The aim of this project will be to tackle the issue of poverty and in-work poverty in Malta and build the capacity of the GWU to engage in social dialogue. This aim will be achieved through the following project objectives: -To gather more information on the poverty situation on the island and how this can be remedied, through the development of one research paper on the introduction of a National Living Wage (NLW) in Malta. -To inform NGO’s and stakeholders operating in the fields of poverty and workers’ rights about the results of this research paper, through the implementation of an information session. -To provide members of GWU staff with the necessary skills to be able to engage better in social dialogue with policy makers, through the training of 15 persons on strategic communications and lobbying