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Name:Ceridwen Scerri
Country:Malta
Short profile:The Malta-EU Steering and Action Committee was first established in 1999 to oversee the overall accession process of Malta to the European Union. MEUSAC served as a focal point of such process. It successfully brought together a wide spectrum of organisations representing various and diverse interests within Maltese society. Following the signing of the Treaty of Accession on the 16th April 2003, MEUSAC was reconstituted to enable it to continue its role after membership. With an even wider representation, MEUSAC sought to give civil society an opportunity to make itself heard and to help shape Malta’s position in various aspects of membership.

Operating in parallel with MEUSAC was the Malta-EU Information Centre (MIC). Its aim was to provide the general public with information related to the European Union and Malta’s progress during the negotiations. MIC interfaced directly with MEUSAC.

Following accession to the EU on the 1st May 2004, the need to review these structures was felt in order to align them with the new responsibilities emerging from Malta’s membership in the EU. In this context, in 2005 Forum Malta fl-Ewropa was set up within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to encompass the roles that had hitherto been assigned to MEUSAC and MIC.

In March 2008, the Prime Minister appointed a Parliamentary Secretary responsible for Public Dialogue within his office. One of the tasks entrusted to the Parliamentary Secretary was that of the refocusing of the Government’s consultation structures. In this context, the decision to reactivate MEUSAC was taken. Eight key tasks were identified:
To engage civil society in the EU decision-making process;
To manage such a consultation process;
To discuss the impact proposed EU measure could have on Malta, its institutions, its specific sectors and ordinary citizens;
To establish and maintain dialogue between those participating in the EU decision-making processes;
To be proactive with regards to EU legislation and policy initiatives;
To actively support NGOs in their participation in EU programmes and funding;
To provide plain and simple information to the public on Malta’s positions within the EU and its institutions as well as the rights Maltese citizens have as EU citizens; and
To lead and stimulate a national debate on European ideals, values, objectives and long term strategies.
As a result, Forum Malta fl-Ewropa has been integrated within the new MEUSAC structure.

The three main components of MEUSAC are:
Consultation
Information
Support on EU Programmes and Funds
MEUSAC operates from 280 Republic Street, Valletta - the same building that housed Forum Malta fl-Ewropa and MIC before it during the past years.

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