Integration and inclusion at regional and local level
Summary
The Fund aims to further boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between Member States, in particular through emergency assistance and the relocation mechanism.
Programme Name
Programme Description
The Fund aims to further boost national capacities and improve procedures for migration management, as well as to enhance solidarity and responsibility sharing between Member States, in particular through emergency assistance and the relocation mechanism.
Call
Detailed Call Description
Proposals should include one or more of the following activities (non-exhaustive list):
- design and implementation of local integration strategies with concrete objectives (e.g. speeding up access to services, help with finding employment etc.);
- trainings, including language learning and vocational training, workshops and mutual learning activities on good practice on specific integration topics;
- volunteering, “buddying” and mentoring activities with concrete objectives (e.g. help with education/studies, language learning, finding employment or launching self-employment activities etc.);
- training of cultural mediators or interpreters who will accompany migrants through the integration process;
- creation of know-how and best practices on integration with concrete objectives that will be upscaled and disseminated through specific activities (to be elaborated in the proposals);
- creation of rural partnerships that will work on concrete outcomes (to be defined in the proposals) to ensure inclusion and integration of migrants in rural areas.
Proposals may include other activities beyond those listed above. Applicants should clearly demonstrate how all proposed activities will help achieve the specific objectives outlined above and which aspect of integration they will be targeting (housing, education, health or employment).
Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
90%
Grant amount: €1 000 000 – €2 000 000
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Development and implementation of the related activities should be based on a comprehensive approach through effective consultation and cooperation with relevant stakeholders, such as local and regional authorities, national public authorities, economic and social partners, employers, social economy actors and civil society organisations, including migrant associations and local communities that should provide, to the extent possible, their views and experiences.
All proposed consortia should directly involve local and regional authorities as applicants or co-applicants. Moreover, they should include key partners relevant for the achievement of the objectives such as migrants, diaspora communities and migrant-led organisations, civil society organisations, economic and social partners, as appropriate.
In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:
- be legal entities (public or private bodies)
- be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
- EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)),
- excluding Denmark, countries associated to the AMIF or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.
Consortium composition
- Proposals must be submitted by a consortium of at least 5 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities), from 5 different eligible countries.
- profit making entities, international organisations can NOT apply as coordinators.
Programme Category
EU Competitive ProgrammesTotal Budget
€8 000 000Thematic Categories
- Migration and Citizenship
Eligibility for Participation
- Central Government
- Educational Institutions
- Employers
- Legal Entities
- Local Authorities
- Local Authority clusters
- NGOs
- Non Profit Organisations
- Other Beneficiaries
- Parliamentary Bodies
- Private Bodies
- Semi-governmental organisations
- State-owned Enterprises
- Training Centres
Call Opening Date
17/01/2023Call Closing Date
16/05/2023National Contact Point(s)
Ministry of Interior
Contact persons
Doris Constantinou
Administrative Officer
Telephone: 22 409904
Email: dconstantinou@moi.gov.cy
Christina Hadjieconomou
Administrative Officer
Telephone: 22 409944
Email: chadjieconomou@papd.mof.gov.cy
(Publish Date: 14/03/2023-for internal use only)
EU Contact Point
Migration and Home Affairs
Telephone: +3222991111 (Commission switchboard)
Email: home-amifunion-actions@ec.europa.eu.