The “Free Movement of Persons and Migration in West Africa Project” (FMM West Africa) aims to maximize the development potential of free movement and migration in West Africa. The project is jointly funded by the European Union and ECOWAS and implemented by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) and the International Labour Organization (ILO). FMM West Africa hereby invites suitably qualified organizations from eligible countries (*) to submit proposals for funding under the 2016 Non-State-Actors Fund 2nd call for proposals in the following areas:

- Free movement of persons and right of establishment;

- Cross-border cooperation and cross-border movement of populations;

- Preventing Trafficking in Persons and providing direct assistance to victims;

- Protection and empowerment of migrant workers;

- Reintegration of returning migrants;

- Curbing irregular migration.

*Benin- Burkina Faso- Cabo-Verde- Gambia- Mali- Mauritania- Niger- Nigeria- Senegal- Sierra Leone- Togo- Ghana- Cote D'Ivoire- Guinee Bissau- Guinee- Cornakry- Liberia*

The guidelines for applicants and templates for the submission of project proposals can be downloaded on the website www.fmmwestafrica.com

The deadline for the submission of Full Proposals is Tuesday, 20 September 2016. For further information, contact the NSA Fund at nsafund@fmmwestafrica.com

This project is jointly funded by the European Union and ECOWAS