Register for Sept EU Equality Funding Call! Women Returning to Work; Women’s Entrepreneurship & Migrant Integration

Published: Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Register Now for the September EU Equality & Inclusion Funding Call! Women Returning to the Workforce, Women’s Entrepreneurship & Migrant Integration                                                                    

The EU Funds Unit of the Department of Justice and Equality, is setting up a contacts database, of organisations who may be interested in being
directly contacted about forthcoming EU Funds Calls for Proposals in the Integration and Equality areas (and future EU funding opportunities if and
as they arise), which will be publicly advertised and launched in September. Open to public, private and voluntary/community sector organisations and will be publicly advertised.

2 Calls
1)    The European Social Fund (ESF) Programme for Employability, Inclusion
  and Learning (PEIL) 2014-2020 – two measures:
   PR2.7 Integration and Employment of Migrants
   PR2.9 Gender Equality: a) Women Returning to the Workforce and b) Women’s Entrepreneurship.
  Plans for each which are available at:
   PR2.7  http://www.esf.ie/en/ImageLibrary/Repository/Files/PR-2-9-AIP-GED-2014-2020.pdf

2)    The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) – two Specific Objectives (SOs).
http://www.integration.ie/website/omi/omiwebv6.nsf/page/AXBN-AAFNRW1842930-en/$File/National%20Programme%20AMIF.pdf
http://www.esf.ie/en/ImageLibrary/Repository/Files/PR-2-7-AIP-Integration-of-Migrants-CMA-ESF-2014-201.pdf
 
The EU Funds Unit of the Department of Justice and Equality has been established to administer a number of EU funding programmes. Launch and Information Event for interested organisations is also planned. Projects selected for funding will receive 75% of the eligible project costs. The applicant organisation will be required to provide the 25% matched funding necessary for the project.