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Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA)

Description of the department/directorate/entity’s structure

Description of the department/directorate/entity’s functions and responsibilities

General description of the categories of documents the department/directorate/entity holds (including exempt documents)

  • Financial Statements and
  • Financial Audits
  • Financial Data and Projections
  • HR Plans and Structure
  • Photography of Events and Details
  • Communication Reports and Documentation
  • Social Media Reports and Documentation
  • Employee Files and Details
  • Agreements and Contracts
  • Insurance Documents and Policies
  • Policy documents, consultative papers, reports, and related working documents on themes that fall within the functions of the Authority
  • International Agreements (Memoranda of Understanding) and related exchange of information documents
  • Manuals of Procedures
  • documents filed in accordance with the Companies Act
  • Dossiers related to procurement
  • Personal files of all employees
  • Staff Self-Development scheme files.
  • Documentation related to Procurement Procedures.
  • Presentations
  • Documentation of Supplier Details for Procurement Purposes
  • System Auditor Application Form
  • Innovative Technology Arrangement Application Form
  • Fit and Proper Questions for relevant stakeholders of the SA and ITA applications and any other related document required by this form
  • Enhanced Systems Auditor Application Form
  • Any changes in Certified applications form and related documents
  • Certificates of Awarded SAs and ITAs Applications
  • Annual Reports, documents, minutes, consultative papers, reports, and working documents related to the functions of the authority.
  • List of EU regulations and Directives

Note:

Some of the information listed above is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act (Cap. 496). Documents obtained from applicants may be protected by the duty of professional secrecy and cannot be made public.’ As regards documents filed in accordance with the Companies Act, it is notified that these documents are already available for public scrutiny.

Description of all manuals and similar types of documents that contain policies, principles, rules or guidelines in accordance with which decisions or recommendations are made in respect of members of the public (including bodies corporate and employees of the public authority in their personal capacity)

  • Systems Auditor Guidelines
  • Systems Auditor Report Guidelines
  • Systems Auditor Control Objectives
  • Enhanced Systems Audit/or Guidelines
  • Resident Agent Guidelines
  • Guidelines on the definition of In or From Malta
  • Innovative Technology Arrangements Guidelines
  • AI ITA Guidelines
  • AI ITA Nomenclature
  • ITA Blueprint Guidelines
  • Technical Administrator Guidelines
  • Technology Stack Nomenclature
  • Forensic Node Guidelines
  • Guidelines for Consultation
  • Documents & Directives (Gov. Malta Issued)
  • Staff Handbook
  • Public Service Management Code
  • Code of Conduct
  • GDPR Guidelines
  • Gender Mainstreaming Toolkit
  • NCPE Guidelines
  • DIER Guideline

Statement of the information that needs to be available to members of the public who wish to obtain access to official documents from the public authority, which statement shall include particulars of the officer or officers to whom requests for such access should be sent.

The FOI officers of the MDIA may be contacted by e-mail [email protected] or by telephone +356 21 828 800.

FOI Requests may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] or through the FOI Portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form.

Details of Internal Complaints Procedure

An applicant whose request for information is refused, or who is otherwise not satisfied with the information provided, its format or the extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not, may address a complaint to the PA.

Complaints may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] and [email protected], through the FOI portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form.

The complaint should be addressed to the Public Authority’s FOI Officer, who shall bring the complaint to the attention of the officer responsible. The officer responsible shall reply to the applicant within 10 working days from the receipt of the complaint. The applicant shall also be informed that he or she may appeal the decision or otherwise address a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (Cap. 496 of the Laws of Malta).

The officer responsible shall inform the applicant of the decision taken with respect to his or her complaint, and in the event of confirmation of a decision not to release the pertinent information, shall explain the reasons thereof. Whenever the applicant’s complaint is related to the format of the information provided or to an extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not by the Public Authority, and the original decision is upheld, the applicant shall be given an explanation as to why his or her complaint cannot be positively addressed.

An applicant may also make use of the Internal Complaints Procedure to report failure to meet deadlines or to send notifications. In those cases where the request for information can be met, but has not been met within the deadlines specified by the Act, the officer responsible shall waive any applicable fees for the submission of information.

Other Information

During Office Hours; emails received during the weekend are replied on the next working day.

Cash payments should be effected at the Twenty20 Business Centre Triq l-Intornjatur, Zone 3, Central Business District, Birkirkara CBD 3050 – during office hours and cheques made payable to the Malta Digital Innovation Authority

Public Authority Contact Details

Address

MDIA, Twenty20 Business Centre, Triq l-Intornjatur, Zone 3, Central Business District, Birkirkara, CBD 3050

Email

[email protected]

Telephone

+356 21 828 800

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