Call for proposals
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund - “Integration of Third-Country Nationals” –
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE
Objective and description
New
topics have been opened for submission of proposals under the Asylum,
Migration and Integration Fund within the call for proposals
“Integration of Third-Country Nationals” – AMIF-2017-AG-INTE.
The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund aims at supporting
actions to contribute to the efficient management of migration flows
and the implementation, strengthening and development of a common Union
approach to asylum and immigration.
The call for proposals refers to the following topics:
- AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-01: Raising Awareness on migrant's contribution to EU Societies
Projects under this priority should focus at
highlighting the positive contribution of migrants to our societies;
Communicating real facts about migration and integration; Combating
stereotypes against third-country nationals; Contribute to giving a
voice to third-country nationals in the public debate on migration and
integration.
- AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-02: Community Building at local level for integration including through volunteering activities
Projects under this priority should focus at
supporting community building activities aiming at the integration of
third country nationals at local level; Promoting 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.
- AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-03:
Pre-departure and post-arrival support for the integration of persons
in need of international protection who are resettled from a third
country including through volunteering activities
Projects under this priority should focus at
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.
- AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-04:
Promote swift integration of TCNs into the labour market through
strengthened cooperation and mobilisation of employers and social and
economic partners
Projects under this priority should focus at promoting
early and effective integration in the labour market of third-country
nationals, by creating effective transnational partnerships with all
actors concerned and in particular social and economic partners,
employers, public and private employment services and national and local
authorities 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.
- AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-05: Integration of victims of trafficking in human beings
Projects under this priority should focus at ensuring
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.
Each project application submitted under the present Call for Proposals must address only one of
the aforementioned priorities. if an organisation wishes to address
more than one priority of the call, it needs to submit a separate
proposal under each Topic in the submission page.
Eligible activities
The following types of activities are eligible under this Call for Proposals:
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-01: Raising Awareness on migrant's contribution to EU Societies:
· projects in schools, sport clubs or youth clubs – targeting youth in particular;
· creation
of audio-visual campaigns, also to be distributed to the public at
large through the use of social media, which can include testimonies
from third-country nationals and EU citizens on their personal
experiences related to migration and integration;
· training
for media professionals on how to find and communicate real facts about
migration and the contribution of migrants to society;
· public communication campaigns by local or regional authorities.
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-02: Community Building at local level for integration including through volunteering activities:
· cultural
exchanges, in particular to promote culture and values of the receiving
society, European values and the culture of the country of origin,
including in the context of the 2018 European Year for Cultural
Heritage;
· volunteering
based activities in support of integration activities, involving EU
citizens and third-country nationals at the community/neighbourhood
level;
· sport, cultural and other educational activities;
· activities aiming at empowering migrants to participate in general community life.
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-03:
Pre-departure and post-arrival support for the integration of persons
in need of international protection who are resettled from a third
country including through volunteering activities:
· Pre-departure activities;
· Post-arrival activities;
· Activities to prepare host communities for the arrival of resettled people
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-04:
Promote swift integration of TCNs into the labour market through
strengthened cooperation and mobilisation of employers and social and
economic partners:
· Developing
measures or design schemes aiming to facilitate the labour market
integration of third-country nationals and in particular refugees;
· Exchanging
methods and practices on the different above-mentioned measures and
schemes and promoting capacity building related to labour market
integration of third-country nationals among employers, employers'
organisations, chambers of commerce and industries, trade unions and
migrants’ associations;
· Promoting
the "Employers together for integration" initiative and mobilising
employers to actively promote integration in their workforce and beyond.
AMIF-2017-AG-INTE-05: Integration of victims of trafficking in human beings:
· Actions
on assistance and support measures should address the needs of third
country nationals, especially women and children, including
unaccompanied children, who are victims of trafficking and have specific
needs (pregnancy, psychological trauma, physical injuries and age). It
is crucial that the measures incorporate a gender-specific approach and
are taken in view of finding durable solutions and take into account
individual assessment of the specific situation of the victims. Actions
should address: support during procedures before national authorities;
legal and medical assistance (including psychological support);
accommodation and other relevant assistance and support measures.
· Actions
related to the integration of third country nationals who are victims
of trafficking should, in particular, address the perspective of the
victims, with a view to assisting their integration in the host society.
This should include, but not be limited to, possibilities for
education, vocational training and apprenticeship programmes; job
placement services; income generating activities; and specialized family
or dependant support. A gender-specific approach to such actions is
considered important.
Eligible applicants
Applicants and co-applicants must be legal persons established in an EU Member State, with the exception of Denmark.
1. Public
bodies (including local authorities, public employment services, youth
services and education institutions) or entities working on a non-profit
basis;
2. International organisations may be established outside of the Member States of the European Union participating in AMIF.
3. Applications related to priorities 1, 2, 3 and 4
may be submitted by international organisations, which may be also
co-applicants in these cases. International organisations cannot submit
applications related to priority 5 or be co-applicants for these
applications;
4. Union agencies can be neither Applicants or Co-applicants;
5. For-profit organisations established in a Member State participating in AMIF can participate as co-applicants in applications related to priorities 1, 2 and 4, but cannot act as lead applicants/coordinators. Their participation must be strictly on a non-profit basis.
6. For-profit organisations cannot submit applications related to priorities 3 and 5 or be coapplicants for these applications;
7. Applications related to priorities 1, 2, 3 and 4 must involve
a partnership of at least three distinct organisations from at least
two different Member States participating in the AMIF. Applications
related to priority 5 must involve a partnership of at least two
distinct organisations from at least two different Member States
participating in the AMIF;
Budget
The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 25 million, which is provisionally allocated as follows:
· Priority 1 – EUR 5 000 000
· Priority 2 – EUR 5 000 000
· Priority 3 – EUR 3 430 000
· Priority 4 – EUR 8 000 000
· Priority 5 – EUR 3 570 000
The EU grant is limited to a co-funding rate of 90% of the total eligible costs of the action.
For applications related to priorities 1, 2, 3 and 4, the grant amount requested must be between EUR 450,000 and EUR 1,000,000.
For applications related to priority 5, the grant amount requested must be between EUR 200,000 and EUR 500,000.
Deadline for proposals’ submission
The deadline for all topics is 1 March 2018, 17:00 (Brussels local time).
Applicants must submit their proposal electronically, following the link on the submission service.
Further information
Please find attached the corresponding call documents.
You can find more information at the following link: http://tinyurl.com/y927myr3
Kind regards,
Flora
Flora Stavropoulou
Junior Officer
European Office of Cyprus
Rue du Luxembourg 3, 2nd floor
B-1000, Brussels
Tel/Fax: +32 (0) 2 280 22 85
E-mail: eoc.brussels2@ucy.ac.cy
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