This fi-compass practical guide aims to assist Asylum, Migration, and Integration Fund (AMIF) Managing Authorities and other stakeholders as they begin exploring the use of financial instruments to support third-country nationals’ integration in the EU. It explains how shared management financial instruments work and who can benefit from their support. The guide covers advantages of using financial instruments, implementation options, opportunities to combine grants and financial instruments, key stakeholders’ roles and responsibilities and well as key milestones in the financial instrument lifecycle.