The National Fund for Asylum Policies and Services

The National Fund for Asylum Policies and Services is administered by the Ministry of the Interior with a view to allocating funds in favour of local authorities submitting projects aimed at providing reception to asylum seekers awaiting the decision by the Local Commissions, aliens who have been granted “refugee status” or beneficiaries of humanitarian protection.

Projects are evaluated by an ad hoc commission set up at the Ministry of the Interior. If they meet the requirements envisaged by the Decree of the Ministry of the Interior dated 28th December 2005, they are placed on a list of successful candidates and are entitled to co-financing amounting to 80% of the total sum to be paid out of the Fund resources.

Each year the Fund receives allocations from the European Fund for Refugees (EFR), set up to develop a common reception policy at EU level and form the basis of the future integration.