Deadline: 5 April 2018
The European Commission is seeking proposals for its programme entitled “Awareness raising and information campaigns on the risks of irregular migration in selected third countries” with an aim to fund projects of information and awareness-raising campaigns in the area of migration in Algeria, The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Morocco, Senegal or Tunisia, aiming at preventing irregular migration and, in particular, migrant smuggling and trafficking of human beings, as defined in the AMIF Annual Work Programme for 2017.
The general objective of the present Call for Proposal is to contribute to the change of perceptions and behaviour of third country nationals pondering irregularly migrating to the EU and key influencers of their decisions.
Goals
The goal of this Call for Proposals is to support projects that pursue the following specific objectives:
- to provide trusted, factual, balanced information on the risks of irregular migration – during the journey (dangers of migrating irregularly) and after arrival (hardship of living in the EU irregularly and return), as well as on relevant legal alternatives of migration and on economic opportunities of staying in the country of origin;
- to empower credible voices in countering migrant smugglers’ narratives on irregular migration and the diasporas’ narratives on living irregularly in the EU;
- to strengthen multi-stakeholder cooperation between actors such as civil society organisations, researchers, media outlets, local state actors, diaspora and where relevant other stakeholders;
- to enhance the sustainability of communication activities and results of the campaign.
Funding Information
- The total budget earmarked for the co-financing of projects is estimated at EUR 4.500.000 (four and half million euro).
- The grant amount requested for each project proposal must be between a minimum amount of EUR 500.000 (five hundred thousand euro) and a maximum amount of EUR 1.000.000 (one million euro).
Eligibility Criteria
- All EU Member States, with the exception of Denmark.
- In order to be eligible for a grant, the Applicant and the Co-applicants must be:
- legal persons;
- established in a Member State participating in AMIF (this does not apply to international organisations);
- public bodies, non-public not-for-profit organisation, for-profit private entities if they work on a non-profit basis (real cost recovery) or international organisations.
- Union agencies can be neither Applicants nor Co-applicants.
- In order to be eligible for a grant, applications must be:
- submitted by a Consortium between at least two entities;
- seeking EU co-funding equal to or more than EUR 500 000 and equal to or less than EUR 1 000 000;
- scheduled to run for a maximum period of 18 months;
- Activities must not have started prior to the date of submission of the grant application.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply via given website.
Eligible Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
For more information, please visit Call for Proposals.