Border Management and Visa Instrument 2021-2027

General information

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The BMVI is one of the two financial instruments of the Integrated Border Management Fund and a continuation of the financial instrument “Internal Security Fund - Borders and Visas” of the Programming Period 2014-2020. The General Objective of the Fund’s policy is to ensure a powerful and effective European integrated management of the external borders, contributing this to a high level of internal security within the Union. Moreover, it ensures the free movement of persons within the Union, fully respecting the relevant acquis and international obligations of the Union and its Member States, which arise from international acts in which the Member States are contractual parties.

The Fund pursues the following specific objectives:

    1. Support an effective European integrated management of the external borders, implemented by the European Border and Coastguard Agency as a common responsibility of the Agency and the national authorities that are competent for border management, in order to facilitate legal border crossing, prevent and locate illegal migration and cross-border crime, as well as the efficient management of migration flows;

    2. Support the common visa policy to ensure a harmonised approach as to the issue of visas and to facilitate legal trips and prevent migration and safety risks.
    The Regulations of the new Funds were adopted by the competent institutions of the European Union (Council of the EU, European Commission and European Parliament) on 15 July 2021. Following the practice of the Programming Periods 2007-2013 and 2014-2020, each Fund has its own multiannual Programme. In general, the projects shall be implemented mainly through shared management with a maximum contribution of 75% by the European Union (other than some specific cases where the percentage may be up to 100%), while 25% shall be paid by national resources. The new Programmes for Cyprus for the AMIF, BMVI and ISF are expected to be approved by june 2022.

    Watch the videos prepared by the European Commission for the new funds at the Home Affairs Funds' videos link.
    You can read more about the new Programming Period 2021-2027 in the presentations on BMVI and ISF.pdf made by the European Funds Unit at the Sixth Monitoring Committee of the Home Affairs Funds 2014-2020 on 30/11/2021.