Call: Awareness raising and information campaigns on the risks of irregular migration in selected third countries
Programme: AMIF - Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund
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.
The present Call for Proposals aims at funding 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. The general objective 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.
Eligible applicants:
NGO / NPO, Public Services, Association, University, Enterprise (more than 250 employees or not defined), Lobby Group / Professional Association / Trade Union, Research Institution, International Organization, Education and Training Centres, Federal State / Region / City / Municipality / Local Authority, National Government, Other, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises, SMEs (between 10 and 249 employees), Microenterprises (fewer than 10 employees).
Project Partner Details: Consortium of at least two entities, covering a single third country (either Algeria, The Gambia, Guinea Conakry, Ivory Coast, Niger, Mali, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia).
Call opens - 22.12.2017
Call closes - 05.04.2018
Project duration max - 18 months
Type of Funding – Grant
Financial details:
total budget: 4,5 Mio. €
min. grant per project: 500 000 €
max. grant per project: 1 Mio. €
co-funding rate: 90%
Submission - Electronic Submission System- Participant Portal
Link: http://ec.europa.eu/research/participants/portal/desktop/en/opportunities/amif/topics/amif-2017-ag-info.html