The grants cycle

Requests for funding should be submitted following the Guidelines of the Fund. Applications are received by 31st May every year to be considered by the Board of Trustees in November -December.

During the session, the Board reviews the narrative and financial reports on the use of previous grants, adopts recommendations on applications for new grants, meets with donors and adopts other relevant recommendations on the activities of the Fund. Grants awarded in December will be used during the following year.

The Board adopted a new grant cycle for projects grants for 2012 as follows:

Deadline for the submission of project application: 31 May 2011
Annual session of Board of Trustees: 28 November - 5 December 2011
Disbursement: January to February 2012
Submission of Financial and Narrative reports: 30 April 2013

News and events

1991-2011 - 20th anniversary of the Fund

20th anniversary of the Fund

Panel discussion on young child domestic workers - 1 June 2011

Exhibition - 5-28 September 2011

Side Event on Child Slavery in the Artisanal Mining and Quarrying Sector- 16 September 2011

Annual Board of Trustees event- 2nd December 2011

The Fund

What the Fund is

Board of Trustees

Decision-making

List of project for the year 2012

List of grantees / Site of Operations

About the Fund's projects

Reporting on the activities of the Fund

How to apply to the Fund

Grant Cycle

Call for 2012 Applications
E | F | S

Guidelines for the use of organizations
E | F

Policies of the Board of Trustees
(Available soon)

Fellowship Programme of the United Nations Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

Reporting framework for NGOs funded by the Voluntary Fund

Upon receipt of the grant, beneficiaries are requested to fill in and sign the receipt form and the banking form

Acknowledge receipt form:
E F S

Banking form
E

Beneficiaries are requested to submit mid-year Narrative and Financial reports on the use of their grants 6 months after receipt of payment and final Narrative and Financial reports on the use of their grants one month after the project completion.

Financial and Narrative forms:
E | F | S

UN observances

International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011

Statement of the Board of Trustees of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery, on the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011
English

Message of the Secretary General on the United Nations International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2011
English - French - Spanish

Publications

The UN Voluntary Trust Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery

UN Voluntary Fund on Slavery