The Integration Strategy and Action Plan (2025-2030) is the second national Strategy in this sector, following the one of 2017, through which we have built on solid foundations the necessary structures, dedicating the necessary resources to our work, and introduced the services of the “I Belong” programme, which is the national integration programme.

This Strategy provides more detail on several integration-related recommendations which are listed in the Malta Labour Migration Policy.

The Integration Strategy and Action Plan (2025-2030) was preceded by an extensive public consultation in June 2023.

Highlights

1. Restructuring and Reform of The National Integration Programme, “I Belong”.

This programme has already served the needs of thousands of service-users, but now it needs to grow and be more efficient to include mandatory pre-departure integration measures.

Access to services will be faster in order to eliminate bottlenecks. To this end:

• the necessary legal amendments will be affected,
• more educational institutions will provide I Belong Stage 2 services, and
• technology will be exploited to meet new needs and larger numbers.

2. Resources for implementation of the Strategy will consist in national and EU funds. Specifically, the Human Rights Directorate will be implementing a project co-financed by the European Union of approximately six million Euros.
3. The role of civil society in the governance of integration is necessary and invaluable, and to this end an Integration and Anti-Racism Consultative Council will be appointed. The main function of the Consultative Council will be to propose in a collaborative spirit policy and services in the sector.
4. The function of the Human Rights Directorate will evolve to also include an integration “One-Stop-Shop” consisting in both digital and in-person services, with the ultimate aim of being of concrete assistance to service-users. This will be achieved through collaboration with mainstream services, with servizz.gov, and with other specialised entities, and with the involvement of cultural mediators. In addition, a dedicated hotline will be available to provide interpretation services in the primary languages ​​spoken by the migrant population.

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