During a ceremony held recently, the Minister for Fair Competition, Small Business and Consumers Dr Jason Azzopardi, chaired the National Awards for Enterprise Support [1].
The Award for National Enterprise Support, which has taken place annually over the last three years, is in recognition for the commitment that Local Councils are showing for strategic development leading to the creation of municipalities while sustaining economy, style, quality of life, culture and the environment.
The competition was open to local councils, public authorities, national organisations, public-private partnerships, educational programmes and businesses.
There were two categories, ‘Local Councils’ and ‘Public Authorities, Educational Programmes and Organisations.
The Victoria Local Council was ranked first in the Local Council’s Category at the National Enterprise Support Awards with its ‘Grand Tour of Taste 2011,’ Serata di Gola and Dopo teatro con gli Chef project.
The Council was also nominated for the European Enterprise Promotion Awards 2012 to be held in Cyprus later on this year.
This innovative project was embarked on by the Victoria Local Council together with the Arena del Sole Theatre in Bologna with the aim of exploring Gozitan culture through food, heritage and culinary delights.
The discovery and promotion of this unexplored sector on the island was achieved through a journey by car of a group of popular Italian journalists accompanied by top Italian chefs who travelled from Bologna to Gozo.
Victoria Council said that widespread publicity about Gozo was seen around Italy in a number of popular periodicals, as well as newspapers, television and other media channels. This continued throughout the Grand Tour of Taste that culminated on the island of Gozo and later the Serata di Gola.
Minister Dr Jason Azzopardi presented the award to the Mayor of Victoria, Dr Samuel Azzopardi.
The Victoria Local Council said that it would like to thank all those that have contributed for the success of this project.
A consolation prize was awarded to Xagra Local Council for its ‘Summer Nights,’ events in 2011.
The Gozo Business Chamber was awarded first place with the project: ‘ICT Gozo Malta.’