Malte

The strategic countries with which MCAST, Malta College of Arts, is closely related are England and Germany. The close ties with England are reflected through the large number of BTEC courses which are offered to students. In the strategic
link with Germany is through Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft since they are the strategic partners through whom MCAST is offering top-up degrees at Level 6 qualifications within the vocational stream.
The Institute of Tourism Studies also has an international dimension. It receives students from across the world as well as requires its students to have placements abroad. The Institute has relations with numerous other institutions all over the world particularly within the European Union. It also participates very actively in European Funded projects. The Institute also fulfils international standards in tourism.
 

There are no main financial and non-financial incentives to encourage companies to participate in  transnational mobility in VET as host or sending organisation. No particular measures to raise companies’ awareness on the importance of participation in transnational projects have been made.
There are usually only activities and dissemination by the European Union Programmes Agency – Malta’s national agency which promotes its programmes with potential beneficiaries across the different sectors.
The extension of vocational subjects at post-secondary level involves mainly the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology (MCAST) and the Institute of Tourism Studies (ITS). These institutions are extending their provision of vocational subjects at post-secondary level.
Both MCAST and ITS promote the transnational mobility of its staff and students. The main vehicles for this mobility are through Leonardo and ERASMUS within the Lifelong Learning Programme. In the case of the Institute of Tourism  Studies, students are required to spend one year placement abroad in order to be able to proceed to higher level training.

There are no particular frameworks at national/regional level to facilitate recognition of periods of work abroad, but European tools such as the Europass Mobility is usually used. Workplaces for transnational mobility is not only targeted at IVET but also often for PLM (People in the labour market) as part of CVT. There is no database/registry of companies participating in transnational mobility projects in VET.

There are many bilateral institutions in Malta, such as Friends of Australia Association Arabic Language Centre, China Cultural Centre, Coptic Catholic Ethiopian and Eritrean Community, Club Italia Malta etc. Those promote friendship and good relations between the citizens of Malta and those of defined countries by means of cultural, educational and social activities. Nevertheless, no specific mobility programmes were identified within those institutions.