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Decision-Making: Coordinating Bodies
Central office of statistics in collaboration with relevant
departments/agencies like the Environment Protection Department, within the
Ministry for Environment, Planning Authority.
There is no official set up for co-ordination but when a decision
is taken the different entities consult one another. This is referred to the Cabinet of Ministers which serves as
an all co-ordinating body to ensure harmonisation of public policy etc.
Authority for information management is delegated to the lowest
level of public authority, or local governments through normal information
channels with e-mail etc. There is
no official set up.
Decision-Making: Legislation and Regulations
To date,
there is no legislation. Altogether
the circulation of information is much more readily available through internet
via official websites. Legislation
will be promulgated in the first quarter of 2001.
For more details see Report attached.
Decision-Making: Strategies, Policies and Plans
See attached Report
Decision-Making: Major Groups Involvement
Provision of information by the private sector is on a voluntary
basis obviously subject to Parliamentary questions. There will be a pilot process of public consultation and
education.
Programmes and Projects
Improvement of official websites, making it more user friendly.
Regulations to set up the machinery to facilitate access to information
in a short time upon request by the general public shall be in place by the
first quarter of the 2001. For more
details, see Report attached.
Government is embarking on a project for "electronic
government".
Status
See Report attached.
Challenges
Coastal Zone development, land use in general, Waste Management,
and Air quality require most immediate attention in improving the flow and
management of information in Malta.
Major challenges (institutional, technical, financial, etc) in
further enhancement on the use of indicators or developing a national
information system for sustainable development is still in an initial stage.
Needs exist in the area of Training and Capacity building and Recruitment
of staff.
Capacity-building, Education, Training
and Awareness-raising
They were no major campaigns but information is made available via
internet.
Information
National
publications include:
For more
details, see Report attached).
Research and Technologies
See Report attached.
Financing
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Cooperation
No information is available
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This information
was provided by the Government of Malta to the 9th Session of the United Nations
Commission on Sustainable Development. Last Update: May 2001.
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