[WiLT] European Integration Fund - apply by 6th March 2009

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European Integration Fund - apply by 6th March 2009

Funding area: UK wide
Next Application Deadline: 06/03/2009

The European Integration Fund (EIF) aims to assist organisations in
setting up projects to support economic, social, cultural and
political integration of third-country nationals and encourage the
fulfilment of the conditions for permanent residence in the UK. The
fund is administered in the UK by the Home Office's UK Border Agency.

Approximately £5 million is available for projects lasting up to three
years.

The European Integration Fund is an expansion of the 2000 European
Refugee Fund and its objective is to support the efforts made by the
European Member States in enabling third country nationals of
different economic, social, cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic
backgrounds to fulfil the conditions of residence and to facilitate
their integration into European society.

The Fund aims to contribute to six main policy objectives:
* facilitation of the development and implementation of admission
procedures relevant to and supportive of the integration process of
third-country nationals;
* development and implementation of the integration process of
newly-arrived third-country nationals in Member States;
* increasing of the capacity of Member States to develop, implement,
monitor and evaluate policies and measures for the integration of
third-country nationals;
* exchange of information, best practices and cooperation in and
between Member States in developing, implementing, monitoring and
evaluating policies and measures for the integration of third-country
nationals.

Proposals are invited from innovative projects that support the
efforts made by the UK in enabling third country nationals of
different social, cultural, religious, linguistic and ethnic
backgrounds to fulfil the conditions for permanent residence in the UK
and to facilitate their integration into UK society.

Proposals are also invited from Local Authorities Adult, Further
Education and Community Colleges wishing to offer, or expand capacity
for, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) courses that are
intended to help legal migrants to become fully functional in UK
society.

For further information about EIF, go to the BravoSolution website
(https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml).

Latest Information:
The Home Office is conducting a pre-application workshop for
prospective bidders. This will be held in Central London on 4 February
2009. Further information will be provided on the BravoSolution
website (https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml).

There will be a further call for proposals for EIF around June 2009.

Projects should only be for third country nationals. The following
groups are not applicable:
* asylum seekers, failed asylum seekers and refugees who have been
resettled in the UK. Please note all types of refugees will be catered
for by the European Refugee Fund
(http://www.ukba.homeoffice.gov.uk/aboutus/workingwithus/workingwithas
ylum/integration/europeanrefugeefund/); * nationals of EU member
states.

Proposals and projects should primarily be targeted at newly arrived
third country nationals who have been legally resident in the UK for
less than 5 years.

Projects must involve one of the following four priority areas:
* implementation of actions designed to put the 'Common Basic
Principles for immigrant integration policy in the European Union'
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.

For details of the types of expenditure funded by EIF refer to the
BravoSolution website
(https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml).

Previously awarded funds are listed on the UKBA website
(http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/).

The Application Form and further information can be obtained by
registering through the BravoSolution website
(https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml). Applications
can only be submitted via the BravoSolution website and the closing
date for applications under this fund is 4pm on Friday 6 March 2009.

Please Note: The Home Office is conducting a pre-application workshop
for prospective bidders. This will be held in Central London on 4
February 2009. Further information will be provided on the
BravoSolution website
(https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml).

All enquiries regarding this call for proposals must be submitted
through the website.

Contact Information:

Bravosolution eSourcing Portal
Phone: 0800 011 2470
Fax: 020 7060 0480
Email: help at bravosolution.co.uk
Web: https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml

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Documents and Links

Handbook on Integration for policy-makers and practitioners
http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk/VCSSearch.aspx?WCI=htmDocumentView&WCU=STATE=DSCODE%3dDSCLIVEGF%7epSCHEMEID%3d12-S120%7epSEARCH%3dDS%3dDSCLIVEGF,DOC_PKEY=D1000412

"A Common Agenda for Integration - Framework for the Integration of
Third-Country Nationals in the European Union"
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:52005DC0389:EN:HTML

UKBA website http://www.bia.homeoffice.gov.uk/

Application Forms and Guidance (BravoSolution website)
https://homeoffice.bravosolution.com/web/login.shtml

http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk/VCSSearch.aspx?WCI=htmSchemeView&WCU=DSCODE=DSCLIVEGF,SCHEMEID=12-S120,SEARCH=DS=DSCLIVEGF