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Migration and Home Affairs
  • 1 October 2024

Integrated Border Management Fund – Border Management and Visa Instrument (2021-27)

Funded actions under BMVI

Actions funded through BMVI can include a wide range of initiatives, such as:

  • improving border controls, in line with the European Agenda on Migration and in compliance with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, enhancing the cooperation at EU level for tasks carried out at borders
  • funding efficient services to visa applicants, while maintaining the security and integrity of visa procedures
  • investing in common large-scale IT systems in the area of borders management and visa policy, including in their interoperability
  • investing in infrastructure and equipment, systems and services, training, exchange of experts, deployment of immigration liaison officers, innovative solutions and new technologies, studies
  • providing operating support for the implementation of the European integrated border management and of the common visa policy

Implementation of BMVI

BMVI will be implemented under:

The largest share will be allocated to the national programmes under shared management.

Thematic Facility

Building up on the implementation of the 2014-2020 ISF-Borders and Visa instrument, the BMVI will introduce more flexibility with part of the funding dedicated to a Thematic Facility. With this instrument, funds can be allocated to emerging or unforeseen needs and steered towards the changing EU priorities and evolving challenges.

Funding under the Thematic Facility will be allocated during the programming period through:

  • Shared management
  • Direct/Indirect management: including Union Actions and Emergency Assistance.

Union Actions comprise Calls for proposals, procurement, direct awards and delegation agreements.

For the components of the Thematic Facility, the Commission approves Work Programmes defining the priorities and objectives:

2021-2022 Work Programme

Revised 2021-22 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Second revised 2021-22 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Third revised 2021-22 Work Programme (substantial)

Fourth revised 2021-22 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Fifth revised 2021-22 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Sixth revised 2021-22 Work Programme (non-substantial)

2023-2025 Work Programme

First revised 2023-2025 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Second revised 2023-2025 Work Programme (non-substantial)

Third revised 2023-2025 Work Programme (substantial)

Fourth revised 2023-2025 Work Programme (non-substantial)

BMVI beneficiaries

Examples of beneficiaries of the programmes implemented under this Instrument can be:

  • constituent elements of the European Border and Coast Guard, i.e. national authorities of Member States responsible for border management
  • state and federal authorities
  • local public bodies
  • non-governmental organisations
  • international organisations
  • Union agencies
  • private and public law companies
  • networks
  • education and research organisations

Annual Performance Reports from the Member State programmes

Starting in 2023 and for every subsequent year, all the Member States participating in the BMVI are required to submit to the European Commission an annual performance report providing information on the progress of their shared management programme. The scope of the report is defined by article 29 of the BMVI Regulation and detailed in the related Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/168. This report complements with qualitative information the periodic quantitative reporting on the progress that is made by all Managing Authorities (available on the Open Data Platform). The report helps to assess the programme’s performance, any issues affecting it as well as the related remedy strategies. In addition, its information feeds into the evaluation cycle and helps the Commission in its supervisory role.

Before its submission, the report must be approved by the Monitoring Committee of Member State programme. This process creates an opportunity to systematically assess and discuss the programme’s implementation among its key stakeholders.

In line with article 29(2) of the BMVI regulation, the Commission ensures that the summaries of the annual performance reports provided by the Member States are translated in all EU languages and made publicly available.

Summaries of the reports submitted in 2023