Emotional Health (Amendment)

L.N. 244 of 2014

EDUCATION ACT

Statute for the European Centre for Educational Resilience and Socio-

Emotional Health (Amendment)

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon him by articles 74(5) and

75(6) of the Education Act (Cap. 327), the Chancellor of the University of Malta has

promulgated the following statute made by the Council of the University of Malta in

virtue of the powers conferred upon it by articles 72, 75(1), 77(d) and 136(3) of the

said Act

Citation

This statute may be cited as the Statute for the European Centre for Educational

Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health (Amendment) and shall amend the Statute

for the European Centre for Educational Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health,

published as Legal Notice 322 of 2009, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

statute”.

Amendment to the title of the principal statute

For the title of the principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“Statute for the Centre for Resilience and Socio-Emotional Health”.

Amendment to article 2 and paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of article

2 of the principal statute

For article 2 and paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) of article 2 of the

principal statute there shall be substituted the following

“2. The aim of the Centre is to develop and promote the science and evidence-

based practice of social and emotional health, wellbeing and resilience in children and

young persons, providing a regional research base for the advancement of children

and young people’s healthy development and resilience. It follows the establishment

of a European network for researchers and practitioners working in the area of social

and emotional competence (ENSEC) and the Centre will act as a regional base for

ENSEC in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean. The main goals of the Centre

include the following

(a) to establish collaborative partnerships with local, European and international

researchers and practitioners in the promotion of socio-emotional health and resilience

in children and young persons;

(b) to conduct and publish local, European and international research in the

promotion of social and emotional health and resilience and in the prevention of

social, emotional and behaviour difficulties in school children and young persons;

(c) to develop and promote empirically-grounded and theoretically-sound

intervention and prevention strategies in socio-emotional health and resilience in

children and young persons;

(d) to disseminate knowledge and promote learning and teaching about best practices

and relevant research in socio-emotional health and resilience;

(e) to provide consultation and engage in developmental work in various

educational, clinical and social settings in the promotion of socio-emotional health

and resilience and the prevention of social, emotional and behaviour difficulties in

children and young people;

(f) to provide advanced research-based education and training to practitioners,

educators and other professionals at local and cross-European levels; and

(g) to serve as a local and regional base for the European Network in Social and

Emotional Competence.”

Amendment to article 3 (viii) of the principal statute

For article 3 (viii) of the principal statute there shall be substituted the

following

“(viii) a researcher appointed by the European Network for Social and Emotional

Competence; and”

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