Call for Proposals 2026 - Internal Security

All proposals shall involve at least one EU MS participating in ISF[1] and at least one partner country from the regions detailed below:

EU Southern Neighborhood[2], Sub-Saharan Africa[3], Central Asia[4] and South and West Asia[5]. 

[1] All EU MS are eligible except Denmark. 

[2]  Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine*, Syria and Tunisia.

[3] Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cabo Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic;Chad; Comoros; Congo (Republic); Côte d'Ivoire; Democratic Republic of Congo; Djibouti; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Eswatini; Ethiopia; Gabon; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Republic of Malawi; Republic of Rwanda; São Tomé and Príncipe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; South Sudan; Sudan; Tanzania; The Gambia; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe.

[4] Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.

[5] Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The financial envelope made available under this Call for Proposals is EUR 3,000,000 from ISF.

 

Size of grants

Any grant proposal submitted under this Call for Proposals must have a budget of minimum 200,000 EUR (no specific maximum is in place).

 

Co-financing

With AMIF funds, the MPF may finance up to 95% of the total eligible cost. The balance must be financed from other sources (including own contribution of applicants. Non-cash/In-kind contributions shall also be accepted as co-financing.

 

This is a rolling Call for Proposals with an open deadline. Applicants may propose projects (i.e. submit a Concept Note) at any time BUT implementation of an action (i.e. end date of grant contract) may not go beyond 30 June 2031. 

For all guidance and application documents regarding this Call, please click here.

In order to submit a Concept Note or Full Application, instead, please click here.

For this Call for Proposals, there is a two-step application process.

After reading the Guidelines for the Calls for Proposals and the FAQs section, if you are eligible and interested in applying, you are encouraged to submit a Concept Note.

This will be checked by ICMPD (for Administrative & Eligibility compliance) and subsequently assessed by DG HOME in line with the criteria indicated in the new MPF Guidelines.

In case of a positive assessment, you will be invited to submit a Full Application.

What happens once your Full Application is received?

  • An Administrative & Eligibility Check will be carried out by ICMPD
  • A Consultation will be undertaken with (a) the MPF Steering Committee, (b) EU Member States Focal Points and (c) relevant EU Delegation(s) in partner countries involved in the proposed activities. (This process is aimed to verify complementarity with other projects in the same country(ies) or covering the same thematic areas, and in order to avoid duplications and overlapping.)
  • Finally, a Grant Evaluation Committee, composed of representatives of EU services (DG HOME, DG INTPA, DG ENEST, DG MENA and EEAS) will assess your application, in line with the criteria indicated in the new MPF Guidelines and also taking into account the results of the Consultation process.

If you have a question about the MPF granting programme and the current Call for Proposals, you may find an answer in our FAQ section here.

Should you have any enquiries which are not addressed in the FAQ section or need technical assistance in the incubation phase of your project proposal, the MPF Team will be happy to help you. You can contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.