Webinar discusses the rise of alternative finance for micro-entrepreneurs
The webinar was organised by DIFME in collaboration with the Edward de Bono Institute.
DIFME
DIFME (Digital Internationalisation and Financial Literacy Skills for Micro-Entrepreneurs), which is led by the Malta Business Bureau
, in collaboration with the University of Malta’s Edward de Bono Institute and partners in six other countries, recently brought several experts together for a webinar to discuss Alternative Finance for micro-entrepreneurs.
The speakers included Matthew Caruana, Manager of ZAAR Crowdfunding, Dr Ronald Kleverlaan, Director of the European Centre for Alternative Finance at Utrecht University, Daniel Debono, MBB Head of Brussels Operations, Jack Foley, economist and CEO at Fab Practice in Ireland, and Steve Ellul, Advisor at the Secretariat for Energy Enterprise and Sustainable Development. Marika Huber, DIFME Project Manager, and Dr Leonie Baldacchino, Director & Senior Lecturer at t
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The government should not introduce national legislation on the right to disconnect, the Malta Chamber and the Malta Business Bureau said on Friday.
Moreover, jumpstarting a process at European level was neither necessary nor time appropriate , they said.
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MBB president Simon De Cesare said: “We are relieved that this long process that has created much uncertainty over the last four years is nearing its end. An agreement is what we repeatedly called for and we are very pleased that now there is one to mitigate the strong impact there would have been otherwise.