21 local councils, including 5 from Gozo, have benefited from funding from the scheme for Annual Cultural Activities 2022. In Gozo, the councils are, Ghajnsielem, Gharb, Munxar, Nadur and Qala.

The 21 councils were given between them a quarter of a million euros in funds from the Local Government Division within the Parliamentary Secretariat for Local Government.

The application evaluation committee also had representatives of the Tourism Authority. The main objective of this scheme is to help local councils to organise cultural activities around Malta and Gozo.

The government said that the objectives behind these cultural activities include increasing the promotion of culture and the unique cultural heritage of the localities, increasing the local touristic element, strengthening innovation and creativity and sustaining the quality and the sustainability of local cultural activities.

This is apart from strengthening the socio-economic impact in the Maltese and Gozitan localities for the benefit of the residents, it said.

The Local Councils that submitted the application and got the funds in Mata are: San Gwann, Santa Venera, Xghajra, Hamrun, Birkirkara, Gharghur, Iklin, San Ghiljan, Sliema, Swieqi, Ta Xbiex, Birgu, Isla, Bormla, Fgura and Kirkop.

Photo: DOI/Jason Borg

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