Objectives

The objective of this topic is to improve access to basic services for TCNs, by identifying and reducing obstacles to access services in one or several of the following areas:

• Health care, including mental health, psychological support, COVID-19 related information and support,
• Labour market, especially access to public employment services and to vocational training,
• Social security benefits,
• Housing,
• Financial literacy and access to financial services,
• Continuous education from primary to tertiary levels.

In particular the aim is to improve the quality and availability of information on accessing these services, the capacity of service providers to deal with TCNs, addressing language, cultural and other possible barriers in accessing these services. Consequently, proposals should include a "multi-stakeholder approach" and ensure the involvement of the relevant actors.

Actions

Actions funded under this topic can focus on providing one specific basic service or on a transversal approach to accessing the basic services referred to in the previous section.

Actions can also include the organisation of trainings, conferences, webinars as well as mapping and research.

Proposals should include one or more of the following actions (non-exhaustive list):

• The development and testing of local one-stop-shops to provide information and orientation to a wide range of services, e.g. housing, health care, education, etc.;
• Mechanisms and/or structures to provide effective access to a specific service, such as health care, education, social housing, provision of training for staff in contact with TCNs, e.g. doctors, nurses, teachers, social assistants, interpreters, and administrative staff;
• Setup of cooperation amongst relevant actors relating to innovative tools and/or methods to provide mental health and psychological support to TCNs, especially victims of violence, trauma and/or torture;
• Preparation and provision of adequate language and support courses for TCNs who have the necessary qualifications to access vocational or higher education programmes;
• Support to access to housing through information mechanisms regarding available properties and mediation between TCNs and landlords to facilitate access to housing, especially concerning private housing, which can supplement social housing if shortages occur;

Outcomes

Proposals should focus on contributing to the achievement of the following outcomes:

• Develop approaches to facilitate access to basic services that can be adapted to local contexts;
• Mapping of obstacles to basic services for TCNs, including main obstacles preventing access to basic services;
• Improved access to comprehensive health care services for TCNs including mental health, women and children's health, taking into account cultural differences;
• Improved access to social security benefits for TCNs as well as to services facilitating labour market integration;
• Improved access to financial services for TCNs;
• Improved access to housing for TCNs by supporting them in their housing queries and helping to provide them with affordable accommodation based on their needs;
• Improved access to education for TCNs at all levels from primary to tertiary;
• Replicable methodology/projects/tools:
  • Improved access to health care services, housing, education, financial services, social welfare rights and/or labour market;
  • Improved coordination between relevant stakeholders;
• Improved  transnational  coordination  and  cooperation  between  the relevant stakeholders following the implementation of the projects' actions;

• Increased awareness of the obstacles faced by TCNs to access those services and the possible solutions by relevant actors across the EU.

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1. Eligibility of the applicants and co-applicants

All the applicants and co-applicants must fulfil the following eligibility requirements for applications to be eligible. To prove these eligibility requirements, applicants and co- applicants will have to provide the relevant information and upload necessary documents showing their legal status in the Participant Register.

1. Legal Status

The following entities can apply as lead applicants:

• Public bodies for all topics of this call for proposals,
• Non-profit-making private entities for all topics of this call for proposals,
• Profit making entities for topic AMIF-2020-AG-CALL-04 and 06,
• International organisations³² for topic AMIF-2020-AG-CALL-04 and 06. The following entities can apply as co-applicants:
• Public bodies for all topics of this call for proposals,
• Non-profit-making private entities for all topics of this call for proposals,
• Profit making entities for topics AMIF-2020-AG-CALL-01, 02, 04 and 06
• International organisations³³ for topics AMIF-2020-AG-CALL-04 and 06. The following are not eligible, neither as applicants nor as co-applicants:
• Union Agencies,
• Natural persons.

Affiliated entities, i.e. legal entities having a legal or capital link with applicants, shall take part in the action as individual co-applicants in order to declare eligible costs unless they are affiliated to a public body.

1. Country of establishment

With the exception of international organisations, applicants and co-applicants must be established in the following countries to be eligible:

• The Member States of the European Union with the exception of Denmark ("Member States participating in AMIF").

Totla Budget : 6.000.000€

1. How to apply:

Proposals must be submitted by the deadline indicated in section 3 via the Electronic Submission System. Open calls are published on the calls for proposals page.

Before submitting a proposal both the applicant and co-applicants must be registered via the Participant Register and obtain the 9-digit Participant Identification Code (PIC) (one for each organisation).

In submitting a proposal, the applicant accepts the procedures and conditions as described in this call for proposals and in the documents to which it refers.

No modification of the application is allowed once the deadline for submission has elapsed. However, if there is a need, the evaluation committee on behalf of the authorising officer may correct obvious clerical errors in application documents upon confirmation of the intended correction by the applicant.

Applicants will be informed in writing about the results of the evaluation process.

1. Related documents

The following documents are available via the Electronic Submission System:

• Application form (Submission Form Part A and Part B),
• Required annex - Audit Report, if applicable,
• Model Grant Agreement,
• Guide for Applicants.