Voluntary Organisations Project Scheme

The Voluntary Organisations Project Scheme (VOPS), is managed and administered by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS). This fund, is designed to assist applicants looking for funding on projects that can make a real difference, while stimulating and financially supporting voluntary organisations to continue to come up with innovative and sustainable initiatives for the benefit of the communities they work in.

The VOPS Call for 2024 shall have a total allocation of €800,000.

The guidelines for the VOPS constitute an integral part of the call for proposal. The Guidelines are published on the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector website www.maltacvs.org and the VO Funding Portal www.vofunding.org.mt. The Voluntary Organisations Project Scheme (VOPS) is designed to assist Voluntary Organisations, enrolled and compliant with the Commissioner for VOs.

The general Priorities of the VOPS are the following:

• Volunteering

This priority is intended to encourage projects aimed at raising awareness of the value and importance of volunteering as a form of active engagement and as a tool to develop or improve competences for personal, social and professional development.

• Poverty and Social Inclusion

This priority is intended to encourage projects addressing the issues of Poverty, marginalisation and hate speech by focusing on actions such as enhancing awareness and commitment amongst the Maltese society to make it more inclusive. In this context, special emphasis shall be placed on the inclusion of migrants, disabled young people and other marginalised minorities in fulfilling their potential.

• Good Health and Wellbeing

This priority is intended to encourage projects addressing the issues of Health and Disability ensuring healthy lives and promoting well-being for all persons by focusing on actions such as creating awareness, supporting patients, promote early warning and risk reduction.

• Education

This priority is intended to encourage projects addressing the issues related to education with special focus on the support of marginalised and more challenged groups in the Maltese society.

Check out the VOPS call here.

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