Call for Proposals for Business and Human Rights Project Competition

Deadline: 7-May-21

UNDP is calling proposals for Business and Human Rights Project Competition to support to the civil society organizations engaged in human rights protection, recognition and advocacy in Mongolia, in greater context of defending human rights abuses from businesses and industrial operations.

The objective of this programme is to promote the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles in Mongolia through civil society efforts on human rights advocacy, capacity building, awareness raising, innovation platforms and public consultations.

In 2011, the United Nations Human Rights Council endorsed the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, world’s most authoritative, and normative framework for promoting responsible business practices, and to provide a way forward.

The three key pillars of the principles included State duty to protect human rights in business operations, businesses’ responsibility to respect human rights, and both to provide remedies when violations occur.

Thematic Areas

The proposals applied for the grant must align with the following thematic areas:

Priority areas:
- Documentation of human rights issues and concerns in workplace in the specific sectors and areas such as infrastructure, construction, agriculture, food industry, leather, textiles, hospitality, and automobile repair workshops;
- Select a business entity and conduct a pilot Human Rights Due Diligence using a specific methodology, and produce case study on the adoption mechanism for scale up;
- Innovative means of advocating the human rights issues in specific business sectors.
Optional areas:
- Participatory human rights monitoring for specific business entities in a specific sector or industry, engaging all relevant stakeholders;
- Undertake a pilot Human Rights Impact Assessment at a specific site or place, using the methodology developed by the National Human Rights Commission of Mongolia.

Funding Information

Under the small grants programme, UNDP will contribute approximately 40,000 USD up to four CSOs (USD 8,000 – 10,000 each).

Eligibility Criteria

Only local, national or community-based non-governmental and not-for-profit civil society organization with existence for 5 years or more who works on human rights issues can apply for this grant.
Government authorities and for-profit commercial or private organizations cannot apply but may participate as cooperation partners in the project.

Evaluation Criteria

The project will be evaluated according to the following criteria: