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Promoting community sponsorship schemes and integration of persons in need of protection

Funding ProgramAsylum, Migration and Integration Fund
Call numberAMIF-2023-TF2-AG-CALL-01-SPONSORSHIP
deadlinesOpening
17.01.2023		Deadline
16.05.2023 17:00
date - 2nd stageOpening
02.02.2023
Funding rate90%
Call budget € 8,000,000.00
Estimated EU contribution per projectbetween € 1,000,000.00 and € 2,000,000.00
Link to the callec.europa.eu
Link to the submissionec.europa.eu

Call content

short description

As part of the ongoing EU efforts to provide more safe and legal pathways for displaced persons in need of international protection, the European Commission encouraged Member States to explore and expand community sponsorship schemes as a way to underpin resettlement, humanitarian admission and other complementary pathways. Community sponsorship schemes can help Member States increase the number of admission places, addressing key challenges that might hinder the effective upscaling of existing programmes, such as reception needs.

Call objectives

The general objective of this topic is to increase the impact and the sustainability of community sponsorships as regards numbers of persons in need of international protection covered, the effectiveness of integration of the persons in need of international protection and should also enhance the quality of the programmes. 

This general objective can be achieved by supporting actions aiming at mobilising local support and building strong partnerships between key stakeholders that are pursuing one or more of the following specific objectives:

  • developing community sponsorship activities that focus on housing solutions; 
  • expanding the number of Member States that operate community sponsorship programmes; 
  • increasing the number, quality and commitment of sponsors, who are at the core of community sponsorship programmes;
  • promoting a higher diversity of sponsors, with a particular emphasis on mobilising diaspora communities in the Member States.

All projects should foster transnationality and knowledge sharing via: 

  • peer-to-peer learning between Member States building on the knowledge of experienced Member States; 
  • testing new ways of working through the adaptation of existing tools, looking at what works on the ground and at synergies between different stakeholders (national-regional-local; private-public).

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Expected effects and impacts

Proposals should include one or more of the following activities (non-exhaustive list):

  • activities developing the complementarity between the reception capacities of Member States and the housing offer provided through community sponsorship;
  • information and awareness-raising campaigns for possible sponsors with a special emphasis on diverse target groups (including age, gender, ethnic background, socio-economic background, urban/rural settings) and mobilising diaspora communities;
  • activities related to:
    • the selection and recruitment of sponsors, vetting procedures etc.;
    • the role and involvement of diaspora, particularly in the role of facilitator, intermediary actors and cultural mediators;
    • improvement of the matching of sponsors with people in need of international protection;
    • support activities towards sponsors, including training, regular information provision, mediation services, training of organisations to develop and increase the skills necessary to manage the sponsors in the above mentioned areas;
    • mobilising local support and build strong partnerships between key stakeholders, such as national and local authorities, local communities, diasporas, foundations and other private sponsors in recruiting sponsors and increasing their diversity.
  • pilot projects for new sponsors and the evaluation of lessons learnt from their first sponsorship experience;

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Expected results

The expected outcome is the creation of more resilient and crisis-proof resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes via strengthening of the support to, among others, public-private partnerships at local and national level for the community sponsorship schemes rich in numbers and profiles of sponsors. Through the implementation of this topic the European Commission aims to achieve: 

  • higher number of sponsors for people in need of international protection; 
  • increased diversity of profiles among sponsors, in terms of socio economic and migration background and in terms of geographical location (including in particular rural areas); a particular focus should be on mobilising diaspora communities; 
  • strengthened support at the local and national level for the development of community sponsorships, particularly though building effective partnerships between relevant stakeholders, both in the public (national, regional, local authorities) and in the private sector (besides civil society also foundations, businesses etc.).

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Regions / countries for fundingEU Member States, Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT)
eligible entitiesEducation and training institution, International organization, Non-Profit Organisation (NPO) / Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Other, Private institution, incl. private company (private for profit), Public Body (national, regional and local; incl. EGTCs), Research Institution incl. University, Small and medium-sized enterprise (SME)
Mandatory partnershipYes
Project Partnership

Proposals must be submitted by:

  • minimum three applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities) from three different participating Member States
  • the following entities can NOT apply as coordinator: 
    • profit making entities

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

Specific cases:

  • Natural persons are NOT eligible (with the exception of selfemployed persons, i.e. sole traders, where the company does not have legal personality separate from that of the natural person).
  • International organisations are eligible and can be coordinators. International organisations can participate as co-beneficiaries regardless of their geographical location. As a result, their geographical location is irrelevant and in analogy, being based in an eligible country cannot be taken into consideration in calculating the minimum of countries within a partnership. The rules on eligible countries do not apply to them.
  • Entities which do not have legal personality under their national law may exceptionally participate, provided that their representatives have the capacity to undertake legal obligations on their behalf, and offer guarantees for the protection of the EU financial interests equivalent to that offered by legal persons.
  • EU bodies (with the exception of the European Commission Joint Research Centre) can NOT be part of the consortium.
  • Entities composed of members may participate as ‘sole beneficiaries’ or ‘beneficiaries without legal personality'. Please note that if the action will be implemented by the members, they should also participate (either as beneficiaries or as affiliated entities, otherwise their costs will NOT be eligible).
other eligibility criteria

Financial support to third parties is not allowed.

Additional information

Topics
Administration & Governance, Institutional Capacity & Cooperation, 
Demographic Change, European Citizenship, Migration, 
Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion, 
Justice, Safety & Security
Relevance for EU Macro-RegionEUSAIR - EU Strategy for the Adriatic and Ionian Region, EUSALP - EU Strategy for the Alpine Space, EUSBSR - EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region, EUSDR - EU Strategy for the Danube Region
UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs)
project durationmax. 36 months
Additional Information

Proposals must be submitted electronically via the Funding & Tenders Portal Electronic Submission System (accessible via the Topic page in the Search Funding & Tenders section). Paper submissions are NOT possible.

Proposals (including annexes and supporting documents) must be submitted using the forms provided inside the Submission System ( NOT the documents available on the Topic page — they are only for information).

Proposals must be complete and contain all the requested information and all required annexes and supporting documents:

  • Application Form Part A — contains administrative information about the participants (future coordinator, beneficiaries and affiliated entities) and the summarised budget for the project (to be filled in directly online)
  • Application Form Part B — contains the technical description of the project (to be downloaded from the Portal Submission System, completed and then assembled and re-uploaded)
  • mandatory annexes and supporting documents (to be uploaded):
    • detailed budget table: not applicable
    • CVs of core project team: not applicable
    • activity reports of last year: not applicable
    • lis of previous projects (key projects for the last 4 years): template available in part B but to be submitted as a separate annex

Proposals are limited to maximum 50 pages (Part B without annexes).

Call documents AMIF Call for proposals 2023-TF2-AG-EN (1553kB)

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