Food and/or
Basic Material Assistance Operational Programme
Programme
description
Main objectives
This OP aims to provide the most deprived
households with periodic distribution of food items to alleviate the risk of
poverty prevalent amongst these persons and to help improve their living
standards. Food packages will be distributed to deprived households by selected
Partner Organisations, taking into account the financial situation of such
households in accordance with the following pre-established selection criteria:
·
Households
in receipt of non-contributory means tested benefits and having 2 or more children below the age of 16;
·
Households
having 2 or more children below the age of 16 with an income not exceeding 80% of National Minimum Wage (NMW);
·
Households
having 2 or more children below the age of 16 with an income not exceeding the
NMW;
·
Non-single
households eligible for non-contributory means tested age pension.
Malta has appointed
the Ministry for the Family and Social
Solidarity (MFSS) responsible for social policy as an Intermediary Body (IB)
for FEAD. Amongst other tasks, the IB will also be responsible for the purchase
of food supplies to be provided to the partner organisations (POs) through an
open call for tenders for the procurement of food under this OP as well as the
identification of the eligible target group in line with the established
selection criteria.
Total OP budget: €4,640,777.00
EU Co-Financing Rate: 85%
Managing Authority
Planning and Priorities Coordination Division
(PPCD)
Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)
The Oaks Business Centre
Triq Farsons
Hamrun
Managing Authority Website
Download
The approved OP - Food and/or Basic Material Assistance Operational
Programme may be found here.
The list of operations supported by FEAD programme may be found here.
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