Call for Grant Proposals for the Programme Migration and Displacement 2023-2028

Deadline: 3-Sep-23

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a call for grant proposals for the programme Migration and Displacement 2023-2028.

Organisations with experience in the following fields can apply for funding:

• Capacity building of in-country partners active in the field of migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities and/or;
• Direct funding of in-country partners active in the field of migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities and/or;
• Meaningful participation of refugees or migrants in national and international policy influencing.

Objectives

• Objectives targeted by this grant policy framework:
  • Migration cooperation objectives
  • Applications aimed at migration cooperation must address at least one of the following objectives, through in-country partners and intervention strategies.
  • Protection of (vulnerable) migrants by in-country partners (through one of the following three objectives):
    • Migrants, including vulnerable migrants and (potential) victims of trafficking, and vulnerable members of host communities are provided with protection and assistance. This could include psychosocial assistance, temporary shelter and/or (legal) information and advice.
    • Communities are supported in responding against human trafficking and people smuggling. This may include setting up alert systems, improved access to justice and raising awareness about both the risks of human trafficking and people smuggling and prosecution.
    • Promoting an enabling environment for NGOs and human rights defenders advancing migrants’ rights. This may include coalition building, mobilising support in cases of criminalisation and protecting civil society organisations and migrants’ rights advocates.
  • In line with the priority countries for migration cooperation, activities should exclusively take place in or be aimed at least one of the following countries: Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sudan, Libya, Türkiye or Tunisia.
  • Prospects for refugees and host communities objectives
  • Applications aimed at prospects for refugees and host communities must address at least one of the following objectives, through in-country partners and intervention strategies.
    • Protection of refugees and internally displaced persons by in-country partners
    • Access to education and training for displaced persons and host communities through incountry partners
    • Promoting economic development and job opportunities through in-country partners
    • Access to improved services, facilities and information systems for displaced persons and host communities
  • In line with the geographic focus for prospects for refugees and host communities, activities should exclusively take place in or be aimed at least one of the following countries: Egypt, Ethiopia, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Pakistan, Sudan, Türkiye or Uganda.

Funding Information

• A total of €57 million is available for grants under Migration and Displacement 2023-2028. This amount will be divided between the two policy objectives as follows:
  • €12 million for applications aimed at migration cooperation;
  • €45 million for applications aimed at prospects for refugees and host communities.
• Duration: Activities should last a minimum of 36 months and a maximum of 60 months. Activities should start no later than January 1, 2024 and end no later than December 31, 2028.

Eligible Activities

• Capacity strengthening of in-country partners: Support partners provide guidance and advice to in-country partners in designing, establishing, deploying, implementing, managing, monitoring and evaluating activities linked to (one or more of) the objectives for migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities, based on the learning and support needs determined by in-country partners themselves.
• Direct funding of in-country partners: Support partners offer a financial contribution to in-country partners to benefit locally-led initiatives aimed at (one or more of) the objectives for migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities.
• Meaningful participation of refugees or migrants in national and international policy influencing: Support partners reinforce meaningful participation of refugees or migrants, helping to ensure that refugees or migrants can have their voices heard directly in national, international and institutional processes of policy making, adaptation, implementation and/or compliance.

Eligibility Criteria

• In this grant policy framework, a distinction is made between the following actors:
  • Target group: migrants, refugees, internally displaced persons and host communities.
  • In-country partners: Actors in the field of migration cooperation and/or prospects for refugees and host communities who are enabled by this grant policy framework to take on a larger and independent role in pursuing development objectives aimed at migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities.
    • These may include:
      • local NGOs based in the country for which the results of the planned activities are intended (not being country offices or sister organisations of northern NGOs),
      • local youth and women’s collectives,
      • local trade unions or
      • local religious organisations.
  • Support partners: Both southern and northern NGOs reinforcing and empowering in-country partners in carrying out their independent activities in migration cooperation and/ prospects for refugees and host communities.
• Of these three actors, only support partners are eligible for a grant under Migration and Displacement 2023-2028. Applicants (support partners) have to meet the following requirements. The organisation must:
  • have as its main activity/activities one or more of the intervention strategies listed in chapter 6 in the fields of migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities:
    • capacity strengthening of in-country partners;
    • direct funding of in-country partners;
    • meaningful participation of refugees or migrants in national and international policy influencing);
• have a proven track record in carrying out projects targeting the target group.
• Important: The applicant is not required to have a country office. For applications focused on migration cooperation, experience in and having a network in the country for which the grant is requested will be taken into account in the assessment.
• Applications made on behalf of a consortium are not eligible for a Migration and Displacement 2023-2028 grant.
• Organisations can qualify for up to one grant per policy objective – migration cooperation or prospects for refugees and host communities. If an organisation submits multiple applications for the same policy objective, only the application received first will be considered and any subsequent applications for the same policy objective will be rejected.

For more information, visit Call for Proposals.