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ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerators for Young Women — Msida & Valletta, Malta

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 72% 40/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

On 16 and 29 October 2024, Malta's digital-government authority MDIA and EY ran ITU-backed AI workshops in Msida and Valletta for women aged 18–25, covering AI, machine learning and ethics as part of a 12-country accelerator that reached 470+ participants in its first cohort.

470+ participants
Participants across the programme's first cohort (13 workshops, six countries) (2024)
2 sessions
Workshop sessions held in Malta (October 2024)
ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerators for Young Women — Msida & Valletta, Malta

Details

Promoter
Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, Ministry for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects, and EY
Period
16 and 29 October 2024
Region (NUTS)
MT00
Keywords
digital government, AI education, gender equality

Context

As part of the ITU–EY AI Skills Accelerator for Girls, a two-year (2024–2026) programme targeting 1,000 girls and young women across 12 countries, Malta held two workshop sessions in October 2024, organised jointly by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), the Ministry for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects, ITU's Telecommunication Development Bureau, and EY.

Objectives

The sessions aimed to make participants AI-literate content creators and innovators able to address community-level problems, targeting women aged 18 to 25 specifically.

Activities

One session was held on 16 October at the EY Regional Business Centre in Msida, and a second on 29 October at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta (alongside EY's Global Innovation Forum). Both free sessions covered AI fundamentals, machine learning, data handling and coding, together with the ethics, bias and risks of AI.

Results

As with other sites in the programme's first cohort (13 workshops, 470+ participants across six countries), ITU and EY report aggregate gains in participants' technology knowledge and confidence from post-session surveys, but no Malta-specific outcome data has been published.

Conclusions

MDIA has folded the initiative into its ongoing digital-skills services, suggesting institutional continuity, but independently verified evidence of learning impact remains limited to organiser-reported survey results at the cohort level.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Low (< €50k) — Two free one-day sessions delivered within an existing multi-country ITU–EY programme; no dedicated national capital investment reported.
Time to results
Short (< 1 year) — Two one-day sessions held in October 2024, within a programme running 2024–2026, later folded into MDIA's ongoing digital-skills services.
Staffing & skills
Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), Ministry for Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau, EY

Conditions for success

  • Joint organisation by a digital-government authority and a government ministry provided institutional backing and venue access
  • Alignment with EY's Global Innovation Forum for the Valletta session added visibility

Common failure modes

  • No Malta-specific or independently controlled evaluation of learning outcomes has been published
  • Evidence limited to aggregate, cohort-wide post-session survey data

Where it fits

Governance type
digital-government authority + ministry partnership
Scale
two one-day sessions within a 12-country programme
Income level
high-income (Malta)

Commonly funded by

National / regional programmes Digital Europe Programme

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