Programme: Internal Security Fund

Programme	Internal Security Fund
Acronym	ISF
Type of Fund	Action programme
Description of programme "Internal Security Fund"	The Internal Security Fund (ISF) promotes the implementation of the Internal Security Strategy, law enforcement cooperation and the management of the Union's external borders. The ISF is composed of two instruments, ISF Borders and Visa and ISF Police.
Link	Link to Programme
Thematic Focus	Equal Rights, Human Rights, People with Disabilities, Social Inclusion, Justice, Safety & Security, Administration & Governance, Demographic Change, Migration
EU Macro-Regions	Danube Region, Adriatic and Ionian Region, Alpine Region, Baltic Sea Region
Funding area	Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige
Origin of Applicant	Austria / Österreich Belgium / Belgique-België Bulgaria / България Croatia / Hrvatska Cyprus / Κύπρος Czech Republic / Česká Republika Estonia / Eesti Finland / Suomi France Germany / Deutschland Greece / Ελλάδα (Ellada) Hungary / Magyarország Ireland / Ireland Italy / Italia Latvia / Latvija Lithuania / Lietuva Luxembourg / Luxembourg Malta Netherlands / Nederland Poland / Polska Portugal / Portugal Romania / România Slovakia / Slovensko Slovenia / Slovenija Spain / España Sweden / Sverige
Project Partner	No
Eligible applicants	International Organization, National Government, Other
Type of Funding	Grants
Contact Details	https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/who-we-are/contact-us/contact_us2

Subprogrammes of Internal Security Fund

Police cooperation, preventing and combatting crime, and crisis management

The two main objectives of the ISF instrument Police are:

Fight against crime & police cooperation
Protecting critical infrastructure & crisis management

Subprogrammes of Police cooperation, preventing and combatting crime, and crisis management

Union actions

Part of the ISF Police fund is managed by the Commission (direct and indirect management) through Union Actions, which include Calls for Proposals, Procurement, Direct Awards and Delegation Agreements.

Internal Security Fund - Borders and Visa

The ISF Borders and Visa instrument's main objective is to contribute to ensuring a high level of security in the Union while facilitating legitimate travel. This goal will be achieved through the Fund's support to actions which will aim to reach the following specific objectives:

Visa: The effective processing of Schengen visas by supporting a common visa policy which aims at facilitating legitimate travel to the EU, providing a high quality of service to visa applicants, ensuring equal treatment of non-EU nationals and tackling irregular migration;
Borders: Achieving a uniform and high level of control of the external borders by supporting integrated borders management, harmonising border management measures within the Union and sharing information among EU States, and between EU States and Frontex, in order to halt irregular migration and ensure the smooth crossing of the external borders.

Subprogrammes of Internal Security Fund - Borders and Visa

National Programmes

Concrete actions to be funded through this instrument can include a wide range of initiatives, such as setting up and running IT systems, acquisition of operational equipment, promoting and developing training schemes and ensuring administrative and operational coordination and cooperation.
Union actions

Part of the ISF Borders and Visa Fund is managed by the Commission (direct and indirect management) through Union Actions, which can include calls for proposals, procurement, direct awards and delegation agreements.