{"id":7980,"date":"2025-12-09T16:45:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T16:45:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/?p=7980"},"modified":"2025-12-10T08:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T08:28:04","slug":"malta-together-with-xjenza-malta-will-be-working-towards-securing-closer-membership-with-cern-enabling-it-to-offer-opportunities-for-international-level-capacity-building-scientific-exploration-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/2025\/12\/09\/malta-together-with-xjenza-malta-will-be-working-towards-securing-closer-membership-with-cern-enabling-it-to-offer-opportunities-for-international-level-capacity-building-scientific-exploration-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Malta, together with Xjenza Malta, will be working towards securing closer membership with CERN, enabling it to offer opportunities for international level capacity building, scientific exploration, STEAM-based learning, as well as global research networks."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>The Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, Clifton Grima has announced this at the end of an official visit to Switzerland following an invitation by CERN \u2013 the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, one of the largest and most renowned global scientific research centres.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>During his visit, the Minister placed clear emphasis on Malta\u2019s strategic vision to strengthen research and innovation. He explained that since Malta is one of the two European Union countries external to CERN, the official journey for Malta to become an associate member has now begun.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cI am at CERN with one goal: to open doors for more research and innovation in Malta. This is the first step in a national vision that connects our brightest minds with world-class scientists, and ensures that Malta has a direct voice in the development of future technologies. For Maltese researchers, educators, and students, this is not just a symbolic move but it is a strategic investment in their future.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Through this step Malta will be in a position to compete on a global level, investing in intellectual capital and establishing a direct bridge between local talent and international scientific excellence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations office &amp; other International Organizations in Geneva, Randolph Debattista during the same visit has declared that: \u201cThere is great enthusiasm within CERN to see Malta being affiliated as an associated member. As we could see during our visit, this will be a historic step for Maltese researcher to not only participate, but to lead projects within the largest research centre in the world.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Present for the visit were management from Xjenza Malta, including the Chief Executive Officer, Silvio Scerri, who emphasized this initial and strategic process: \u2018This visit serves as a foundation for much closer collaboration with CERN. Although we are still in the early stages, it is an opportunity to pave the way for scientific and innovative growth for Maltese talent.\u201d<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload  wp-image-7981 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-300x200.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"485\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27485%27%20height%3D%27323%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20485%20323%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27485%27%20height%3D%27323%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-200x133.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-800x533.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CERN2.jpeg 1280w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 485px) 100vw, 485px\" \/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister for Education, Sport, Youth, Research and Innovation, Clifton Grima has announced this at the end of an official visit to Switzerland following an invitation by CERN \u2013 the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, one of the largest and most renowned global scientific research centres. During his visit, the Minister placed clear emphasis on<\/p>","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":7981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-press-releases"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7980"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7986,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7980\/revisions\/7986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xjenzamalta.mt\/mt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}