Deadline: 29-Aug-22
The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman has launched a Call for Proposals seeking applications from suitably qualified organisations for funding of projects under the EIST Programme 2021-2027.
The funding is being made available under the EIST programme, which is jointly funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) and the Government of Ireland, for activities to address the integration and employment of Migrants.
This Activity is aimed at legally resident migrants who are experiencing barriers to participation and employment because of language difficulties, lack of training or social exclusion. The Activity proposes to increase the levels of employability of the participants. The Funds Administration Unit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth is issuing and managing the Call for Proposals.
The AMIF Fund is managed by the Funds Administration Unit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The Funds Administration Unit was designated to be the ‘Responsible Authority’ in Ireland for the AMIF by the Minister for Justice.
AMIF Objectives
The AMIF Fund will contribute to the achievement of four specific 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
Categories
The specific categories of persons targeted by this Activity are as follows: –
- Migrants (EEA) who are resident in Ireland
- Third Country Nationals with permission to enter employment in Ireland, including Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection fleeing the war in Ukraine.
Funding Information
- Up to €2.7 million may be committed under this call, over 3 years
- Funding will be made available through the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (60% EU-funded, 40% Exchequer funded for projects located in the Northern and Western NUTS II Region with 40% EU funding and 60% exchequer funding for projects in all other areas) over the period of the programme.
Eligibility Criteria
Third country nationals (Citizens of non-EU countries who are legally resident in Ireland)
- Refugees
- Eligible asylum seekers
- Under the capacity objective, actions may also target public authorities, civil society bodies and recipients of AMIF funding and the staff and volunteers of those entities
The National Programme includes examples of the types of actions that may be funded. Actions not specified in the National Programme may still be eligible for funding provided they address relevant Objective(s).
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