In 2023, the Ministry for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector (MIV), alongside Aġenzija Sapport, launched Malta’s Personal Assistance and Personal Budgets Reform.
This aimed to build upon the Personal Assistance Scheme operated by the Agency for the past few years, and presented a roadmap, which had been subjected to a public consultation, that would lead to a system of Personal Budgets being implemented for disabled people.
The Reform aligns with Malta’s obligations under Article 19 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). A linked Budgetary Measure, BM42, entitled ‘Assistenti Personali’ was adopted in 2024, that also mandated that a legislative package be presented as part of the wider Reform.
