Gemeinwesenorientierte Integrationsprojekte Gewährung

If you are an association or club promoting the integration of immigrants as part of the federal program "Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt - Vor Ort. Networked. Connected" program, you can apply for a project funding grant from the BAMF.

Projects as part of the federal program "Social Cohesion - Local. Networked. Connected" are intended to

• improve mutual acceptance,
• strengthen social cohesion and promote intercultural
• promote intercultural coexistence.

The host society is also a target group for project funding, particularly with regard to the topic of intercultural openness.
The federal program has the following goals

• Strengthening the skills of immigrants,
• equal participation of immigrants in social and political life and
• Improving mutual acceptance between immigrants and locals.

With funding from the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), you as a club, association, non-profit organization or municipality can carry out an integration project for a period of up to 3 years. In order for the BAMF to check whether you are eligible for funding, you must submit an expression of interest in accordance with the requirements of the current call for proposals.

For expressions of interest:

• Title page
• Project outline
• Financing plan

For formal applications:

• Project description
• financing plan
• Legally valid application in accordance with the respective call for proposals
• financing plan
• Clearance certificate in tax matters
• Exemption certificate, if applicable
• Declaration of non-existence of insolvency
• Declaration of non-existence of investigation proceedings by the public prosecutor's office
• Declaration of proper payment of social security contributions and taxes
• Extract from the association or commercial register
• Articles of association of the association or (g)GmbH, or rules of procedure

• You are a non-profit legal entity, for example an association or a non-profit organization.
• You can prove this with an excerpt from the association or commercial register.
• You have a proper management, which you can prove, for example, through self-declarations and confirmations from the tax office.
• You can prove your non-profit status, for example by means of a notice of exemption from the responsible tax office.
• The BAMF must have sufficient budget funds available for funding.

There are no costs.

Your application for funding for the implementation of a project under the federal program "Gesellschaftlicher Zusammenhalt - Vor Ort. Networked. Connected." program can be submitted electronically via the "easy-Online" portal at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF).

• Find out about the requirements for funding on the website of the federal portal or on the BAMF website.
• If a call for proposals is currently open, you can submit an expression of interest for the implementation of a project.
• If the decision is positive, you can submit a formal application for funding via the "easy-Online" portal.
• Go to the "easy-Online" Internet portal. There you will be guided through the process step by step.
• Complete the application and send it off.
• If you do not have the D-Trust certificate, you must also submit the application electronically.
  • print it out,
  • sign it and
  • together with the other application documents to the BAMF.
• Once the BAMF has received your application, you will receive a confirmation of receipt.
• After reviewing your application, the BAMF processing department will contact you to clarify any queries.

You will receive a decision on your application.

Annual call for proposals, funding starts at the beginning of the following year

The deadlines are stated in the current call for applications and may vary. The calls are usually published in the 1st quarter of the year.

• On behalf of the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI), the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) supports projects for the social integration of young and adult immigrants
• Projects as part of the federal program "Social Cohesion - Local. Networked. Connected" are aimed at
  • immigrants and people with a migration background aged 12 and over as well as
  • the host society.
• Central goals of the program:
  • Improving mutual acceptance
  • Strengthening social cohesion
  • Strengthening intercultural coexistence
• Non-profit organizations, legal entities and regional authorities are eligible to apply:
  • Associations,
  • associations,
  • displaced persons' organizations,
  • churches,
  • gGmbH,
  • municipalities;
• Applications can be submitted in accordance with the applicable call deadlines; expressions of interest are usually invited in the 1st or 2nd quarter
• the measures can generally be funded for a period of 3 years as start-up funding
• Funding is provided as a grant for project funding
• there is no legal entitlement to funding
• The following are not eligible to apply
  • natural persons and
  • state or federal authorities
• Institutional funding or long-term funding for recurring purposes is not possible