Archive · 8 Oct 2026
Malta and VFS Global Expand Cooperation on Services and Skills
Malta and VFS Global agreed to work together in more areas.
They signed a declaration during the WTTC Global Summit in Malta.
The agreement includes Malta’s foreign affairs ministry, Identità and the Institute of Tourism Studies.
VFS Global will help with support services for Maltese people living overseas.
The partners will also assess job candidates’ skills.
Those assessments have focused on hospitality and tourism, but will now cover other sectors too.
The collaboration aims to help Malta find skilled workers for its changing needs.
It also includes efforts to support international education in Malta.
Malta and VFS Global signed a Joint Declaration of Intent to expand cooperation on mobility, citizen services and skills development.
The agreement brings together Malta’s foreign affairs ministry, Identità and the Institute of Tourism Studies under an expanded cooperation framework.
VFS Global will support consular services for Maltese nationals living overseas in coordination with the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs.
Skills assessments previously focused on hospitality and tourism candidates will expand to address talent needs in other sectors.
The partnership also aims to support Malta’s workforce needs and initiatives to position the country as a destination for international education.
- Who
- The Government of Malta and VFS Global, with the Ministry for Foreign and European Affairs, Identità and the Institute of Tourism Studies involved.
- What
- They signed a Joint Declaration of Intent expanding cooperation on overseas citizen services, skills assessment and workforce development.
- When
- Thursday, October 8; the articles do not specify the year.
- Where
- Valletta, Malta, on the sidelines of the WTTC Global Summit.
- Why
- To support Maltese nationals overseas, broaden skills assessments and help address Malta’s workforce needs.
- Agreement
- Joint Declaration of Intent
- Signing location
- Valletta, Malta
- Signing occasion
- WTTC Global Summit
- Signatories
- Christopher Cutajar, Col. Edric Zahra, Pierre Fenech and Zubin Karkaria
- Partnership began
- 2008, according to VFS Global CEO Zubin Karkaria
- Existing skills assessment focus
- Candidate interviews in hospitality and tourism
- Expanded cooperation
- Overseas citizen and consular support, skills assessment across more sectors, workforce development and international education initiatives
- VFS Global visa network for Malta
- Visa services in 73 countries through 155 dedicated Visa Application Centres, according to VFS Global
