European Funds

Co-financed by the European Union

Grants to non-profit entities for projects in the area of immigrant integration - 2017

Announcement and regulations

  • Extract from the resolution of 11 July 2017 (BOE 17/07/2017), of the Directorate-General for Migration, which calls for grants for the development of projects aimed at immigrants from third countries.

  • Resolution of 11 July 2017, by the Directorate-General for Migration, calling for grants for the development of projects aimed at immigrants from third countries.

Object/Purpose

These are projects aimed at the acquisition of knowledge and skills necessary to develop in Spanish society (information, guidance and advice on the host society, in particular, projects for learning Spanish and, where appropriate, co-official languages), projects for young people and minors in the educational system, specific projects in the field of health, projects aimed at the specific needs of women, promotion of equal treatment and non-discrimination in society, projects for the identification of experiences and good practices and projects aimed at promoting dialogue, citizen coexistence, the sense of belonging and responsibility towards the society that hosts them and the management of diversity in areas with significant presence of persons resident in third countries.

Beneficiary entities

The entities or non-governmental organizations that attend the call must meet the requirements established in article 4 of Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June:

  • To have as primary institutional purposes the implementation of activities in favour of the groups referred to in article 1.
  • Lack of profit purposes.
  • To have a State sphere of action, except for those organizations whose territorial sphere of action is Ceuta and Melilla.
  • Deberán estar legalmente constituidas e inscritas en el correspondiente registro administrativo estatal.
  • Have sufficient structure and capacity to guarantee the fulfillment of the objectives, accrediting the necessary operational experience.
  • Not to have reinstated more than 40 percent of the grants and subsidies received in any of the last five calls.

Recipients of the projects

The projects will be addressed to third country nationals who are legally residing or, where appropriate, in the process of obtaining legal residency. To the extent necessary for the effective implementation of the subsidized projects, they will be able to admit into their actions the direct relatives of these persons. Certain activities aimed at promoting dialogue between the abovementioned third-country nationals and the host society and promoting their acceptance by the host society may be aimed at the general population.

Deadline for submission of applications

In accordance with Article 6 of Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June, applications to participate in this call must be submitted within twenty calendar days from the day following the publication of this Resolution in the “Official State Gazette (BOE 17/07/2017)”.

Exceptionally, in view of the special circumstances affecting the submission of applications under this call, it has been agreed to extend the deadline until 7 August.

Regulatory bases of the call for proposals

Order ESS/1423/2012 of 29 June, establishing the regulatory bases for the granting of subsidies in the area of integration of immigrants, applicants and beneficiaries of international protection, stateless persons and temporary protection. (BOE 30/6/2012).

Forms

Here you will be able to find all the necessary documents to complete the application, to present it after the provisional reception and to justify the grant granted.

They can also be found in the publication of the Resolution in the BOE or in the General Directorate of Migration, Calle José Abascal, 39, 28003 Madrid.