The Local Council Association, the GRTU – Malta Chamber of SMEs (General Retailers and Traders Union) and the Gozo Business Chamber are the entities chosen to host Europe Direct Information Centres in Malta and Gozo for the next five years.

The Europe Direct network is one of the main channels of information about the EU for European citizens. The overall objective of the network is to provide citizens with easy access to information about the EU and its activities.

The centres are hosted within existing entities that guarantee a good geographical coverage as well as the necessary capacity and expertise to deal with queries from the public.

The three centres will be able to provide answers to general questions related to the EU and to direct enquiries to the best sources of information on EU matters. They will be able to help with the possibilities for citizens to get practical information and advice on exercising rights in the European Union. A number of EU publications will be available for public dissemination.

The choice of the Europe Direct host organisations was made through a Call for Proposals launched in all EU Member States towards the end of 2012. The Europe Direct centres in Malta are part of a network of about 480 EU information centres across the EU.

The centres can be contacted as follows:

Europe Direct (Gozo):

The Gozo Business Chamber

27 Republic Street

Victoria, Gozo

Tel: 21 550305

Europe Direct (Balzan):

Local Council Association

153 Main Street

Balzan

Tel: 21 444296

Europe Direct (Valletta):

GRTU – Malta Chamber of SMEs (General Retailers and Traders Union)

Exchange Buildings

Republic Street

Valletta

Tel: 21 232881.

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