Applications Invited for UNVTF Small Grants Programme Sub-grant Programme One

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About the Organization

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the Trust Fund's mandate is to provide humanitarian, legal and financial aid to victims of trafficking in persons through established channels of assistance, including governmental, intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations. The UNVTF is supported by a five-member Board of Trustees appointed by the Secretary-General for a three-year term.The United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children (UNVTF), was established by the UN General Assembly in 2010, within the UN Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The UNVTF aligns with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, as the first global international legal framework to protect and assist victims of trafficking with respect for their human rights.

About the Grant

The UNVTF was established by the United Nations General Assembly in 2010 as part of the United Nations Global Plan of Action to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The fund is victim-centred and aims to provide essential humanitarian, legal and financial aid to victims of trafficking in persons through established channels of assistance.

The UNVTF is managed by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and benefits from the strategic guidance and expertise of a five-member Board of Trustees, appointed by the UN Secretary-General for a three-year term. Since its inception in 2010, the UNVTF has awarded over USD 6 million in grants to more than 145 NGO projects in over 60 countries.

The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime defines human trafficking as “the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction, of fraud, of deception, of the abuse of power or of a position of vulnerability or of the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to achieve the consent of a person having control over another person, for the purpose of exploitation.”

 Trafficking in persons is a global phenomenon which has an impact at international, regional and national levels. It is closely interlinked with issues such as human rights violations, forced labour, migration, gender imbalance, child labour, violence against women, poverty and social exclusion.

Objectives

This Call for Proposals takes into consideration the importance of harnessing all available resources towards the implementation of activities aimed at meeting the objectives of this Grants programme.

The main objectives of this Grants programme are:

• to provide direct assistance and protection to vulnerable victims of trafficking in persons
• to improve health and well-being, facilitate social integration and prevent re-trafficking amongst vulnerable victims of trafficking in persons

Thematic focus and priority issues

This Call for Proposals seeks to provide funding support to not-for-profit organisations working in the area of trafficking in persons whose projects are aimed at providing immediate and essential direct assistance for vulnerable victims of trafficking in persons.

 Priority shall be given to projects that target the following population:

• Women and Children

 Priority shall be given to projects that adapt programmes or design interventions:

• To reach those most left behind, including underserved groups especially excluded or disadvantaged victims of human trafficking (such as persons with disabilities, LGBTQI, internally displaced and refugees, indigenous, older and members of ethnic minorities)

Priority will be given to projects tackling human trafficking in the following regions:

• Conflict areas of Eastern Europe affected by the displacement of people due to the ongoing conflict;
• Human trafficking in corridors between areas of (1) South America and Central America/ the Caribbean; (2) Sub-Saharan Africa and Western & Southern Europe; (3) Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East and North Africa; (4) South Asia and the Middle East; (5) South Asia and Western & Southern Europe; and (6) within South-East Asia.

Priority shall be given to projects that target persons identified in the following situations:

• persons identified among large movements of refugees and/or migrants, including internally displaced persons where conflict, post-conflict and continued instability caused by sociopolitical tensions or a breakdown of law and order.
• persons identified in or fleeing areas that has been affected by the spill-over of climate change related displacement.

Priority shall be given to projects that target the following forms of exploitation:

• sexual exploitation
• forced labour
• organ removal
• forced begging
• forced criminal activity
• forced marriage
• production of pornographic material
• recruitment of children into armed groups
• child trafficking in sport

Activities that will be given priority include:

• medical assistance
• material assistance in the form of food, clothing etc.
• immediate, safe and short-term shelter
• legal advice and representation aimed at securing legal status and/or remedies
• psychosocial assistance
• education and/or vocational training
• assistance with family reunification and/or repatriation with full consent of the victim

Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant, applicants must:

• be a non-profit making organisation (CSOs including NGOs, CBOs) registered under the relevant Laws of the country where it is registered and in the country where it will be implementing the proposed project;
• have been registered by 1 January 2021;
• be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the project, i.e. not acting as an intermediary;
• demonstrate prior experience of at least two (2) year implementing activities in the area of direct assistance to victims of trafficking in persons in line with the Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime or in providing other services to vulnerable populations including IDPs and forcibly displaced persons;
• complete registration 2 in the UN Partner Portal (UNPP) at https://www.unpartnerportal.org/registration and secure a valid UNPP Partner ID;
• have a bank account in the organisation’s name;
• confirm that the organisation takes appropriate measures to prevent sexual exploitation and abuse and signs the Partner declaration form.

Eligibility of projects

 Only projects aimed at achieving the objectives, focusing on the priority issues and meeting all other requirements as outlined under section 1 are eligible for funding under this Call for Proposals.

• Projects should be time-bound (have discernible start and end dates), and have a specific, finite objective that does not require further funding to sustain results over time. Costs, activities and beneficiaries of the proposed project must be distinguished from those relating to the applicant’s other operations.

How to Apply

All applicants must register and create a profile on the UN Partner Portal (UNPP) at https://www.unpartnerportal.org/registration and secure a valid UNPP Partner ID. The registration procedures for partners are outlined in resources available on the UN Partner Portal. If you have any questions on UNPP, please directly contact UNPP helpdesk.

 Applicants are to submit a full project proposal which will be reviewed by a technical evaluation team and UNOV/UNODC’s External Party Engagement Unit.

Only verified applications in UNPP are eligible to receive a grant agreement

Deadline: 24 February 2023 23:59 CET

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