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NON-FCRA PROJECT: CALL FOR PROPOSALS ON COMBATING WORST FORMS OF CHILD LABOUR (WFCL) IN INDIA!
Deadline: 25 September 2015
(1700 ICT)
1. Introduction
Terre des
Hommes Netherlands is a development organization dedicated to children; it is
named after a book by the famous French writer and World War II pilot Antoine
de Saint Exupèry – author of “The Little Prince”. Even before this book was
published, he wrote “Terre des Hommes” (Earth of Mankind) in which he called
upon ‘the people of the earth’ to take their responsibilities seriously and to
show solidarity. He said: “There is no third world. There is one world for
which we’re all responsible.”
The United
Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the cornerstone of all
our programmes. This Convention represents the recognition by the international
community that not only do children deserve to be protected, but that they have
a right to be so. These rights have been enshrined in this almost universally
accepted treaty and have subsequently been incorporated in national legislation
in an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations.
The main
theme of Terre des Hommes' work centers on the issue of child exploitation, the
most serious violation of the rights of the child. Increasing numbers of
children fall victim of human trafficking, sexual exploitation or hazardous
forms of child labour as defined by the ILO’s 1999 Worst Forms of Child Labour
Convention (ILO Convention 182). Terre des Hommes Netherlands strives to
prevent child exploitation, removes children from exploitative situations and
ensures that they may develop in a secure, healthy and supportive environment.
The organization invests in education, training and capacity enhancement, in
raising awareness among children, youth and adults and – given that poverty is
one of the main factors contributing to child exploitation – Terre des Hommes
Netherlands offers parents the opportunity to increase their income by
providing access to savings and credit schemes. To seek justice for the
victims, Terre des Hommes Netherlands encourages children and their families to
report abuse and child exploitation cases, offers legal aid and social protection,
trains and assists police, public prosecution offices and justice departments.
Victims can also count on Terre des Hommes Netherlands and partners for
assistance during police investigation and legal proceedings.
To
advocate and promote the rights of children, Terre des Hommes Netherlands
organizes public and media campaigns to raise awareness, conducts research into
the scale and nature of abuse and exploitation as well as lobbying for
attention and change. The organization follows and seeks to influence policy
makers on local, national and international levels to adopt, ratify, maintain
and enforce legislation to prevent child exploitation and to protect victims of
such practices.
Terre des
Hommes Netherlands always works together with local project partners. These
partners are familiar with the situation ‘on the ground’ and know the best ways
of reaching out and helping the children concerned.
Tackling
the Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) is an important concentration area in
Terre des Hommes Netherlands current strategic plan (2011-2015). As part of its
new strategic plan (2016-2020) Terre des Hommes Netherlands plans to increase
its support to comprehensive programmes addressing child labour in Asia.
2. Call for Proposal:
Combating
Worst Forms of Child Labour
2.1 Background
Approximately
41 million child labourers aged 5-14 years old live in Bangladesh, Cambodia,
India, Indonesia, Myanmar and in the Philippines. More than 45% of these
children are girls. Poverty is one of the main reasons for the high number of
children involved in child labour in Asia as in these countries more than half
a billion people live below the poverty line. There is enormous diversity
within the countries; the region has varied economies and political systems that
provide very different contexts for the reasons why children engaged in labour,
the problems they face, their prospects for moving on from the exploitative
situation, and a wide range of government as well as civil society responses
and interventions available to worst form of child labour.
Different
studies and the learning and experience of Terre des Hommes Netherlands
interventions in the countries has found working children in a number of
economic sectors, including seafood processing, garment and footwear factories,
mining and quarrying, pyrotechnics, rag-picking and scavenging, rubber and
sugar-cane plantations, entertainment, cultivation of agriculture and other
services. Worst forms of child labour in the countries includes child domestic
work (CDW), bonded child labour, hazardous child labour, trafficking,
commercial sexual exploitation, and the recruitment and use of children for
armed conflict or drug trafficking.This list is not exclusive but it gives an
indication of the efforts being made to document the many and varied forms of
child labour. In the Indian context, this call for proposal aims to address the
issues of child domestic work (CDW), girls/ young women in textiles &
garments industry and children in mining sector.
Although
there has been progress in reducing child labour in the countries, the
achievement is fragile in some cases and must be monitored and strengthened to
ensure sustainability. A high tolerance for child labour in the countries
exacerbates the problem and hinders the implementation of action against it. In
addition, a large number of children in areas affected by natural disasters and
climate change are vulnerable to entering into child labour.
Over the
years, countries have made significant advancement in terms of law and
regulatory framework against child labour. At the sub regional level also;
concerted efforts have been undertaken to promote child welfare and combat the
trafficking of children. SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
member States signed the SAARC Convention on Preventing and Combating the
Trafficking in Women and Children for Prostitution SAARC Convention on Regional
Arrangements for the Promotion of Child Welfare in South Asia. The signing of
these two Conventions is seen as a milestone on the path to facilitate and help
in the development and protection of the full potential of the south Asian
child, promote understanding and awareness of the rights, duties and
responsibilities of the children and others, and to set up appropriate regional
arrangements to assist the member States in fulfilling the rights of the child,
taking into account the changing needs of the child.
