High Commissioner of the Republic of Malta to the Republic of Seychelles
Dr. Omar Seguna is from Cospicua and was born on the 25th July 1977. He holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Sheffield. He also earned a Masters in Information Technology Degree. Omar Seguna works as an Education Officer for Digital Literacy within the Ministry for Education in Malta. He was a co-author of the Digital Education Strategy 2025-2030. He previously managed the prestigious “Embed” Digital Literacy Award and developed the directorate’s former website (https://digitalliteracy.skola.edu.mt/). Together with a working group he is drafting the Digital Learning Outcomes and also AI guidelines.
Seguna represents the Directorate for Digital Literacy and Transversal Skills within the Ministry for Education, Sport, Youth and Innovation in various European Schoolnet (EUN) working groups, including Digital Citizenship, Artificial Intelligence and the Innovative Classroom. For many years, he was part of the core consortium of BeSmartOnline!. He has actively promoted the SELMA Toolkit in Malta. Another successful European project in which he participated was the development of the Facts4All MOOC. Beyond Europe, he has also collaborated with the Asia-Europe Foundation on three occasions through ASEFClassNet (16, 17, and 18), with his projects successfully selected through a rigorous evaluation process. This enabled meaningful contributions to discussions on AI in education and digital citizenship, enriching the programme’s collaborative impact and advancing innovative educational practices.
He has organised and delivered numerous sessions on Microsoft 365 and other education online tools. He contributes as a lecturer, dissertation supervisor, assessor and researcher at the Institute for Education. Further to this, he delivers lectures on digital literacy for citizens through programmes organised by the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) and the Archdiocese of Malta.Seguna has 12 years’ experience as a teacher, and three years as an eLearning Support Teacher, working on several projects including Internet Safety and delivered several courses to adults including EU funded courses aimed to provide training in ICT as an entrepreneurial tool in business, for individuals who are employed with or own a microenterprise business, or are self-employed. He also served in the Information Management Unit for 2 years and was responsible for the logistics of the hardware refresh of desktops in school labs and offices.
Omar Seguna is a poet and published five books: “Mal-Ħoss Qawwi tar-ragħad” (2001), “24, Triq Ħad-Dwieli” (2011), “Xehir fis-skiet” (2019) and “Labirintimi” (2024) with Jesmond Sharples and prayer book “Nifs Spiritwali: Talb għal matul il-jum” (2025). Some of his writings also appeared in several anthologies including “Arkadja”, “Il silenzio della montagna e le voci del mare”, “Premi Letterari Citta’ Di Pontinia XIII Edizione”, “Kritika Prattika”, “Minn Fomm il-Kittieb”, “Raddiena ta’ lwien” and in several newspapers. Winner of several poetry contests organized by the Maltese Poets Society (2008, 2009), Citta’ di Pontinia (2008), Concorso letterario DE FINIBUS TERRAE (2022), 41° Concorso Internazionale di Poesia Città di Quarrata (2023), and also Premio Juan Montalvo (2014) with a photo. Other poems received an Honorary mention, amongst which “Il Sigillo del Silenzio” (Le muse del sale 2025) and “Il Desiderato inizio” (La Biglia Verde 2025). From 2013 till 2024 Seguna was the editor of the literary page of the popular local newspaper “It-Torċa”. He also erved as vice-president of the Maltese Poets Society and member of “Akkademja tal-Malti”, “Għaqda tal-Malti (Universita’), and The Writers Club. As from March 2024, Seguna was appointed as a member of the National Book Council, and currently serves as Deputy Chairperson. Omar Seguna is also a Knight of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, one of the most esteemed Catholic orders which falls under the direct protection of the Pope. He is married and father of three children.
Passionate about retro computers. Social Activist and interested particularly in narrowing the digital and social gap and environmental issues.
Diplomatic Work
Dwari
Dr. Omar Seguna gradwa fl-Universita’ ta’ Sheffield permezz ta’ Dottorat fl-Edukazzjoni u l-ispeċjalizzazjoni tiegħu hija dwar x’vantaġġi u sfidi pedagoġiċi joffru t-teknoloġiji portabbli bħala għodda diġitali edukattiva. Twieled Bormla fil-25 ta’ Lulju 1977. Studja fl-Universita’ ta’ Malta fejn kiseb Baċellerat bl-Unuri fl-Edukazzjoni, Baċellerat bl-Unuri fit-Teoloġija u l-Istudji Umani u Maġisteru fl-Informatika. Jaħdem bħala Uffiċjal Edukattiv fid-Direttorat tal-Litteriżmu diġitali fi ħdan il-Ministeru tal-Edukazzjoni. Minbarra “Labirintimi” (2024) u “Xehir fis-Skiet” (2019) huwa wkoll awtur tal-ktieb “Mal-Ħoss Qawwi tar-Ragħad”(2001), ġabra ta’ poeżiji b’daħla ta’ Ġuże’ Chetcuti u “24, Triq Ħad-Dwieli” (2011), ġabra ta’ poeżiji b’daħla ta’ Mario Azzopardi akkumpanjata minn ktieb interattiv fil-format ta’ CD. Bosta kitbiet tiegħu dehru wkoll f’bosta gazzetti u ġurnali oħra, kif ukoll f’xi antoloġiji varji. Fost ir-rikonoxximenti li ngħata Seguna nsibu l-ewwel premju, kategorija Poeżiji bit-Taljan, Konkors Nazzjonali tal-Poeżija organizzat mill-Għaqda Poeti Maltin fl-2008 u fl- 2009 kif ukoll Citta’ di Pontinia (2008). Huwa wkoll membru ta’ diversi għaqdiet letterarji fosthom l-Akkademja tal-Malti, l-Għaqda tal-Malti (Universita’) u għal numru ta’ snin serva bħala Viċi President tal-Għaqda Poeti Maltin. F’Marzu tal-2024 Seguna nħatar bħala membru tal-Kunsill Nazzjonali tal-Ktieb. Seguna huwa wkoll l-Editur Letterarju tal-ġurnal it-Torċa. Miżżewweġ lil Mary Grace u huwa missier ta’ tliet itfal.
Dilettant ta’ kompjuters retro. Attivist soċjali u interessat speċjalment fit-tnaqqis tad-differenzi soċjali u diġitali, u temi ambjentali.
