{"id":33592,"date":"2024-10-30T11:27:40","date_gmt":"2024-10-30T11:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?page_id=33592"},"modified":"2026-02-02T09:12:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T09:12:18","slug":"timeline","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/timeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Timeline"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Official Timeline \u2013 ECoC 2031<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Monday 7 October 2024:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublishing of call (October \u2013 December 2024)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 7 October 2024:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublishing of Rules of Procedure<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 28 October 2024:<\/strong><br \/>\nInformation session with presence of CION<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 30th April 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nAppointment of 2 national panel members who will join 10 experts appointed by the EU and bodies<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 25 August 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nCandidate cities to communicate in writing to the Managing Authority their intention to submit an application<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 26 September 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nDeadline of call<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday 3 October 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nManaging Authority to reply to candidate cities to confirm receipt of applications<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 27 October 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublication of the names of all Panel&#8217;s experts one week prior to the pre-selection meeting in a press release or on the Managing Authority&#8217;s website<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 3rd and Tuesday 4th November 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nPre-Selection meeting in Valletta<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday 4th November 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nPress conference following pre-selection meeting during which the chairperson will disclose the list of recommended pre-selected cities without giving further explanations<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday 3rd December 2025:<\/strong><br \/>\nPanel to send pre-selection report to CION and to the Managing Authority<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 31st August 2026:<\/strong><br \/>\nSubmission of revised bid<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday 21st September 2026 \u2013 Thursday 24th September 2026:<\/strong><br \/>\nVisit to pre-selected cities and final selection meeting in Valletta, followed by Press Event and Press Release to disclose the recommended city to be published on same day of meeting<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 2026 \u2013 January 2027:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublishing final selection report on the website of the Managing Authority<\/p>\n<p><strong>November 2026 \u2013 January 2027:<\/strong><br \/>\nFormal designation of the city<\/p>\n<p><strong>Early 2027:<\/strong><br \/>\nPublication of the name of the designated cities by the CION<\/p>\n<p><strong>October \u2013 November 2027:<\/strong><br \/>\nFirst monitoring meeting (to be managed by the CION)<\/p>\n<p><strong>June 2029:<\/strong><br \/>\nSecond monitoring meeting (to be managed by the CION)<\/p>\n<p><strong>October \u2013 November 2030:<\/strong><br \/>\nThird monitoring meeting (to be managed by the CION)<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Official Timeline \u2013 ECoC 2031 Monday 7 October 2024: Publishing of call (October \u2013 December 2024) Monday 7 October 2024: Publishing of Rules of Procedure Monday 28 October 2024: Information session with presence of CION Wednesday 30th April 2025: Appointment of 2 national panel members who will join 10 experts appointed by the EU and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33592","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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