Maltese Safety Training Centre to represent on EU Project
Mr. David Ghersci, Managing Director for ISTC, said that they were appointed to this important EU representation as a direct result of the company's international growth which led to their being officially awarded full membership status earlier in June at Arnhem, Netherlands.
In fact, over the past 6 years ISTC has gained valuable experience and knowledge in managing diversity of its fire and safety trainees who originate from widely differing cultural backgrounds such as Algeria, Australia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, France, Greece, India, Italy, Korea, Libya, Mauritania, Romania, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, UK and, of course, Malta.
He explained that following membership, at this year's EFSCA annual general meeting held at Revinge, Sweden, on 19th and 20th June, 2006 - and in recognition of the wide international orientation and of the valuable contribution which ISTC has been making - it was unanimously agreed that ISTC be appointed to represent EFSCA on "Address".
Mr. Ghersci said that the aims of the ADDRESS (Achieving and Delivering Diversity Results within the Emergency Services Sector) project are to design, develop and implement interventions to promote diversity within the emergency services sector across Europe through programmes which will be specifically designed to enable trainers to deliver training interventions for operational and managerial staff.
This is in line with what the European Fire Services Colleges' Association (EFSCA) stands for, an institution founded in 1998 by the fire fighting training colleges of Belgium, Finland, France, Greece, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and United Kingdom.
The main objectives of this Association, said Mr. Ghersci, proved so successful that, over the past eight years, EFSCA has continued to expand and now boasts membership from the leading fire fighting colleges of all the European member states.
These objectives are to :
- Provide a forum for formal working relationships among the Fire Fighting Colleges of the European Union to present the experiences, views and opinions of their colleges;
- Inform and influence the European Union and member governments in matters concerning education and vocational training (with associated skills, knowledge and understanding), so as to more effectively meet the personal and organisational needs of personnel engaged in European fire services and civil safety.
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