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• €2.5 million will be made available to 56 not-for-profit, civil society organisations for projects supporting International Protection applicants
• Grants of up to €100,000 will be awarded to projects working to foster successful integration
• 4th set of migrant integration supports announced this year to support local communities
Speaking today at The Wheel’s Annual Summit in Croke Park, the Minister of State for Community Development, Integration and Charities, Joe O’Brien, took the opportunity with some of the successful projects present at the Summit to announce the 56 projects set to receive €2,496,790 in funding under the International Protection Integration Fund 2024.
The fund helps community-based organisations to play a greater role in supporting the integration of International Protection applicants at local and national level. The International Protection Integration Fund (IPIF) comes after other three other sets of integration supports were announced this year by Minister Joe O’Brien; the National Integration Fund (NIF), the Asylum Migrant Integration Fund (AMIF), and the Community Integration Fund (CIF).
Minister O’Brien has doubled the fund compared to 2023 when awards of 1.2 million euro were disbursed. Minister O’Brien acknowledged the exceptional efforts of community and voluntary groups to help facilitate integration in communities of International Protection Applicants.
Welcoming the announcement, Minister O’Brien said:
“I am pleased to be able today to announce another in a series of integration specific funding announcements aimed at supporting local communities to successfully welcome new arrivals in a way that works with and for those arriving and the communities welcoming them. The efforts that are being undertaken in communities throughout Ireland to work positively for successful integration are inspiring and it was apt that I made today’s announcement at The Wheel’s Annual Summit where representatives from the Community & Voluntary sector – and indeed a number of the successful projects under this fund - were present.”
The International Protection Integration Fund 2024 call for proposals ran from 7 February 2024 – 6 March 2024. €2.5 million has been made available in 2024 to support International Protection integration projects through grant funding of €30,000 to €100,000 per successful Scheme A project and €2,000 to €10,000 per successful Scheme B project.
This level of funding has been made available in 2024 as a targeted measure, and similar funding may not be available in future editions of the fund.
The call for proposals was grouped under nine key themes to support the integration of International Protection Applicants:
• Employment
• Educational Awareness
• Language
• Civic and Legal Supports
• Health and Wellbeing
• Intercultural Awareness
• Children and Young People
• Transportation
• LGBTQI+
Successful applicants were asked to demonstrate how their proposed project will build links between International Protection applicants and their host communities, encouraging meaningful integration that benefits the community as a whole.
International Protection Applicants, both adults and children, are the primary target group for all successful projects. While other individuals may benefit from a particular project, International Protection Applicants will encompass the vast majority of participants in each project.
Successful projects: International Protection Integration Fund 2024 Successful Projects