The Regional European Funds Consultancy Agency was launched in Gozo recently due to the fact that many European Union funding opportunities are being lost.
The agency said it was an independent organisation, set up to seek EU funding opportunities. It aims to succeed in sourcing funds for EU projects submitted under such programmes as Town Twinning and Leonardo da Vinci.
The EU has a range of centralised funding programmes with over 450 different projects covering various social-economic and cultural sectors.
The agency intends to help local councils, NGOs, and other organisations to help them identify those programmes that are most suitable for their needs.
The agency said it kept constantly abreast with and informed about EU funding projects, which put it in a position to provide organisations with funding programmes alerts and deadlines.
The agency is run by a professionally qualified management team which provides an information service and assistance to submit a proposal or application for funding and find sources to finance organisations' projects.
The agency is organising information sessions every Friday at 7.30 p.m. For more infomation visit www.refca.eu or or e-mail info@refca.eu.