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ME working with representations overseas

Conscious of the key role Malta's Embassies, High Commissions, Consulate Offices and Honorary Consuls abroad have in promoting the country as a trade and investment destination, Malta Enterprise is seeking closer collaboration with the diplomatic representations overseas.

The long term strategy envisages that Malta Enterprise will have a greater role in the channelling of communication in order to create the right synergies for the efficient co-ordination of Malta's national economic development policies and to seek to match close political relations with business promotion, trade and investment.

This communication with Malta's Embassies, High Commissions, Consulate Offices and Honorary Consuls abroad is being handled by the Institutional Affairs and Programmes Unit as part of its responsibility for the coordination of Malta Enterprise's external relations with its main stakeholders on matters that are specific to Malta Enterprise's core mission of attracting investment and business.

Besides the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maltese diplomatic representations overseas, foreign diplomatic missions accredited to Malta, Maltese consular representations overseas and foreign consular representations in Malta and business institutions, both in Malta and abroad, at a bilateral level the Unit also works closely with foreign trade promotion organisations, import promotion offices, chambers of commerce and industry associations. The strategy is to develop and nurture institutional contacts in line with Malta Enterprise's current business strategy and policies.

Amongst others, the Unit organizes briefing sessions for Ambassadors and Honorary Consuls, generates business enquiries through Embassies and Consuls, attracts business delegations through diplomatic and institutional contacts, participates in Mixed Commissions, works on MOUs with agreed action plans and follows up and implements the joint initiatives agreed upon.

The Unit also promotes and nurtures relations with Regional and Multilateral Organisations in line with ME's current business strategy and policies with a view to promote the visibility of both Malta and Malta Enterprise.

Malta Enterprise considers its participation in international fora events - particularly trade and investment related regional/multilateral organizations - as of strategic importance. The Unit is active in various events associated with fostering EuroMed industrial relations, including those organised at EU level.