Social impact assessment : Reġjun Port

Abstract

Local governance plays a key role in shaping and developing localities and in turn shaping and impacting their residents’ day-to-day lives and the quality of the lives led within such localities. Therefore, it is important that one researches, understands and monitors perceptions and experiences of stakeholders on matters such as quality of life, knowledge about and interactions with local government. This also leads to better accountability of authorities and gives local governments the information and knowledge to maintain and improve their performances. In April 2023, the Harbour Regional Council (Reġjun Port) commissioned the research services of the Faculty for Social Wellbeing of the University of Malta to carry out this study in fulfilment of the requirements laid out within the Local Councils Act. These task Regional Councils with “the social aspect, which includes researches [sic] and report of social impact evaluations, which report shall be made within the first year of each legislature” (Laws of Malta, Chapter 363, Art. 37B (B), p. 28). [extract]