The Instrument for Financial Support for Border Management and Visa Policy (BMVl) has been established under the Integrated Border Management Fund for the period 2021-2027. This Fund succeeds the Internal Security Fund (ISF Border, 2014-2020) and the External Borders Fund (EBF, 2007-2013). Like its predecessors, this Fund aims to support, through project funding contributions, Schengen States with particularly extensive land and sea borders or with major international airports on their territory. These states face a heavy financial burden in protecting the external borders of the Schengen area. The mission of the BMVI is to ensure an efficient integrated European management of the Union's external borders, guaranteeing a high level of internal security while preserving the free movement of persons within the Union.
The allocation for the BMVI corresponds to EUR 6.24 billion for the seven-year period. The BMVI is a development of Schengen that must in principle be adopted by the Schengen Associated States, to which Switzerland belongs.
The information and documents published on this website are subject to the ratification of the supplementary agreement and the adoption of the legal basis for the Border Management and Visa Policy Instrument (BMVI).
The administration of the BMVI is governed by the same European provisions in all Schengen States. As Switzerland is not a member of the EU, the necessary rules for participation in this fund must be regulated in a supplementary agreement. The process of adopting the relevant legal bases and ratifying the supplementary agreement is currently still underway. Switzerland is therefore not expected to officially participate in the BMVI until the end of November 2024.
In order to minimise the risk that Switzerland will not be able to absorb the funding to which it is entitled due to its delayed participation, it envisages informal implementation from 2022.
The State Secretariat for Migration is responsible for the implementation of the instrument in Switzerland and is therefore the contact point for questions related to the submission of a project.
Documents
Legal bases
Basic documents
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Förderbestimmungen (PDF, 237 kB, 06.03.2024)
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Geschäftsordnung des Begleitausschusses (PDF, 179 kB, 10.12.2023)
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Methodik zur Projektauswahl unter dem BMVI (PDF, 172 kB, 10.12.2023)
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Last modification 12.12.2023