Measures to support Member States in the field of protection of children in migration

In the context of the AMIF-2025 Call the main target group are migrant third-country nationals legally residing in the EU, with more specific target groups being described under each topic in terms of age, gender, potential status, etc. The legal status of the migrants benefiting from the implementation of the proposal does not form a part of admissibility or eligibility criteria. However, the relevance of each proposal is assessed in relation to how well the proposed activities in connection with the selected target group(s) and envisaged results will help achieve the specific objectives and the expected outcome outlined under each topic.

In the context of the Call for proposals, AMIF-2025-TF2-AG-CALL-INTE, the term "international organisations" is used as defined in Article 159 of the Financial Regulation (Euratom 2024/2509) - ''international public-sector organisations set up by international agreements (international organisations) and with specialised agencies set up by such organisations''.

Please note that for the AMIF-2025-TF2-AG-INTE call, as stated in section 6 Eligibility of the call document, in order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

− be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:

− EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)), excluding Denmark

− non-EU countries: countries associated to the AMIF (associated countries) or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature.

Please note that currently, there are no countries associated or that are negotiating their association to AMIF. Please refer to the information published on the DG HOME website: home-affairs.ec.europa.eu.

Therefore, only entities legally established in a Member state are eligible for this call. Entities established in a third country cannot take part in the project as a project partner (co-applicant/co-beneficiary) and declare costs under the project.

The eligibility requirements for consortia under topic 5 do not contain any specific eligibility requirements for the status that each entity will have. Therefore the role that the national authorities will have inside the consortium is not explicitly defined (as co-applicant or associated partner). However, the call mentions the participation of national authorities from two different MS as a mandatory requirement for the eligibility of the consortium, while also stating that International organizations and affiliated entities cannot be counted for reaching the minimum number of participating Member States. Given that associated partners are never taken into account for the minimum eligibility requirements, it means that the consortium, without being led obligatorily by one of the national authorities in charge of age assessment in each participating Member State, must involve them as co-applicants (coordinator or beneficiary).

Additionally, the relevance of each proposal is assessed in relation to how well the proposed activities in connection with the selected target group(s) and envisaged results will help achieve the specific objectives and the expected outcome outlined for this topic. In that respect, various level of involvement of the national authorities in operational terms could be envisaged, for example the level of staff effort and the budget of each co-applicant can be tailored to the needs, provided that the national authorities, that are ultimately in charge of age assessment, would benefit and that the project fosters new practices as defined in the objectives and expected outcomes.

The Annotated Grant Agreement, “1. Financial support to third parties (FSTP) (D.1): Types of costs — Form — Eligibility conditions — Calculation; 1.1. What?” states that in relation to Financial Support to Third Parties “This cost category can only cover financial support. By contrast, cost for non-financial support or support given in-kind (e.g. vouchers) must be declared under other categories (e.g. as cost for purchases of vouchers)”.

Any costs must comply with the general eligibility conditions defined in Article 6.1. of the Grant Agreement.

Further note that the relevance of each proposal is assessed in relation to how well the proposed activities and its associated costs will help achieve the specific objectives and the expected outcome outlined under each topic.