MALTA: VOLUNTEERING FOR CHANGE

Jimmy Magro,Executive Secretary,

Local Councils’ Association

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

Government Budget - 2012

Total Recurrent Expenditure

€2070m

Ministry of Education & Employment

€207m 10%

PS for Youth & Sports

€5.6m 0.27%

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

Online Information Government Portalhttp://gov.mt/servicecluster.asp?s=22&l=2 Youth Agencyhttp://www.youthinfo.gov.mt/ National Youth Councilhttp://www.knz.org.mt/ Youth In Action Programmehttp://www.yia.eupa.org.mt/ Youth for Exchnage & Understandinghttp://www.yeu-international.org

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

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

Malta Volleyball Marathon

President of Malta Fun Run

LifeCycle Marathon

L-ISTRINA – Community Chest Fund

Greenhouse – Sea Bed Cleaning

Environment Organisations

Inspire – Mental & Physical Disadvantaged Persons

Tree4U Campaign

THANK YOU !!