Small Initiatives Support Scheme 2025

The SIS Scheme is designed to assist applicants looking for funding for small project-based initiatives that the organisation may sustain on its own initiative for at least two more years that can make a real difference to their local communities.

The Small Initiatives Support Scheme hereinafter referred to as ‘SIS’, is an initiative managed by the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector (MCVS) and supported by the Ministry for Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector (MIV).

The MCVS is issuing this call for proposals under the SIS Scheme for 2025 projects. The guidelines for the SIS Scheme 2025 are also published on the Malta Council for the Voluntary Sector website (www.maltacvs.org). The guidelines constitute an integral part of the call for proposals.

The SIS Scheme is designed to assist applicants looking for funding for small projects that the organisation may sustain on its own initiative for at least two more years that can make a real difference to their local communities.

Objectives

The general objectives establishing the SIS Scheme are the following:

To stimulate cooperation and networking between voluntary organisations.
To provide a consultative forum that can effectively address issues related to the voluntary sector.
To support the work of voluntary organisations as an integral part of civil society.
To provide a platform from which to develop cooperation between voluntary organisations and the Government.
To promote and encourage a culture of volunteering and participation in volunteer activities among people, especially children and youths, as an aspect of personal and social development.
To foster cooperation in the volunteer sector with local and international bodies, entities or other persons for the encouragement and promotion of the development of volunteering programmes, initiatives, and activities.
To encourage collaboration of non-governmental bodies with private entities or persons and local councils to contribute towards the promotion ofvolunteering in Malta in furtherance of the principle of subsidiarity.

This fund shall be opening again on the 2nd week of June 2025.