Human Rights & Democracy Thematic Programme – India

Description

1) Objective

The global objective of this call for proposals is to combat forced labour, child labour and unacceptable forms of work in all segments of the supply chain, in particular in the lower tiers, and to promote government and corporate accountability on business and human rights.

The specific objectives of this call for proposals are:
• To promote responsible business practices and human rights due diligence in India, with particular emphasis on European supply chains.
• To build capacities of relevant stakeholders, including CSOs, public and private sector actors in the effective implementation of the United Nations Guiding Principles (UNGPs) on Business & Human Rights (BHR), related EU legislations on human rights and environmental due diligence, and related ILO Conventions and local legislations.
• To support multi-stakeholder engagement and collaboration at local, national and global levels to promote human rights due diligence in European supply chains.
• To strengthen capacities of civil society actors, workers and their organisations in the protection of human rights including labour rights, in the enforcement of the necessary mitigation measures to fight it, and in the promotion of decent work and meaningful and efficient participation in social dialogue.
• To facilitate access to remedies, including in cases of corporate human rights violations and abuses and engage in collective redress.

2) Eligibility

In order to be eligible for a grant, the lead applicant must: (1) be a legal person and (2) be non-profit-making and (3) be a specific type of organisation such as: non-governmental civil society organisation (CSO) and/or their associations and/or international platforms and (4) be directly responsible for the preparation and management of the action with the co-applicant(s) and affiliated entity(ies), not acting as an intermediary.

3) Location

Actions must take place in India.

4) Budget

The overall indicative amount made available under this call for proposals is €2,670,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum €750,000 and maximum €1,335,000. Any grant requested under this call for proposals must fall between the minimum (50%) and maximum (95%) percentage of total eligible costs of the action.

5) Application

The concept note together with the declaration by the lead applicant must be submitted online via PROSPECT. The deadline for the submission is 10 May 2024.