obstacles to engage in<br />
apprenticeships<br />
This project, led by CSR Europe, will cover 12 countries directly through collaboration with<br />
13 of its national partners, including <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong>, which are split into 6 high engagement<br />
partners (representing 5 countries) and 7 soft engagement ones, including Malta.<br />
The strategic direction of the project will be supported by the expertise of one strategic<br />
partner, EVTA (European Vocational Training Association, EVTA) and one associate partner<br />
EUROCHAMBRES.<br />
GET IN TOUCH<br />
You can find <strong>CORE</strong> <strong>Platform</strong>'s website by following this link: http://www.core.org.mt/<br />
Our Facebook page can be accessed by following this link:<br />
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