Funding of Municipal Integration Centers
If you operate an integration center as a municipality and carry out municipal integration work, you may be eligible for a grant under certain conditions.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
The state of North Rhine-Westphalia supports municipalities in operating Municipal Integration Centers to improve participation and integration locally. Funding is provided for measures ranging from coordination and networking to renovation and digitalization, as well as the qualification of volunteers.
Eligible expenses
- Renovation
- Equipment
- Operating costs
- Digitization measures
- Coordination and qualification costs
Eligible to apply
- Public Institutions
Funding requirements
- Applications only from districts and independent cities in North Rhine-Westphalia
- Operation of a municipal integration center
- Existence of a coordinated and updated integration concept
- Provision of suitable premises
- Commitment to participate in supra-regional experience exchange
Documents required for application
- Application documents
- Integration concept
- Financial plan
- Signed application form
Evaluation criteria
- Independence of the integration center
- Existence of a current integration concept
- Proof of sustainable integration and participation
- Coordination of measures with local stakeholders
Description
The funding program of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia is aimed at public institutions that operate a municipal integration center as districts or independent cities. It is intended to strengthen municipal integration work and thus make a significant contribution to social participation. The goal is to support a variety of measures with a grant, ranging from local coordination and networking to renovation and digitization measures, as well as the qualification of volunteers. This support creates sustainable structures that are particularly important in the context of integrating refugees and newly arrived migrants.
Eligible expenses include, among others, costs for renovation, equipment, operating expenses, as well as digital measures and costs for coordination and qualification. A prerequisite for receiving the grant is the existence of a coordinated and updated integration concept and the provision of suitable premises. In addition, applicants must commit to participating in supra-regional experience exchange and to setting thematic priorities every two years in coordination with local actors involved in integration work. These measures are intended to enable the centers to operate independently and sustainably and to further advance integration locally.
The funding program underscores North Rhine-Westphalia’s commitment to promoting and professionalizing innovative and independent concepts in municipal integration work. It offers districts and independent cities the opportunity to further develop and future-proof their existing integration centers. Particular emphasis is placed on sustainable integration and participation, which is reflected in the clearly defined evaluation criteria. Applications must be submitted by the end of October for the following year, thereby timely providing impetus for new and advanced projects. The granted subsidy not only improves financial resources but also strengthens content exchange and cooperation with local actors – an important step towards an inclusive and solidaristic society.