1. Clyde Caruana
Economist
UHM
ccaruana@uhm.org.mt

2. Workforce distribution by skills

3. Skills Deficit of Malta

4. Productivity Pays

5. Skills Convergence with EU 27
• Malta lags the EU27 in terms of quality of skills.
• At the current pace, it will take Malta 33 years
to converge with the EU27, i.e. by 2045.
• Is there a way to speed up this process?

6. Expenditure on Training

7. Active Labour Market Policy
• A supply-side policy that stimulates the
productive side of the economy.
• Unlike demand-side policies, it influences the
long-term trajectory of the economy.
• ALMP enhances employability and labour
productivity.