After the successful MPOMS project held in 2023 and 2024, ERA will be once again launching the Malta Pollinator Monitoring Scheme (MPOMS), and is planning on conducting the monitoring and identification sessions throughout 2025.

You are invited to participate in this project as a Citizen Scientist where you will be able to monitor bees, butterflies and hoverflies on the field, and learn how to identify them through the MPOMS-ID Club.

Citizen Scientists will be offered training by experts in the field. There is no need to have any background knowledge or experience in this topic – everyone is welcome to join, no matter your age, studies or profession!

The field surveys and the MPOMS-ID Club sessions shall take place at least once per month and you are free to attend all the sessions or a portion of them. During all these activities, you will be accompanied and guided by experts or experienced personnel.

Your contributions will be highly valued and you will also have opportunities to provide feedback on ways to improve the MPOMS for long-term success.

Benefits of participating in this project include:

• Gaining knowledge about pollinators and their taxonomy.
• Connecting with peers who share similar interests
• Collaborating directly with experts in the field.
• Contributing to the development of national pollinator records.
• Playing a key role in establishing the MPOMS for long-term success.
• Receiving formal acknowledgment as a Citizen Scientist, enhancing your CV.
• For Sixth Form students: MPOMS is recognized as a Systems of Knowledge
  project for partial fulfilment of the MATSEC exam.
• For University of Malta students: MPOMS is part of the Degree Plus scheme.