General Information ERF
The general objective of the European Refugee Fund (applicable from 1 January 2008) is to support and improve the efforts of Member States
| · | to receive refugees, displaced persons and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection, |
| · | to apply fair and effective asylum procedures and |
| · | to promote good practices in the field of asylum so as to protect the rights of persons requiring international protection and enable Member States’ asylum systems to work efficiently. |
On the basis of Community strategic guidelines and in dialogue with the Commission, each beneficiary Member State will develop their own multi-annual programming strategy (2008 – 2013) on the use of the resources they receive each year. The strategy will constitute the framework for the implementation of actions through annual programmes.
The rate of European Community co-financing applicable to Ireland is generally 50% but, for actions implementing specific priorities of the strategic guidelines, 75% of the cost can be met by the Fund. The remainder of the cost is borne by the promoter of the assisted project.
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