THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS 2007-2013

1. THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR THE INTEGRATION OF THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS 2007-2013 European Commission - DG HOME Nadège Monnot 28 October 2010

3. 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

4. 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%).

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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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