Background information

The General Secretariat of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs and the Integration Department of the Ministry for Family, Integration and the Greater Region are jointly launching a call for projects in the framework of the implementation of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF), which defines the actions to be co-financed and the conditions for submitting an application for co-financing.

Content of measure

The call for projects is addressed to private non-profit organisations and bodies, public institutions as well as professional chambers and aims at financing projects around two axes of intervention:

1. Common European Asylum System:

• Project(s) to develop information, guidance and training for pregnant women and parents
• Project(s) for prevention / awareness raising / strengthening of mental health through leisure activities (sport, art, etc.)

2. Legal migration and integration:

• Promotion of exchange and dialogue between the target group and the host society and awareness-raising activities
• Capacity building: design and implementation of a training cycle on cultural awareness.

The call provides for the financing of projects with a maximum overall budget of €1.5 million:

• Project(s) for the development of information, guidance and training for pregnant women and parents (€250,000)
• Project(s) for prevention / awareness raising / strengthening of mental health through leisure activities (sport, art, etc.) (€250,000)
• Promotion of exchange and dialogue between the target group and the host society and awareness-raising activities (€600,000)
• Capacity building: design and implementation of a cycle of cultural awareness training (€400,000).

Use of measure

No information available yet.

Target groups

Workers	Businesses	Citizens
Does not apply to workers	Does not apply to businesses	Migrants or refugees

Actors and funding

Actors	Funding
National government	National funds

Social partners

Social partners' role in designing the measure and form of involvement:

	Trade unions	Employers' organisations
Role	Informed	Informed
Form	Not applicable	Not applicable

Social partners' role in the implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:

• Social partners jointly
• Main level of involvement: N/A

Involvement

Associations, private organisations, public institutions, professional chambers and training/research institutes can participate and respond to the call for projects.

Views and reactions

No information on the reaction of social partners is available.

Sectors and occupations

This case is not occupation-specific.

Sources

• 13 May 2022: Call for projects in the framework of the implementation of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF (gouvernement.lu)