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20 Civil Servants attend the annual familiarisation visit to the European Commission in Brussels

PR797

02/05/1997

The annual familiarisation visit to the European Commission in	Brussels was held last week between the 21st and the 25th April 1997.
Every year, the European Commission invites 20 civil servants to	its Offices in Brussels to listen to presentations and discuss some particular aspect of the European Union Policy.
The 1997 familiarisation visit, as usual, consisted of 20	participants from different Government Departments and Corporations. They were divided into two different groups. The themes for each group were "Financial and Monetary Policy" - with emphasis on public expenditure and its control - and "Small and Medium Sized Enterprises".

The 20 participants had presentations on :

the role of the Council,
the role of the European Parliament,
the European Commission and the decision making process,
Malta-EU relations,
the Euro - Mediterranean relations and the MEDA process,
the 1996 Intergovernmental Conference,
Environmental Policy and
Competition Policy.

The Small and Enterprises (SME) Group had meetings on

Industrial relations and labour law,
Enterprise Policy,
European tools for the promotion of sub-contracting.

The Financial and Monetary Policy Group had meetings on

Control of social expenditure,
Fraud,
Control of Administrative expenditure,
the European Investment Bank and lending procedures to Associated countries.

The visit was co-ordinated with the European Commission by the EU Directorate, within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Environment and the Embassy of Malta in Brussels.

A list of participants is attached.

20 IMPJEGAT TAL-GVERN IMORRU BRUSSELS FUQ ZJARA ANNWALI TA'	FAMILJARIZZAZZJONI FIL-KUMMISSJONI EWROPEA.
Kull sena, 20 impjegat tal-Gvern imorru fuq zjara ta'	familjarizzazzjoni fil-Kummissjoni Ewropea, fi Brussels. Din is-sena z-zjara saret bejn il-21 ta' April u l-25 ta' April 1997. Iz-zjara issir fuq stedina tal-Kummissjoni Ewropea u fiha l-20 partecipant kellhom laqghat u diskussjonijiet dwar numru ta' suggetti partikulari fuq xi politika ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea.
Bhal kull sena, l-20 partecipant inqasmu f'zewg gruppi, kull grupp	b'tema differenti. Din is-sena iz-zewg temi kienu l- "Politika Finazjarja u Monetarja" (Financial and Monetary Policy) b'enfasi fuq l-ispiza pubblika, kif ukoll il- "Politika dwar Intraprizi Zghar u Medji" (Small and Medium Sized Enterprises) ta' l-Unjoni Ewropea.

Il-Grupp kollu kellhu laqghat dwar:

ir-rwol tal-Kunsill tal-Ministri,
il-Parlament Ewropew,
il-Kummissjoni Ewropea u l-process tad-decizjonijiet,
relazzjoni bejn l-Unjoni u l-Mediterran u l-process tal-MEDA,
politika tal-Kompetizzjoni
relazzjonijiet bejn Malta u l-Unjoni Ewropea
il-konferenza Intergovernattiva ta' l-1996
il-politika ta' l-Ambjent.

Il-Grupp dwar il-Politika ta' l-Intraprizi Zghar u Medji kellu laqghat dwar:

Relazzjonijiet Industrijali,
Politika dwar l-Intraprizi Zghar u Medji
metodi ta' sub-contracting .

Il-Grupp dwar il-Politika Monetarja u Finanzjarja kellhu laqghat dwar

Kontroll dwar infieq socjali,
Kontroll ta' infieq amministrattiv,
Frodi
il-Bank ta' l-Investiment Ewropew u s-self lil pajjizi assocjati ma' l-Unjoni.

Iz-zjara kienet koordinata mal-Kummissjoni Ewropea mid-Direttorat ghall-Unjoni Ewropea fi hdan il-Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin u l-Ambjent, flimkien ma' l-Ambaxxata ta' Malta fi Brussels.

Il-lista tal-partecipanti ssegwi.

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS - LISTA TA' PARTECIPANTI

SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED ENTERPRISES GROUP

Mr Joseph Agius - Department of Industry

Mr Joe Azzopardi - Malta Development Corporation

Mr Joseph Bugeja - EU Directorate, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Mr Ray Camilleri - Environment Protection Department

Mr Edward Cassola - METCO

Mr Alfred Grixti - Employment and Training Corporation

Mr Aron Mifsud Bonnici - Malta Development Corporation

Mr Brian Portelli - Ministry of Finance

Mr Wally Vella Zarb - Malta Development Corporation