Integration and inclusion at regional and local level

Closed

Programme Category

EU Competitive Programmes

Programme Name

Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2021-2027)

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.

Programme Details

Identifier Code

AMIF-2023-TF2-AG-CALL-02-LOCAL

Call

Integration and inclusion at regional and local level

Summary

The objective of the topic is to help develop and implement local integration strategies as well as increasing the effectiveness of migrants’ inclusion at regional and local level. Proposals that include the design of concrete good practices and their dissemination through transnational cooperation between relevant stakeholders in the development and implementation of local integration strategies will be considered particularly relevant.

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).

Call Total Budget

€8 000 000

Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan

90%

Grant amount: €1 000 000 – €2 000 000

Thematic 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

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.

Call Opening Date

17/01/2023

Call Closing Date

16/05/2023

National 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
Emailchadjieconomou@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.