ASEAN
Labour Ministers’ Work Programme, 2010-2015has planned the development of
regional guidelines with respect to eliminating the worst forms of child labour
based on appropriate studies.
2.2 Expected Outcomes
This Call
for Proposals aims to protect children from the worst forms of child labour in
Asia.
It specifically aims to address the following
outcomes:
1.1
Children at risk of child labour and children exploited through labour claim
their rights
1.2
Families and communities protect children children from (the worst forms of)
child labour
1.3
Government protects children by making and adequately implementing laws and
policies to protect children from (the worst forms of) child labour
1.4 Law
enforcement agencies convict employers of children
1.5 Civil
society organisations protect the rights and best interests of children (and
children vulnerable to) (worst forms of) child labour
1.6
Private sector contributes to the wellbeing of children vulnerable to or
victims of (worst forms of) child labour
3. Eligibility criteria
The
proposed programme should be in line with the Theory of Changes and Outputs
(Annex-2) and the four strategies of Terre des Hommes (see section 3.3)
3.1
Geographical focus
The
following areas in India are eligible for funding:
This call
for proposal aims at addressing the issues in the states of Andhra Pradesh,
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand
3.2 The
applicant and co-applicants
Each
programme proposal should consist of at least 3 local NGOs (organisations
originated in the country of implementation), local networks or other local
non-traditional development partners e.g. research institutes. Terre des Hommes
Netherlands has a preference to fund local NGOs, however doesn’t exclude
international organisations or stakeholders, but they cannot apply as the lead
applicant. Co-applicant(s) participate in designing and implementing the
programme.
3.3
Requirements
Coherent
programmatic approach Terre des Hommes Netherlands will fund programmes on
worst forms of child labour based on the theory of change with related outputs
(Annex 2). Applicants and co-applicants should demonstrate a successful track
record in addressing child labour.
Intervention strategies
While the
proposed programme should focus on at least three of the four strategies
(prevention, promotion, provision and prosecution), all proposed programme
plans should include the cross cutting strategy: participation of children and
child rights based approach (CRBP).
Types of activities:
1.
Prevention: Strategies should target children vulnerable to (worst forms of)
child labour by addressing the root causes such as poverty and lack of
education. Activities can include (non-formal) education, TVET, socio-economic
development for vulnerable families, social mobilisation, awareness raising
campaigns, education and training of the general public, vulnerable groups and
government officials, cooperation with the private sector, particularly when it
comes to worst forms of child labour. Sustainability of the preventive measures
is deemed to be built-in through involvement of community and establishing
referral, linkage with local resources.
2.
Provision: Immediate support services for child labourers could include medical
and psychological care, shelter and legal assistance while longer term services
could include a return to the family or community, reintegration into school or
income-generating opportunities. Feasible economic opportunities for children
victim of labour exploitation or support to their families through e.g. social
enterprises. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is expected to be promoted
for support provision of the child labours.
3.
Promotion: Activities could include addressing the
adoption/revision/implementation of National Plans of Action (NPAs) on child
labour. This could include developing an advocacy strategy on child labour both
for national government as well as regional bodies such as ASEAN and SAARC.
This could include following-up ASEAN Labour Ministers’ Work Programme,
2010-2015 and undertake active lobby toward implementation of the Ministers’
commitments. For SAARC, advocacy and lobbying to facilitate achievement of
SAIEVAC key results and indicators on child labour. The approach of advocacy
and lobby is envisaged to be evidence based, thus research and knowledge
management would be an integral part of the programme.
Working
with media houses, media stars, other public media and influential businesses,
to advocate against (worst forms of) child labour, to warn for the dangers of
worst forms of child labour and to put influence on governments, traditional
and local leaders and the public opinion towards protection of children against
child labour and instead create safe (commercial) alternatives, should be included.
4.
Prosecution: Strengthening the judicial and prosecution system through raising
awareness, capacity building and extended support (supplementing/complementing
services) to the law enforcement/judicial authorities. Facilitating enabling
environment for children to seek legal aid and also provide legal support to
the victims of child labour exploitation.
Terre des
Hommes Netherlands believes that cultural practices and traditions should not
be a reason to violate child rights and condone abuse and exploitation.
Proposed programme on child labour should also seek to address cultural
practices and traditions, particularly in relation to gender.
Programme design and planned activities
should
1. Incorporate
the guiding principles of the UN Convention on the Rights of a Child
2. Observe
child rights programming
3. Define
the role of Terre des Hommes Netherlands in the programme plan
4. Identify
and quantify the main target groups
5. Include
design for monitoring, evaluation, sustainability, exit strategy and audit
6. Reflect
a multi-stakeholder strategy
Duration
The
initial planned duration of a programme should be 36 months, starting on 1
January 2016.
Programme
proposals that do not follow the above mentioned requirements and that do not
use the prescribed forms are automatically disqualified.
3.4 THE grant
Depending
on the programme design, budget range from: EUR 500,000 to EUR 750,000 for
India.The proposed programme budget should be at least
85% programme cost and not exceed 15% management cost.