Foundation for Human Resources Development
FHRD House,
1, Kampanella Road
San Gwann, Malta
Tel: 00356 21 378895
Fax: 00356 21 381945
Email: info@fhrd.org

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The Foundation for Human Resources Development - FHRD 

FHRD is a national non-governmental organisation, established by statute in 1990 on the joint initiative of government and the private sector.  It was set up to promote people management and development practices as well as the development of the human resource profession in Malta.

The Foundation is an autonomous and independent body and it benefits from close working relationships with the Ministries responsible for Employment, Education, and Industry. 

The Foundation works in partnership with its corporate members from private and public sector organisations, the professional HR community of practitioners and service providers, and other key local players in the field of human resource management and development.  On the international scene, FHRD has a formal agreement with the Centre of Labour Market Studies (CLMS), University of Leicester, UK, to act as its agent in Malta.  FHRD on behalf of CLMS provides Certificate, Diploma, Masters and Doctorate programmes and also participates in numerous networking and research opportunities. FHRD also has established a good working relationship with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).  FHRD is a member of the European Association of Personnel Management (EAPM) and the World Federation of Personnel Management Associations (WFPMA).  FHRD is the first organisation on the Maltese Islands to have achieved the Investors in People Standard.

The AIMS of the Foundation

1. the furtherance and the promotion of the development of human resources in Malta and in the Mediterranean area in the light of the following motivations, that is to say:
   1. that Malta's richest resource is its people and that its economic and social development is highly dependent on its ability to nurture and utilise the abilities, skills and motivation of its citizens at work;
   2. that, in order to further these abilities and skills, and to encourage higher motivation, it is necessary to create and enhance an awareness of the need to manage and develop human resources professionally and to provide workers with adequate and directed training on a continuing basis in order to enable them to meet the present and future challenges in a changing and increasingly competitive international environment;
   3. that, organisations in the world are changing radically and the need to retrain workers, especially those of developing countries, for the future requirements, not least in the use of modern technology, is great and urgent; and
   4. that, investment of energies in the provision of such services in the upgrading of human resources is in the prime interests of the people of Malta and the Mediterranean region;
2. the collaboration with other entities, on a national regional and international basis in furtherance of such aims;
3. the provision of assistance, services, personnel and other support to any public entity, including any other Foundation in furtherance of such aims.
4. the undertaking of projects and activities connected with the above concerns and aims.

FHRD Board

President:

Mr. Noel Scerri

Board Members:

Mr. Jesmond Bonello, Mr. Joe Cutajar, Ms. Antoinette Caruana, Mr. Robert Delia, Ms. Joanna Genovese, Mr. Mario Grixti, Mr. John Muscat Drago, Ms Rebecca Gatt, Ms. Anne Marie Thake, Prof. Edward Zammit , Mr. Joshua Zammit

Financial Consultant and Secretary to the Board:

Mr. Godwin Micallef