European Refugee Fund Community Actions

Overview

The European Refugee Fund distribute 90% of its funding via Member States with the Commission maybe using up to 10% of the Fund's remaining resources to finance "transnational actions or actions of interest to the Community as a whole concerning asylum policy and measures applicable to the target groups referred to in Article 6". These groups include third country natianals and stateless persons under various guises.

Who can apply

The call for proposals is open to national, regional and local authorities, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), public or private bodies, university departments, research centres and international organisations.

1. Actions should be implemented through the coordination of a partnership. Since these actions are trans-national, the partnership must include at least three organisations (the applicant and two partners).
2. Applicants and their partners must be registered in any of the 26 Member States participating in the European Refugee Fund (all the EU Member States except Denmark).
3. The applicant and partners must be from at least three different EU Member States
4. Proposals must be submitted by a legal person, i.e. the co-ordinator, who carries out the project with at least two distinct legal entities.
5. The call for proposals is open to organisations working on a non-profit basis and with proven experience and expertise in the fields covered, taking into account their respective competences.

Funding

• Budget available for this call for proposals is €2,107,020.
• The requested amount of ERF financial support per project can not exceed 90% of the total eligible cost.
• The maximum amount of EC contribution per project is fixed at €2,000,000 if the applicant is a National Authority or the UNHCR and at €750,000 for other applicants;
• The minimum amount is fixed at €300,000 for any applicant.

Priorities Proposals must address at least one of the five priorities.

• Priority 1: Improving the quality of asylum decision-making and the continuing development of the capacity of stakeholders, including Member State authorities, UNHCR and nongovernmental actors, in the asylum field.
• Priority 2: Improving the efficiency and the fairness of the Dublin system.
• Priority 3: Enhancing solidarity mechanisms between the Member States and in particular assisting those Member States which are faced with particular pressures on their national asylum systems
• Priority 4: Promoting common measures to address specific needs of vulnerable groups among asylum seekers and persons benefiting from international protection, in particular of those who are unaccompanied minors, with a view to implement the EU Action Plan on Unaccompanied Minors
• Priority 5: Promoting the integration of persons benefiting from international protection.