The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) will begin to offer financial grants for the first time, with initial projects aiming to support some of the Agency’s activities including providing information to asylum seekers and strengthening its Situational Awareness work. In a pilot phase, the Agency will further develop its database of Asylum Case Law, with a call for proposals launching today. 

The EUAA has launched its first call for proposals, as part of a pilot phase for a new EUAA grants programme, with an expected value of 2.8 million euros for 2024-2025. The grants programme is a direct result of the Agency’s strengthened mandate. Grants will be awarded in order to help the Agency to implement several activities that are critical to fulfilling its mandate to support Member States’ asylum and reception systems.

Over the next year, the Agency will prepare a series of calls for proposals that will provide funding to eligible organisations that can support it with several activities including:

• Developing its collection of asylum case law: In its first call for proposals, launching today, the Agency aims to enhance the accessibility to, and collection of, jurisprudence relating to asylum – within the context of the Common European Asylum System.
• Strengthening its information provision activities: The Agency is currently providing operational support in 11 EU countries; in several countries this includes providing information to applicants for international protection. At times, this involves Civil Society organisations and International Organisations, which may soon be able to benefit from EU funding under the EUAA grants programme.
• Strengthening support to resettlement: The Agency will seek to strengthen its resettlement activities by creating new Resettlement and Support Facilities (RSFs). They will serve as important locations for coordinated work between the EUAA and representatives of EU+ countries’ resettlement and humanitarian admission programmes.
• Enhancing the implementation of the European Asylum Curriculum: Comprised of 50 different training modules, a future grant will support national capacity to implement the EUAA’s European Asylum Curriculum, and foster greater convergence in Europe’s asylum and reception systems.