{"id":2995,"date":"2019-09-25T22:49:34","date_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:49:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/?post_type=article&p=2995"},"modified":"2019-09-25T22:49:34","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T20:49:34","slug":"l-ue-tipprotegi-il-fond-ghas-sigurta-interna","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/article\/l-ue-tipprotegi-il-fond-ghas-sigurta-interna\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Protects: The Internal Security Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"

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With a total budget of \u20ac3.8 billion allocated for a seven<\/span>–<\/span>year period (2014-2020),<\/span>\u00a0the Internal Security Fund (ISF)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>promotes the\u00a0<\/span>implement<\/span>ation of<\/span>\u00a0the EU\u2019s\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>nternal\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>ecurity\u00a0<\/span>S<\/span>trategy, law enforcement cooperation and the management of the\u00a0<\/span>U<\/span>nion\u2019s external borders.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ISF<\/span>\u00a0is divided into two different\u00a0<\/span>instruments<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>1)<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>ISF Borders and Visa\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>2)\u00a0<\/span>ISF\u00a0<\/span>Police<\/span>\u00a0–<\/span>\u00a0cooperation, preventing and combating crime, and crises management.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The objective of the<\/span>\u00a0ISF<\/span>\u00a0Borders and Visa is to ensure that the borders of\u00a0<\/span>the Union<\/span>\u00a0are secure while facilitating legitimate travel<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>All EU States except Ireland and the United Kingdom participate in the implementation of the ISF-Borders instrument. The four Schengen Associated Countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) also participate in the ISF Borders and Visa instrument.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other hand,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>ISF Police\u00a0<\/span>seeks<\/span>\u00a0to ensure a high level of security within the EU<\/span>\u00a0–<\/span>\u00a0the focus being\u00a0<\/span>combating<\/span>\u00a0crime and managing risks and crises.\u00a0<\/span>All EU States except Denmark and the United Kingdom participate in the implementation of the ISF Police.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the year<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>a number of<\/span>\u00a0different funding opportunities are made available through calls for applicants under this\u00a0<\/span>Fund<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>Entities which are eligible\u00a0<\/span>for these<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>calls include<\/span>\u00a0public bodies, non-profit-making private entities, and profit-making entities.\u00a0<\/span>The list of eligible entities may vary from one call to another.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Should you require more information about<\/span>\u00a0the ISF or any other<\/span>\u00a0EU fund<\/span>ing programme<\/span>, kindly\u00a0<\/span>contact\u00a0<\/span>MEUSAC on<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>info@<\/span>meusac.gov.mt or\u00a0<\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>2200 3300.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  With a total budget of \u20ac3.8 billion allocated for a seven–year period (2014-2020),\u00a0the Internal Security Fund (ISF)\u00a0promotes the\u00a0implementation of\u00a0the EU\u2019s\u00a0Internal\u00a0Security\u00a0Strategy, law enforcement cooperation and the management of the\u00a0Union\u2019s external […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2997,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":""},"issuem_issue":[132],"issuem_issue_categories":[14],"issuem_issue_tags":[],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"2.8.8","language":"en","enabled_languages":["mt","en"],"languages":{"mt":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2995"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2999,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/article\/2995\/revisions\/2999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue?post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_categories?post=2995"},{"taxonomy":"issuem_issue_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/weekly.uhm.org.mt\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/issuem_issue_tags?post=2995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}