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JAMES DEBONO jdebono@mediatoday.com.mt 4 maltatoday | SUNDAY • 18 MAY 2025 NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS (EDUCATION, TCNs & SUPPORT) UNDER ASYLUM, MIGRATION AND INTEGRATION FUND (AMIF) 2021-2027 The Ministry responsible for European Funds would like to announce that it is launching a call for project proposals in the following area: Specific Objective 2: strengthening and developing legal migration to the Member States in accordance with their economic and social needs, promoting and contributing to the effective integration and social inclusion of third country nationals. Applications shall cover one of the following funding priorities: reducing language barriers in schools to facilitate integration among children; promoting diversity in the educational sector to address current and future needs of society; cultivating ethnicity in the social and educational sectors; and provision of support services to migrant families to facilitate access in the education system. The online application form, details of eligibility and indicator guideline notes are available on https://fondi.eu/what-funding-is-available/. Applicants are invited to submit complete application forms by not later than Thursday, 31 st July 2025 at noon. Prospective applicants are encouraged to refer to the AMIF Programme available on https://fondi.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/AMIF-Programme-v-2.0.pdf in order to check whether their proposals are eligible for funding through this call for project proposals. Any queries should be sent by e-mail on fondi.eu@gov.mt. A dedicated information session will be held on Wednesday, 4 th June 2025 from 09:00 till 11:00 at The Oaks Business Centre, Farsons Street, Ħamrun. Registration for the information session can be done by scanning the below QR code. 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Official Registered Address: Ta' Maggi Industrial Park, Administration Building Level 0 Triq San Leonardu, Xghajra, XJR 2306 Company registered number: C 106393 China applies to renew Pembroke embassy permit China has applied to renew its permit for a planned embassy in Pembroke, a project approved in 2020 despite local objections over the loss of open space THE People's Republic of China has applied to renew a permit to build a new embassy compound in an area characterised by wood- land along Triq Suffolk in Pem- broke. The original permit, issued five years ago, is set to expire in No- vember 2028. No construction work has so far started in the area which is opposite the St Cathe- rine's High School. Although permits are normally valid for five years, this one ben- efitted from extensions granted during the COVID-19 pandemic. The embassy, as approved, is set on extensive grounds covering 19,500sq.m of land, with a built- up footprint of 3,700sq.m and a total height of six floors. It will include 20 residential apartments and a formal garden of 5,000sq.m. When built, this would ostensi- bly be the second largest embassy compound in Malta after that of the United States in Ta' Qali. The open space was earmarked for embassy development in a zoning application approved in 2012. However, the final permit for the new embassy was issued in 2020, despite objections from the Pem- broke council, which raised con- cerns over the loss of open space in the locality. During the meeting, the Plan- ning Board rejected a request by Chinese government officials to reduce a €478,000 planning gain intended to compensate for the loss of open space—describing the request as stingy. No new policies have been in- troduced since the original per- mit was approved, which means the extension is expected to be a simple formality. However, the extension request, presented by embassy architect Charles Buha- giar, suggests that construction of the new embassy is not imminent. In the meantime, the Planning Authority is still assessing a plan- ning control application submit- ted by Infrastructure Malta, which proposes relocating a 200-me- tre-long 'residential access road' approved in 2012. This road was originally planned on 3,435sq.m of land now fully owned by the Chinese embassy. Instead, the new road would take up 2,737sq.m of natural land and woodland just outside the area earmarked for the Chinese embassy. As proposed, it would connect Triq Suffolk to a cul-de- sac behind the Malta Police Es- tate, running directly past nearby housing estate blocks. The Chinese embassy is current- ly located in St Julian's. The land in Pembroke where China has a building permit to build its new embassy compound