The Technical Support Instrument (TSI) provides tailor-made technical expertise to EU Member States to design and to implement reforms, in a wide range of areas such as revenue administration and public financial management, public administration and governance, growth and business environment, labour market, education and social services, migration, and financial market and access to finance. The TSI has been also supporting the preparation and implementation of Recovery and Resilience Plans.
Initiated in 2021, the TSI is the successor of the Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP). Since 2017, both programmes have helped design, develop and implement over 2000 reform projects in 27 Member States. Those reforms support Member States address their reform agenda, in line with the EU priorities and the country specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.
COMPLETED AND ONGOING REFORM PROJECTS IN MALTA*
* The above data include all projects completed and ongoing at the time of the announcement of the annual TSI financing decision. During their execution, projects can be further split or aggregated, cancelled or withdrawn. Therefore, figures related to the approved reform support projects can slightly differ.
Reform projects approved under the Technical Support Instrument
The Technical Support Instrument annual cycle is launched every year during the dedicated TSI Annual Conference. The conference also starts the discussion with Member States on potential multi-country projects, geared at addressing common issues among Member States thereby emphasizing the EU added-value of the instrument. The event is also the opportunity to present the new "Flagship" projects, supporting reforms which are largely needed across Member States and are in line with the EU key political priorities.
For 2025, the Commission approved the following 13 reform support project for Malta:
- Supporting Active Ageing in Malta: Towards a Comprehensive Legal Framework
- Improving external audit quality
Multi-country projects:
- Training the Maltese Public Administration to support the implementation of its Sustainable Development Strategy
- Capacity building for the Maltese Climate Action Authority
- Working towards cleaner air and a healthier noise climate
- Supporting Digital Transformation in Competition Law Enforcement
- Gender mainstreaming in public policy and budget processes in Malta
- Technical support for the implementation of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) in Malta
- ProdTool - NPB 2.0: Micro-Data Analysis Tool 2.0 for comparative productivity studies at National Productivity Boards
- PACE - The Audit Learning Hub: Strengthening the skills of internal auditors to conduct audits of the core activities of central banks and national competent authorities (Malta)
- PACE - MATS - Air Navigation Service Provider
- EU-Supervisory Digital Finance Academy
- Mapping, common denominator, best practices and common dictionary of AML/CFT related STR reporting obligations, including financial data and transaction records, received spontaneously and upon request by private sector obliged entities
For 2024, the Commission approved the following 11 reform support project for Malta:
- Financial Literacy in Malta
- Reform and capacity building in permissions and compliance at the Environment and Resources Authority (ERA) II
- Reshaping the Public Administration Workforce
- Shaping Malta's Future through a National Skills Strategy and Targeted Maritime Sector Skills Gap Analysis and Action Recommendations
Multi-country projects:
- Building capacity in Malta to fight aggressive tax planning
- Enhancing access to justice through the application of a PCJ approach
- Enhancing the national strategies and frameworks to support victims of crimes in Estonia, Portugal and Malta
- PACE - Deinstitutionalisation (De-I) in Malta Through the Implementation of Personal Budgets
- Promoting the mental health of youth by addressing the risks of online gambling and gaming
- Enhance tax administration reforms through Tax Administration Diagnostic Assessment Tool (TADAT) in Malta
- Implementation of the HTA Legislation in Malta
For 2023, the Commission approved the following 11 reform support project for Malta:
- Implementing the Business Re-Organisation Action Plan of the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the State Advocate in Malta
- Strengthening tax compliance through implementation of real-time reporting in Malta
- Assistance to draw a Sustainable Aquaculture Strategy for Malta
- Climate adaptation
- Enhancing the quality and use of tax information exchanged between Member States in the context of the Directive on Administrative Cooperation (DAC)
- First Step: Online Pre-departure Integration Measures
Multi-country projects:
- PACE - Strengthening the Public Procurement System of the Ministry for Finance and Employment in Malta
- PACE - Public Administration Cooperation Exchange for Digital Transformation of Spatial Data in Malta
- Mapping competencies of national authorities in the area of implementation of EU restrictive measures. Best practices and legislative recommendations.
- Strengthening the capacity of Independent Fiscal Institutions (IFIs)
- Proof of concept of AI models in market abuse monitoring
In 2022, the Commission approved 12 reform projects for Malta:
- Strengthening a competent Allied Health Workforce
- Administrative Bank Insolvency Regime
- Design and implementation of a national strategy to combat trafficking in human beings
- Recharge and Refuel - Clean, smart and fair urban mobility
- Support to the Renovation Wave
- Regional and local authorities – Enhancing cooperation & Quality of public administration
- Support to Malta's tourism ecosystem in Malta: towards a more sustainable, resilient and digital tourism
Multi-country projects:
- Regional and local authorities – Enhancing cooperation & Quality of public administration
- Chainalysis as a tool to reduce the risk of circumvention of sanctions, that are imposed to Russia, using virtual assets
- Sustainable Finance - Supervisory Capacity Building
- EU Supervisory Digital Finance Academy - MFSA
- REFORM - Green Budgeting Framework Training Programme
More information can be found in the 2022 Country Factsheets.
In 2021, the Commission approved the following 8 reform projects for Malta:
- Improving the integrity and transparency framework in Malta
- Digitalisation of the Malta Maritime Administration (Phase 3)
- Development of financial instruments
- Coastal Protection Strategy
- Public Procurement Competency Framework
- Implementation of Malta's Sustainable Development Strategy & Action Plan
- Adaptation to the new EU customs data model
- General technical support for the implementation of Malta's Recovery and Resilience Plan
More information can be found in the 2021 Country Factsheets.
Structural Reform Support Programme (SRSP) projects (2017-2020)
The TSI expands on the experience of the SRSP programme in building capacity in Member States. You can find the full list of SRSP projects here.
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