Call: Reducing obstacles and promoting access to basic services for third-country nationals

Programme	AMIF - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
Acronym	AMIF
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "AMIF - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund"	The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) was set up to promote the efficient management of migration flows and the implementation, strengthening and development of a common Union approach to asylum and immigration. AMIF focuses specifically on the following objectives: Asylum strengthening and developing the Common European Asylum System by ensuring that EU legislation in this field is efficiently and uniformly applied Legal migration and integration supporting legal migration to EU States in line with the labour market needs and promoting the effective integration of non-EU nationals Return enhancing fair and effective return strategies, which contribute to combating irregular migration, with an emphasis on sustainability and effectiveness of the return process Solidarity making sure that EU States which are most affected by migration and asylum flows can count on solidarity from other EU States
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Description of programme "Union actions"	Description and objective of the assistance to be provided: Enhance solidarity by ensuring consistency and complementarity with EU humanitarian assistance, by providing additional support to address emergency situations of heavy migratory pressure in Member States or third countries, or in the event of mass influx of displaced persons Support ad hoc humanitarian admission programmes aimed at allowing temporary stay on the territory of a Member State in the event of an urgent humanitarian crisis in third countries.
Call	Reducing obstacles and promoting access to basic services for third-country nationals
Description of call "Reducing obstacles and promoting access to basic services for third-country nationals "	The objective of this topic is to improve access to basic services for third-country nationals (TCNs), by identifying and reducing obstacles to access services in one or several of the following areas: • Health care, including mental health, psychological support, COVID-19 related information and support, • Labour market, especially access to public employment services and to vocational training, • Social security benefits, • Housing, • Financial literacy and access to financial services, • Continuous education from primary to tertiary levels. In particular the aim is to improve the quality and availability of information on accessing these services, the capacity of service providers to deal with TCNs, addressing language, cultural and other possible barriers in accessing these services. Consequently, proposals should include a “multi-stakeholder approach” and ensure the involvement of the relevant actors.
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Thematic Focus	Children & Youth, Education & Training, Demographic Change, Migration, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional Cooperation, Clustering, Development Cooperation, Economic Cooperation
Funding area	Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige United Kingdom
Origin of Applicant	Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige United Kingdom
Eligible applicants	Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Research Institution, Public Services, National Government, University, Association, NGO / NPO
Applicant details	Union Agencies and natural persons are not eligible neither as applicants nor as co-applicants
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	Applications must involve a partnership of at least five distinct organisations from at least five different Member States participating in the AMIF
Project duration max	36 months
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	Budget: 6 million € Budget per project: 750 000 € - 1,5 million € Co-financing rate: max. 90%
Submission	Online via Funding & Tenders Portal
Contact Details	https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/who-we-are/contact-us/contact_us2