Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs - EU Funds and Programmes

EU FUNDS AND PROGRAMMES

The EU co-funding Unit, set up within the Ministry’s Programme Implementation Directorate is primarily responsible for the management of three of the four funds within the Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows Framework Programme. The framework aims to facilitate a fair share of responsibilities between Member States managing the external border and the implementation of common asylum and immigration policies. The Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs is responsible for the European Refugee Fund, the External Borders Fund and the Return Fund. The fourth fund, the Integration Fund, is administered by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Employment.

With regard to the three indicated funds, the Programme Implementation Directorate is assigned the role of Responsible Authority and liaises directly with the Paying Authority within the Ministry of Finance (as the Certifying Authority) and the Internal Audit and Investigations Directorate (as the Audit Authority). The Directorate liaises also with the Treasury Department to whom it has delegated payment functions.

Apart from managing the above funds, the EU co-funding Unit also takes on a co-ordinating role and informs/assists line departments whenever other EU Funding opportunities are available.

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