Guidelines for applications for sponsorships by FinanceMalta of private seminars/conferences organized by FM members in sectors promoted by FinanceMalta

FinanceMalta is willing to support its members who want to organize promotional activities abroad, to attract further business to Malta. This support can be both financial and/or related to content.

Eligibility.
  1. Initiatives must be related to a sector that FM itself promotes;
  2. All the organizers / promoters of the initiative are to be FM members.

Wherever an event is also co-organised by a foreign entity (eg law firm), the above condition does not apply as long as the benefits of including this foreign entity are clearly explained by the applicant.

Participation and contribution of FinanceMalta.
  1. FM’s contribution may take the form of participation as a guest to events organized privately by individual firms;
  2. The maximum sponsorship is set at EUR 2,000 per initiative;
  3. The contribution by FM shall not exceed 30% of the total cost;
  4. The sponsorship does not include travel and accommodation expenses of the FM representative participating at the event;
  5. The financial contribution is subject to a minimum delegate head-count of 30 attendees/guests, and this does not include “no shows”; Maltese delegates at the event are not to be counted;
  6. FM’s contribution will therefore take effect post event;
  7. FM must be given a 2-month lead time to consider sponsorship;
  8. Speakers at the event must only promote the Maltese jurisdiction, thus if present in other markets, these should not feature as part of the sales pitch by the respective entity;
  9. FM will sponsor a maximum of 6 events per year;
  10. Albeit there is no limit (other than those cited above) of how many times an organizer (member of FM) may benefit from this scheme in any one year, FinanceMalta will do its best to ensure that as many members as possible benefit from such opportunities and that these initiatives are carried out across the various sectors;
  11. The agenda, the invites, the logistics and all other event features are the responsibility of the organizing entities; FM’s contribution shall be limited to:
    • Financial contribution
    • Promotion on Linkedin and other digital channels such as social media pages, website, newsletters etc
    • Presence at the event or delivering a presentation at event, if required
  12. In case of other events organized or sponsored by FM, FM may decline proposals due to resource limitations.
Application procedure.

FinanceMalta members who wish to apply for such scheme are invited to send an email to Andrea Nurchi, Head, Business Development (andrea.nurchi@financemalta.org) and Karl Attard, Digital Marketing Executive (karl.attard@financemalta.org). The email must clearly indicate

  1. Title of the event
  2. Date and location
  3. Partners
  4. Draft programme
  5. Role foreseen for FinanceMalta
  6. Breakdown of costs
  7. Target audience type and expected number of attendees
  8. Rationale behind the event and benefit to the jurisdiction
  9. How the event will be promoted by the organizer
After the event – financial support by FinanceMalta.

As per point f) above, organizers shall provide FinanceMalta with:

  1. all invoices related to expenses occurred;
  2. list of non-Maltese participants.

Should the guidelines be not respected, FinanceMalta reserves the right to refuse to give its financial contribution.These guidelines do not apply to events organized overseas by international event organisers. In the case of such events, FM will NOT co-sponsor any information stands at events open to other entities (local and/or foreign) by way of subscription.The decision on granting the sponsorship is a prerogative of FinanceMalta.