AMIF 2030
Get to know the Asylum Fund,
Migration and Integration 2030
What it is
The European Commission has approved the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund Programme (AMIF 2030) for the next programming period 2021-2027. Through this programme, Portugal has 74.5 million euros available to finance investments in the area of managing migratory flows.
The FAMI 2030 programme aims to: strengthen the asylum and reception system; encourage legal migration and promote the socio-economic inclusion of third country nationals; fight irregular migration and improve the efficiency, safety and dignity of return and readmission; and increase solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibilities between member states.
How it applies
The amount available in the programme is distributed among specific objectives and technical assistance.
The conditions to be met by those wishing to apply are defined in the general regime for the application of European funds and in the calls for tenders.
AMIF beneficiaries
- Public authorities (national, regional and local)
- Non-governmental organisations
- International organisations
- Refugee organisations and migrant-led organisations
- Employer or employee associations (social partners?)
- Higher education institutions and research centres
Relevant beneficiaries will be defined in each call for proposals.
Strategic objectives
The AMIF 2030, aligned with European Union priorities, is structured into four specific objectives:
Asylum
Investing in the efficiency of international protection procedures, in the improvement of services provided by reception facilities, in the supervised autonomy of unaccompanied minors and in alternative measures to detention.
Return
Investing in voluntary returns and reintegration in the countries of origin, in countering irregular migration, in the upgrade of temporary installation facilities and in the monitoring of forced returns.
Legal migration and integration
Supporting wider equity in the access to goods and services, integration and active participation in the Portuguese society, labour mobility, family reunification, Portuguese language training, acquisition of digital and other relevant skills for the integration in the national labour market.
Solidarity
Supporting cooperation with third countries, through resettlement and other legal avenues to protection, and solidarity between Member States, through the transfer of applicants or beneficiaries of international protection.
Areas to support
Asylum
Strengthening and developing all aspects of the Common European Asylum System, including its external dimension.
Main initiatives
- Qualification of the national asylum service
- Reception facilities
- Legal, psychosocial, financial and medical support and access to essential goods
- Promotion of mental health
- Portuguese culture and language courses
- Access to housing
- Community centres and street teams, including supervised autonomy of unaccompanied minors
- Alternative measures to detention
- Awareness raising among the host society and increment of the reception institutional network
- Human resources development, studies and best practice sharing events
Return
Contributing to countering irregular migration, enhancing effective, safe and dignified return and readmission, and promoting and contributing to effective initial reintegration in third countries.
Main initiatives
- Temporary accommodation facilities or similar infrastructures
- Alternative measures to detention
- Forced return – removal measures, monitoring and information systems
- Voluntary return and reintegration in the countries of origin
- Countering irregular migration – inspection and supervision, awareness raising and information
- Victims of human trafficking
- Human resources development, studies and best practice sharing events
Legal migration and integration
Strengthening and developing legal migration to the Member States in accordance with their economic and social needs, and promoting and contributing to the effective integration and social inclusion of third-country national.
Main initiatives
- Portuguese language training
- Non formal education
- Intercultural education in schools
- Mentoring programmes
- Employability
- Family reunification
- Contact centre
- Labour mobility
- Access to housing
- Human resources development, studies and best practice sharing events
- Local centres for migrants’ integration
- Municipal plans for migrants’ integration
Solidarity
Enhancing solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility among the Member States, in particular as regards those most affected by migration and asylum challenges, including through practical cooperation
Main initiatives
- Reinstallation
- Admission for humanitarian reasons
- Relocation
- Bilateral agreements
- Training of human resources, studies and events to share good practices
Financial Programming
Distribution by Specific Objectives and Technical Assistance
Financial Programming
Distribuição por Objetivos Específicos e Assistência Técnica
Governance Model
Monitoring Committee
The Monitoring Committee is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Programme and comprises a diversified range of public and private bodies, observing the partnership principle underlying the life cycle of AMIF 2030 Programme.
The Committee approves the methodology and criteria used for the selection of operations, the annual performance reports , evaluation and communication plans, as well as any proposal by the Managing Authority for the amendment of the AMIF 2030 Programme.
The Committee examine the progress in the Programme implementation and the achievement of its objectives, the contribution of the Programme to tackling the challenges identified in the relevant country-specific recommendations, the progress made in carrying out evaluations, the accomplishment of communication and promotion of notoriety actions and the fulfilment of enabling conditions and their application. The Committee may also address recommendations to the Managing Authority arising from the monitoring of the various measures and interventions they are responsible for, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the Programme.
Rules of Procedure of the FAMI 2030 Monitoring Committee
List of members of the FAMI 2030 Monitoring Committee
6th written consultation with the Monitoring Committee | 20 March 2024
- Annual Performance Report 2023 approved
- Approval of the proposal to amend the programme approved by the European Commission in decision c(2022) 9332 final of 08/12/2022, as amended by decision C(2023)7348 of 23 October.
5ª Consulta escrita ao Comité de Acompanhamento | 31 de janeiro de 2024
4th written consultation with the Monitoring Committee | 7th December 2023
- Application Selection Methodology and Criteria, approved version 0.4
- FAMI 2030 Communication Strategy and Plan approved
- FAMI 2030 Evaluation Plan approved
2nd Meeting of the Monitoring Committee | 2nd October 2023
- Summary of the 2nd Monitoring Committee meeting
- Presentation of the 2nd meeting of the Monitoring Committee
- Application Selection Methodology and Criteria, approved version 0.3