The Planning and Priorities Coordination Department (PPCD)

Contact Details:
Planning and Priorities Coordination Department
Office of the Prime Minister
12/13, St Paul Street, Valletta
VLT 1210, Malta
Tel: ( 356) 2200 1142/3 
Fax:( 356) 2200 1141
E-mail 

• For general queries, research enquiries or customer care, please contact our Online Helpdesk.
• For urgent press or media enquiries, kindly call PPCD Communications Unit.
• For specific queries, please contact each unit directly by using our staff directory.  

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Mission Statement

PPCD aims to ensure the efficient absorption and management of European assistance, both EU and bilateral, through effective coordination across Government Departments, Authorities, Agencies and other stakeholders.

Apart from providing the above-mentioned services, PPCD also ensures maximum transparency and information in relation to the funds which fall under its responsibility. This function is carried out through the organisation of training sessions, information activities and communication with the media, potential applicants for funding and the general public.

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Main Role and Functions

PPCD (formerly known as the Regional Policy Directorate) was set up within the Office of the Prime Minister  in March 2001 as part of the administrative infrastructure required to manage the pre- and post-accession funds allocated to Malta by the European Union (EU).

Today, PPCD is fulfilling a number of main functions:

• Overall Coordinator for the programming of Cohesion Policy 2007-2013;
• Managing Authority for both Operational Programmes 2007 – 2013: Operational Progamme I financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund; Operational Programme II financed by the European Social Fund;
• National Focal Point for all Territorial Cooperation Progammes 2007-2013;
• Managing Authority for Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund 2004-2006;
• National Coordinator for Interreg III Programmes - Interreg III A Italia-Malta Progamme; Interreg III B Archimed and Medocc Programmes; Interreg III C South Zone Programme;
• National Aid Coordinator of Pre-Accession Funds and the Transition Facility;
• National Focal Point for a number of bilateral funding instruments , including the Vth Italo-Maltese Financial Protocol, the EEA/Norwegian Financial Mechanisms, and the Swiss Cooperation Programme;
• National Contact Point for other programmes, including the European Neighbourhood Partnership Instrument (ENPI), the European Globalisation Fund and the European Solidarity Fund.

Permanent Secretary EU Funds - Ms Marlene Bonnici

Marlene Bonnici, BEd (Hons), PGC (Diplomatic Studies), joined the diplomatic stream of the Public Service in 1992, serving in Malta's embassy in Bonn and subsequently Brussels. In 1999 she was posted to the EU Directorate of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She was appointed Director (Planning and Priorities Coordination) in June 2001, Director General in August 2004 and Permanent Secretary EU Funds in June 2011.

Director General - Mr Jonathan Vassallo