Oct 2023 – April 2024 Series

Season 21 & 22

Programme 1 – SEM

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Ms. Denise Fiorentino (SEM CEO), Dr. Darren Grasso (Head of EU Funding).

 

Programme 2 – 0 Hour Contracts

Main Guests: Ms. Diane Vella Muscat (Director General of DIER) and Dr. Charlotte Camilleri (Legal Advisor at MEA) and Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA).

 

Programme 3 –RIDT

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Wilfred Kenely (Chief Executive Officer at RIDT) and Mr. Christopher Busuttil Delbridge (Managing Director of Evolve Ltd).

 

Programme 4 – Malta Development Bank

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Paul V Azzopardi (CEO at Malta Development Bank) and Mr. Matthew Bezzina (CEO of eCabs Technologies).

 

Programme 5 – Low Wage Commission

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Arch. David Xuereb (Chairman of the Low Wage Commission) and Mr. Josef Vella (Secretary General of UHM).

 

Programme 6 – New Construction Licensing

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Michael Stivala (President of Malta Development Association), Mr. Josef Bugeja (Secretary General of GWU).

 

Programme 7 – Employment after Retirement

Main Guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. David Spiteri Gingell (Ex Chairperson of pension reform commission), Mr. Moses Azzopardi (President of the National Association of Pensioners).

 

Programme 8 – Foreign Workers and Cheap Labour

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Gejtu Vella (ex-trade unionist), Mr. Michael Vella (Construction).

 

Programme 9 – Ombudsman

Main guests:  Mr. Kevin J. Borg (Consultant at MEA) and Judge Emeritus Joseph Zammit McKeon.

 

Programme 10 – EU Funded Project – Regeneration Plan for Workplaces

Main guests:  Mr. Kevin J Borg (Consultant at MEA), Ms. Joanne Bondin (President at MEA), Ms. Valeria Ronzitti (Secretary General of SGI Europe) and Mr. Josef Bugeja (Secretary General at General Workers’ Union).

 

Programme 11 – Youth and Work

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Ms. Michaela Vassallo (Secretary General of Youth Local Council), Mr. Jason Zammit (Agenzija Zaghzagh), Mr. Matthias Azzopardi (KSU).

Programme 12Neurodiversity

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Joseph K. Muscat (consultant), Ms. Elena Marie Vella (Human Resources Management & Development)

Programme 13Digital Markets

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Ms. Denise Borda (Malta Communications Authority) and Doctor Marthese Portelli (Chamber of Commerce).

 

Programme 14Changes in the Minimum Wage

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Mark Musu (Permanent Secretary, Ministry for Social Policy and Children’s Rights) and Mr. Josef Bugeja (secretary-general of the GWU)

 

Programme 15 Inflation

Main guests: Mr Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Paul Abela (President of the Malta Chamber of SMEs ) and Mr. Melchior Vella (Director Office for Competition of MCAA)

 

Programme 16Skills Card in the Hospitality Industry

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Pierre Fenech (CEO of ITS) and Mr. Norbert Grixti (member of MHRA).

 

Programme 17Temping Agencies

Main guests: Ms. Joanne Bondin (President of MEA) and Ms. Dianne Vella Muscat (Director General of DIER).

 

Programme 18Jobsplus

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Marvin Camilleri (Principal Executive of Jobs Plus) and Ms. Sue Pisani (Executive Director of Studio seven)

 

Programme 19MCAST

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Ing. Stephen Sammut (Director of the Institute of Engineering and Transport at MCAST) and Ing. Pierre Dalmas (Deputy Principal, QA & Student Academic Management at MCAST).

 

Programme 20National Education Policy

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Ms. Ritianne Borg Saliba (Director General – Department for Educational Services, MEYR) and Mr. Josef Borg (Director Policy Monitoring and Evaluation)

 

Programme 21 – Identità

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Colonel Mark Mallia (Chief Executive Officer of Identity Malta) and Mr. Jean Claude Attard (Central Visa Unit at Identity Malta)

 

Programme 22 Late Payment Directive

Main guests: Mr. Joseph Farrugia (Director General of MEA), Mr. Josef Busutil (Director General at MACM) and Mr. Mark Camilleri (Ministry of Economy)