Food and/or Basic Material Assistance Operational Programme

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)

Ministry for European Affairs and Equality (MEAE)

Triq il-Kukkanja,

Santa Venera, SVR 1411

+356 2200 1142/3

Managing Authority Website

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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.