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European Union Programmes Agency
The EUPA was set up in the year 2000, as a Unit within the former Ministry of Education and Culture. On the 4th of May 2007, the Unit was established as a legal autonomous Agency. The aim of the EUPA has always been to support Maltese individuals and entities in availing themselves of funding under the various educational programmes provided by the European Commission.
The general objective of the Programmes is to contribute towards a holistic development of the Community as an advanced knowledge society, with substantial economic development, more and better jobs and greater social cohesion, while ensuring good protection of the environment for future generations. These aspects can be achieved through both lifelong learning and youth programmes, which give an important contribution to the acquisition of competencies, experiences and knowledge. These programmes are a key instrument in providing a varied range of people coming from different age groups and backgrounds, with opportunities in formal, non-formal and informal learning within a European dimension.
In particular, the Agency, through its programmes, aims to foster interchange, integration, co-operation and mobility between individuals and groups within the community so that they become a world quality reference, promoting and celebrating best practices.
The EUPA, on the guidelines set by the Ministry responsible for education and the EU Commission, presents its annual strategy regarding the emphasis to be placed on specific sectors. We are committed to support projects by providing the full support to beneficiaries in the quest to have the successful implementation of their project, and maximising the use of the EU funds available.
Today the EUPA comprises the new generation of educational programmes:
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Lifelong Learning Programme:
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- Comenius
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- Grundtvig
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- Erasmus
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- Leonardo da Vinci
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-Transversal Action
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Youth in Action Programme:
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- Eurodesk
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- Euromed
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European Fund for the Integration of Third Country Nationals
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Europen for Citizens
The objectives of the EUPA are:
-To liaise with the European Commission on all aspects of Malta's participation in the above-mentioned EU programmes;
-To coordinate the integrated management of the all EU Programmes;
-To collaborate and network with other National Agencies;
-To ensure participation by key stakeholders in the co-ordination of each programme;
-To widely promote each programme and to encourage and nurture active participation in them;
-To monitor and ensure effective and efficient attainment of the objectives of each programme.
Until February 2005, the EUPA was located within the building of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment in Floriana, but it then moved to 36, Old Mint Street in Valletta.
