About

Promoting the Crafts Sector in the Maltese Islands, thereby contributing to the revival, preservation, and long-term sustainability of local artisan skills.

Set up in 2021, the Malta Crafts Foundation embarks on wide-ranging initiatives that seek to generate interest and awareness not only among visiting tourists, but also among the local population especially among students and young people.

It also seeks to stimulate innovation in Maltese crafts and provides assistance to artisans to help them implement the necessary changes in order to transform challenges into opportunities and survive in the 21st century.

The Malta Crafts Foundation is also responsible for the promotion of artisans in facilities such as the artisan villages in Ta’ Qali, Malta and Ta’ Dbieġi, Gozo: two main hubs for the creation and promotion of artisanal crafts and their development in the Maltese islands.

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NEXT Project: Climate Change

The Malta Crafts Foundation took part in the fifth transnational meeting of the ‘NEXT – Young NEETs shaping EXpectations for The future of Europe’ project, which was held in Lousada, Portugal. With the active participation of youths from across the partner countries – namely Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Portugal, and Malta – along…

MCF Learns: Imagineering

For its latest MCF Learns session, the Malta Crafts Foundation welcomed lecturers and students of the Imagineering Master’s programme at Breda University of Applied Sciences, who discussed with participating artisans ways in which they could shape the future of their craft. Imagineering, a creative approach to solving challenges and designing meaningful solutions, was seen as…

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Craftspersons Registry

Find a Craftsperson

Find an Artisan from the Malta Crafts Register maintained by the Commerce Department within the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects.

Register as a Craftsperson

Register as an Artisan on the Malta Crafts Register maintained by the Commerce Department within the Ministry for the Economy, Enterprise and Strategic Projects.