Over 700 people have benefited from a project coordinated by the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology aimed at providing them with skills that make them more adaptable, employable and mobile.

The first phase of the project identified potential skill gaps and shortages of the present workforce in various sectors through meetings with the Malta Chamber of Commerce and through industry-specific surveys. The second phase addressed these lacunae through tailored training, which included 115 different short courses.

The project’s aim was to increase the number of trained and skilled people in order to address the emerging trends and to enable human resources to shift from declining industries to expanding and new sectors.

The courses were funded through the European Social Fund project ‘Linking industrial needs and vocational education and training (VET) to optimise human capital’. Mcast partnered with the Institute of Tourism Studies and the National Commission for Further and Higher Education on the project, which fell under Operational Programme II – Cohesion Policy 2007-2013.

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