“European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals 2007-2013" (deadline 3 maart 2010)


The call for proposal 2009 of the Programme “European Fund for the Integration of Third-Country Nationals 2007-2013” has three main priorities, linked to relative specific objectives:
 Priority 1: Gather public and migrant perceptions and develop a more comprehensive understanding of the integration processes;
 Priority 2: Promote integration measures targeting young population and addressing specific gender issues;
 Priority 3: Promote the role of civil society organisations and the local authorities in shaping integration strategies.


Proposals must have all the following criteria:
- The grant application and the annexes must have been submitted by the deadline set for the call through Priamos (on-line application tool);
- The applicant and its partners must be national, regional and local authorities, Non Governmental Organisations, public or private bodies (including university departments, research centres) as well as international organisations. The call for proposals is open only to organisations working on a non profit basis.
- The applicant and its partners must be registered in any of the 26 Member States participating in the European Fund for the Integration of third-country nationals (EU Member States except Denmark). This is not applicable for international organisations.
- Proposals must be composed of partners from at least FIVE Member States involved in the European Integration Fund (the Member State where the applicant is registered counts for the compliance with the minimum number of Member States involved);
- The partnership must be composed of at least FIVE distinct and independent organisations (the coordinator plus its partners);
- Respect the ceiling on the percentage contribution and maximum and minimum grant amount set out in section 6 above;
- Respect the maximum project duration (18 months);
- The grant application must have been submitted on the forms supplied by the European Commission;
- Contain all the elements and documents defined in the application form (including annexes and documents requested by the checklist included in the application form). If a document appearing on the checklist is either unavailable or not relevant, please say so and give the reason why.


Total budget: 4.580.000 EUR;
Amount of the grant: Union funding per project will not exceed 750.000 € nor be less than 200.000 €;
The amount of grant per project cannot exceed 80.00% of the total eligible costs.
Maximum project duration should be 18 months. All projects shall have begun by 31 December 2010.

Contact:
Unioncamere del Veneto – Delegazione di Bruxelles    
Avenue de Tervueren 67 – B – 1040 Bruxelles 
Tel. +32 2 5510490 -  Fax. +32 2 5510499/
bxl@ven.camcom.it

Meer info over de call: http://ec.europa.eu/justice_home/funding/integration/docs/call_for_proposal_2009/call_proposals_2009_en.pdf