The EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) which was set up to strengthen solidarity and responsibility-sharing between the Member States and in cooperation with third countries, has released multiple calls for proposals relating to the integration of Third-Country Nationals. The aims of AMIF are to support actions that contribute to the efficient management of migration flows and the development and implementation of a common Union approach to asylum and immigration.
- Call for Proposals: Raising Awareness on migrant’s contribution to EU societies.
The objective of this call is to support awareness raising projects aiming at:
– Highlighting the positive contribution of migrants to our societies
– Communicating real facts about asylum and migration and combatting stereotypes
– Contributing to giving a voice to third-country nationals in the public debate on migration and integration.
Projects should in particular aim at providing clearer facts on migration and integration to fill the knowledge gap among EU citizens, and to build a positive narrative and attitudes.
More information can be found on the call for proposals web page.
- Call for Proposals: Community building at local level for integration including through volunteering activities
This call for proposals aims to support projects that include a volunteering component, involving EU citizens and third-country nationals. This can include projects that create a synergy with the European Solidarity Corps. The objective of this call are to:
– Support community building activities aiming at the integration of third country nationals at local level
– Promote exchanges between third-country and host-country nationals at local level
Building partnerships and cooperation among all the actors involved in promoting integration at community level.
More information can be found on the call for proposals web page.
- Call for Proposals: Pre-departure and post-arrival support for the integration of persons in need of international protection who are being resettled from a third country including through volunteering activities
To enable full, efficient and sustainable integration of resettled persons, integration measures in the pre- and post-arrival phases should be properly linked and co-ordinated. The objectives of this priority are to support:
– Pre-departure activities aimed at preparing resettled third country nationals for their life in the new country and managing their expectations; as a first step in the integration process, these should serve as a basis for subsequent post-arrival activities
– Post-arrival activities, especially building on and deepening pre-departure activities, ensuring first reception, and enabling effective integration of resettled people
– Capacity-building in the receiving communities, including through the promotion of structured co-operation and partnership among national, regional and local actors, ranging from national administrations to NGOs, associations, refugee organisations, religious institutions, municipalities, volunteer networks, schools, universities, service-providers, potential employers and others.
Special attention should be paid to the gender dimension, rights of the child, and vulnerabilities of resettled persons.
More information can be found on the call for proposals web page.
- Call for Proposals: Promote the swift integration of third-country nationals into the labour market through strengthened cooperation and mobilisation of employers and social and economic partners
This call stems from the view that promoting transnational projects and partnerships to foster integration of third-country nationals in the labour market is of prime importance regarding effective integration. The objectives are therefore to:
– Promote early and effective integration in the labour market of third-country nationals, by creating effective transnational partnerships with all actors concerned to foster the development of tools, methods, capacity building and experience exchanges
– Raise awareness about the conditions for early and effective labour market integration of third-country nationals, as well as of its economic and social benefits and mobilise employers and other key actors to become active on this topic.
More information can be found on the call for proposals web page.
- Call for Proposals: Integration of victims of trafficking in human beings:
Recent figures from the International Organisation for Migration estimate a sharp increase in the number of potential victims of trafficking for sexual abuse or exploitation arriving in Italy. The objectives of this call are therefore to:
– Ensure that victims of trafficking receive appropriate assistance and support as soon as there are reasonable grounds to believe that the person is a victim of trafficking;
– Ensure gender-specific and child sensitive assistance and support measures, including taking into account specific needs of the victims
– Ensure integration of third country national victims of trafficking in the host society, taking into account the perspective of the victims and in view of finding durable solution.
Proposals should take a victim-centered approach and be gender-specific as relevant, and projects should be targeted, practical projects ensuring maximum tangible and demonstrable benefits and impacts on the lives of victims. Applicants are invited to consult previously funded projects, as well as relevant EU policies on trafficking.
You can find more information on the call for proposals web page.
In relation to all five Calls for Proposals as detailed above, the following dimensions should be considered by applicants: Gender mainstreaming, rights of the child mainstreaming, and equal employment opportunities. All proposals relevant to children are expected to respect child protection and safeguarding policies.
With respect to all the calls listed above, the deadline for applications will be 1st March 2018 (17:00 Brussels time)
Information sessions for potential applicants will be held on 15th December and 15th February, and the estimated start date for funded actions are to be November/December 2018.
Further information can be found on the available budget for all of the calls, as well as the eligible activities and applicants, through the full document on AMIF calls for proposals for projects relating to the integration of third-country nationals, and on the AMIF website.