A very successful project undertaken by the Employment and Training Corporation and funded by EU Structural Funds consists of a training programme which aims at re-training 400 registered unemployed persons aged 40 and over. These persons are trained in areas where they can be re-integrated in the labour market. This project encourages employers to consider unemployed persons, aged 40 years and over, as efficient and productive and shows employers that the experience of these prospective employees pays.
The scheme consists of a total of 52 weeks divided in three phases. In the first four weeks the TEES Participants follow a core skills training programme highlighting motivation and self-esteem. They undergo a skills sampling and aptitude test to identify their job inclinations. During the 21 weeks following the first phase, the participants undergo training in a skill or trade in demand in the labour market. The last phase consists of 26 weeks during which participants are engaged with an employer for a 40-hour week work exposure, in the hope that they perform so well that the employer would offer full time indefinite employment at the end of the scheme.
Who will benefit?
Unemployed people over 40 years of age
How much is being allocated to the project?
€ 3,642,547
How is the project progressing?
About 55 participants out of the 130 that started in the first intake are still in employment with the sponsors. 18 left but found alternative employment and 2 are now self-employed (Total: 75) Participants of the second intake have also concluded the last phase of the scheme and about 63 out of the 160 that started this second intake are still in employment with the sponsors. 22 found alternative employment and 2 are self-employed (Total: 87). Out of 170 participants from the last intake, 130 have a sponsor.
Structural Funds Programme for Malta 2004-2006.
Project part-financed by the European Union - European Regional Development Fund.
Co-financing rate: 75% EU:25% Government of Malta.
