Malta Digital Skills and Jobs Platform (LISP)

Freedom of Information

Public Authority	eSkills Malta Foundation
Description of the department/directorate/entity’s structure.	Committee of administrators
Description of the department/directorate/entity’s functions and responsibilities.	The eSkills Malta Foundation, which was set up in 2014, is committed to focus on the ICT skills that are fundamental to developing a resilient ecosystem of institutional and human capital, to sustain a Digital Economy through the further advancement of skills and competences, related to ICT in Malta. The Foundation will continue to work closely with collaborating partners, to implement the underpinning policies, taxonomies, resource demand and supply monitors, supporting standards and incentives that government, industry, and society require, nurturing the ICT skills, for a leading Information Society and Digital Economy.
General description of the categories of documents the department/directorate/entity holds (including exempt documents).	HR Files, Board minutes, Financial statements.
Description of all manuals and similar types of documents which contain policies, principles, rules or guidelines in accordance with which decisions or recommendations are made in respect of members of the public (including bodies corporate and employees of the public authority in their personal capacity).	Analysis of the Gender gap in the Digital Sector in Malta – January 2020 National eSkills Strategy 2019 – 2021 National eSkills Strategy 2022 – 2025 Guidelines to Increase and Retain Women in ICT – January 2018 Malta ICT Skills Audit 2017 Attaining more formal recognition of ICT professionals in Malta – 2022 ICT Skills Demand and Supply Monitor 2021
Statement of the information that needs to be available to members of the public who wish to obtain access to official documents from the public authority, which statement shall include particulars of the officer or officers to whom requests for such access should be sent.	The FOI Officers of the eSkills Malta Foundation may be contacted by e-mail info.eskills@eskills.org.mt or by telephone 25992063. FOI requests may be submitted by e-mail to info.eskills@eskills.org.mt, through the FOI portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form.
Details of Internal Complaints Procedure	An applicant whose request for information is refused, or who is otherwise not satisfied with the information provided, its format or the extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not, may address a complaint to the PA. Complaints may be submitted by e-mail to info.eskills@eskills.org.mt, through the FOI portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form. The complaint should be addressed to the Public Authority’s FOI Officer, who shall bring the complaint to the attention of the officer responsible. The officer responsible shall reply to the applicant within 10 working days from the receipt of the complaint. The applicant shall also be informed that he or she may appeal the decision or otherwise address a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (Cap. 496 of the Laws of Malta). The officer responsible shall inform the applicant of the decision taken with respect to his or her complaint, and in the event of confirmation of a decision not to release the pertinent information, shall explain the reasons thereof. Whenever the applicant’s complaint is related to the format of the information provided or to an extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not by the Public Authority, and the original decision is upheld, the applicant shall be given an explanation as to why his or her complaint cannot be positively addressed. An applicant may also make use of the Internal Complaints Procedure to report failure to meet deadlines or to send notifications. In those cases where the request for information can be met, but has not been met within the deadlines specified by the Act, the officer responsible shall waive any applicable fees for the submission of information.
Other Information	Office Hours: Winter Hours 0700 – 1600hrs / 0800hrs – 1700hrs Summer : 0700hrs – 1500hrs / 0800hrs – 1600hrs Emails received during the weekend are replied on the next working day. Cash payments should be effected at the eSkills Malta Foundation during office hours and cheques made payable to the eSkills Malta Foundation.
Public Authority Contact Details	Address: Gattard House, National Road, Blata L-Bajda HMR 9010 General telephone number: 21 234710 Generic e-mail address: info.eskills@eskills.org.mt