At the closing of the SportMalta Conference “Celebrating Sport in Malta 2024”, the Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation Clifton Grima distributed €1.65 million to 120 associations and unions sports as aid from the Government through SportMalta so that athletes and sportsmen can participate in international competitions and engagements.
“The Government is committed to growing the sports sector with work that leads to both sports associations and unions continuing to be proactive, and while increasing the initiatives to generate income, but also so that the athletes and the – sportsmen will be able to practice their sporting discipline in international forums, while reaching the aspirations and goals they are working for,” said Minister Grima.
Through this financial assistance from SportMalta, the sports associations and unions will be in a better position so that the athletes and sportsmen in the various sports disciplines they represent, can take part and also participate in international sports events. “All this would not be possible without the help given by the Government which commits an amount of money every year to provide these assistances,” said Minister Grima.
He also said, “This Government is committed to continuing to increase sports tourism to Malta, so I encourage sports associations to continue organizing international events so that even through sport we can be a main pillar in the creation of job opportunities and investment in Malta.”
The CEO of SportMalta Mark Cutajar said that the entity has several initiatives and schemes through which this sector is being given help and emphasized that this work will continue to grow in the coming years. “SportMalta will continue to work to continue to give help to sports associations and unions and also to the athletes, so that they continue to make progress and achieve the expected results,” said Mr. Cutajar.
In the message that closed the conference “Celebrating Sport in Malta 2024”, a conference spread over two days, which celebrated the tenth anniversary of the establishment of SportMalta, Minister Clifton Grima praised the progress of the various discussions that took place and he said that while the participation was quite remarkable, it is also important to analyze what came out during these discussions. “We continue to look forward so that what we have achieved together during the last ten years, we strengthen it and continue to build on it, for the benefit of this sector, of the athletes and sportsmen and of our country,” concluded the Minister Clifton Grima.
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