Sustainable Development and unleashing Gozo’s potential main agenda items Government committed to tackling accessibility issues, such as tunnel Budget 2021 to reflect strength of Malta’s social dialogue process, facilitated by MCESD An MCESD joint Gozo Regional Committee (GRC) meeting was held on Friday morning in Gozo. A presentation was delivered by the National Statistics […]
MCESD has taken a quality leap and is in the middle of setting up working groups comprising of members of the MECSD Council – from trade union representatives to employee and employer bodies – and members of the Civil Society and Gozo Regional committees within MCESD. In an exclusive interview with WhosWho.mt, MCESD chairman James […]
‘I want the MCESD to go from strength to strength, and move from informing stakeholders to engaging with them’ In an exclusive interview by WhosWho.mt, Mr James H. Pearsall who was appointed Chairman of MCESD a couple of months ago, gives his take on how social dialogue can be strengthened and the new direction he […]
A number of MCESD council representatives today held a meeting with the UK Brexit Task Force. The Council comprises of representatives of trade unions, employee and employer bodies. Prior to the meeting, the General Workers’ Union GWU requested a discussion on the Aviation sector, Maritime sector and British companies in Malta while The Malta Chamber […]
The European Commission Representation in Malta is organising a webinar on the Action Plan tied to the Implementation of the European Pillar of Social Rights tomorrow between 3 and 5pm. The European Pillar of Social Rights is the common compass for a fair and sustainable recovery in Europe’s economy. The themes to be discussed: Education, […]
To chair high-profile meeting on Covid-19 Tuesday MCESD is once again chairing a high-profile meeting at the Prime Minister’s office at Auberge de Castille, Valletta. The meeting is intended to take stock of the Covid-19 situation. In August, another MCESD meeting was held with the Prime Minister where social partners – from representatives of […]
During a zoom meeting, members of the committee were informed on the MCESD Council meetings held over the past few weeks, which were held at MCAST in Paola, one of which was on the pre budget proposals. Members decided to review their pre-budget submissions and push their proposals with the respective ministry tied to each […]
Minister For Finance Edward Scicluna expressed great satisfaction on the way the budget proposals by social partners were presented to the Finance Ministry, stating that social partners were objective, something he hadn’t seen happening for years. He also lauded MCESD for its work and the social dialogue sphere and economist Kirsten Cutajar Miller for compiling […]
MCESD Executive Secretary Adriana Chircop participated in an online meeting of European Semester Group (ESG) held today. Topics discussed included the ESG End of Mandate Report, the Draft Opinions for ECO/520 and ECO/521 An EP briefing: “What role for the European Semester in steering the economic recovery?” “Greening the Recovery by Greening the Fiscal Consolidation”m […]
MCESD’s press officer Duncan Barry today participated in a remote presentation of a study prepared by the EESC – European Economic and Social Committee Group 3 ‘Diversity Europe’. All press officers of national European social committees were invited for the online meeting. The four authors of the study delivered the findings of the study. The President […]