THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

2007-2013

European Commission - DG HOMENadège Monnot28 October 2010

EIF main features Help efforts made by MS as regards INTEGRATION OF THIRD

COUNTRY NATIONALS concrete actions to integrate newly arrived third-country nationals capacity building on integration policy in general

ALL MS PARTICIPATE, except DK. Opt-in from UK and IE

Focus on THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS legally staying in the MS (and therefore excludes : asylum seekers, refugees, undocumented migrants, …)

COMPLEMENTARITY with actions funded by local, regional, national levels and by the European Social Fund and the European Refugee Fund

EIF main features 50% max co-financing, except for implementation of

specific priorities (allow increase of co-financing from 50% to 75%)

825 Million € for 7 years 93 % (768 million) € for National Programmes distributed

among the MS and therefore implemented at national level 7 % max (57 million) € for Community Actions (transnational

projects and project of Community interest)

Main beneficiaries for 2007-2013 DE 129.4 Million Euro (16.9 %) UK 127.7 Million Euro (16.7%) ES 123.5 Million Euro (16.1 %) IT 95.5 Million Euro (12,5%).

NATIONAL MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMMES MS multiannual programme approved by the

Commission for 2007-2013 Follows Commission strategic guidelines

Implementation of actions designed to put the CBPs into practice.

Development of indicators and evaluation methodologies to assess progress, adjust policies and measures and to facilitate co-ordination of comparative Learning.

Policy capacity building, co-ordination and intercultural competence building in the Member States across the different levels and departments of government.

Exchange of experience, good practice and information on integration between the Member States

→ 3 priorities to be implemented – 1 and 2 compulsory

ANNUAL PROGRAMMES

Annual programmes detail actions to be funded (for 2.5 years)

APs 2007 and 2008 implemented AP 2009 and 2010 under implementation

intermediate report (results and qualitative/quantitative aspects of implementation to be produced by 31 December 2010

NATIONAL MULTIANNUAL PROGRAMMES

The strategic priorities reflect the challenges and needs in the MS integration as a two ways approach, civic orientation and

provision of information to TCN, adapatation of public and private services, improved capacity building with regards to language proficiency

Needs identified reflect mainly Priority 1 Shares between Priorities : 65/15/15/5 Strategic use of EIF differ from MS

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES – ACTIONS FUNDED

BY CONTENT Measures preventing language from being a barrier to

integration Provision of services to provide relevant information to TCN Actions on education Actions to support intercultural dialogue and intercultural

competencies Capacity building of all actors involved in integration of TCN Development of indicators evaluation measures

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES

BY TARGET GROUP ADDRESSED Actions aiming at specific target group such as

women, elderly, minors, or disabled people (15 MS) Measures specifically targeted at involving and

educating the host society

NATIONAL PROGRAMMES

BY STAGE AS REGARDS INTEGRATION PROCESS Predeparture measures (information about the MS,

language tuition) Measures upon arrival in the MS Actions for TCN already residing in the MS

MID TERM REVIEW

Objectives of the Fund are perceived as RELEVANT TO PROBLEMS AND NEEDS IDENTIFIED in integration policy at national level

Particular challenges - novel nature of the Fund- complex administrative and financial set up- underspending

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