Call: Care for migrant minors, including unaccompanied minors

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
Link	Link to Programme
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	Care for migrant minors, including unaccompanied minors
Description of call "Care for migrant minors, including unaccompanied minors"	The aim of this call is to finance projects focusing on the exchange of good practices and/or provision of the necessary training to support the implementation/expansion/improvement of alternative care systems for unaccompanied children (such as family-based care, or foster care, or supervised independent housing arrangements) or of effective alternatives to detention of children in migration. Relevant key players (e.g. child protection agencies; ministries/authorities for children or social affairs; ...) have to be involved.
Link	Link to Call
Thematic Focus	Demographic Change, Migration, Capacity Building, Cooperation Networks, Institutional 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	Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, Association, NGO / NPO, National Government, International Organization
Applicant details	At least one public authority from the country/countries where the alternative care or alternatives to detention are implemented must be involved either directly as applicant or co-applicant or indirectly (for example, only as beneficiary of the exchanges of good practices or training). For-profit organisations can only participate as co-applicants on a non-profit basis in partnership with public entities or private non-profit organisations.
Project Partner	Yes
Project Partner Details	Applications must involve a partnership of at least two distinct organisations from at least two different Member States participating in the AMIF.
Project duration max	24 months
Type of Funding	Grants
Financial details	Budget: 1.2 million € Budget per project: 250 000 € - 600 000 € Co-financing rate: max. 90%
Submission	Electronic Submission System- Participant Portal
Contact Details	https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/who-we-are/contact-us/contact_us2