CALL FOR PROPOSALS (Re-advertise) Providing information and support services to women migrant workers in Thailand. 10 March 2025     The ILO invites civil society organizations – including non-governmental organizations (NGOs), community-based organizations and faith-based organizations – to submit applications to receive technical assistance and financial support for the provision of information and support services to women migrant workers in Thailand.     Application deadline: Tuesday 1 April 2025     What is this call for proposals about?   The ILO has been supporting service providers in Thailand to provide women and men migrant workers with various services, including information, counselling, community outreach, capacity building, case management and worker organizing activities. These services have been provided through Migrant Worker Resource Centers (MRCs) operated by various ILO partners in Bangkok and vicinity as well as outreach activities to other provinces with high numbers of migrant population.   The ILO offers technical and financial support to trade unions, NGOs, community-based organizations, and faith-based organizations for the direct provision of support service to women and men migrant workers in Bangkok and other areas in Thailand. Partnerships between emerging migrant community-based organizations and more established trade unions, and/or NGOs are particularly encouraged.   Technical and financial assistance to successful proposals will be provided through the ILO’s Ensuring Decent Work and Reducing Vulnerabilities for Women and Children in the Context of Labour Migration in Southeast Asia (PROTECT) project, supported by the European Union. The overall objective of the PROTECT project is to protect the rights of women migrant workers and migrant children in Southeast Asia. The project’s specific objectives are to strengthen national legislation, policies  and regional framework for the protection of migrant workers, children and other vulnerable groups in line with international standards; to improve national and regional prevention and protection mechanisms to reduce rights’ violations against migrant women, children and other vulnerable groups, including victims of trafficking and smuggled migrants and; to increase the access of at-risk groups, women migrant workers and children to information, social and legal services, counselling and association to prevent abuse, exploitation, harassment, violence, and trafficking in human beings by providing support and resources to the MRCs.   What types of activities may be proposed?   Proposed activities:   Should directly benefit women and men migrant workers working in Bangkok and areas with migrant population in sectors including but not limited to construction and domestic work. Proposals may be tailored to target specific migrant communities, geographic locations and/or sectors. Following the principle of leave no one behind, keeping in mind specific vulnerabilities of groups of migrant workers, target beneficiaries may also include irregular women and men migrant workers Interventions must take a gender-responsive, women’s empowerment approach.   Proposed services to migrant workers may involve, among others: Community outreach, information sharing, counselling Trainings (such as on labour rights, wage protection, fair recruitment, community leadership, seeking redress, occupational safety and health, violence and harassment, financial literacy etc) Network building among migrant workers Case management, referrals, legal aid Shelter and other forms of assistance related to labour issues for women and men migrant workers Awareness raising and advocacy initiatives as relevant   As part of the implementation of service provision activities for women migrant workers, organizations may also propose interventions that will improve their own capacities, knowledge and skills in relation to service provision for migrant workers.   Proposed activities should be practical, implementable, and achievable within 12 months.       Who is eligible to apply?   NGOs, community-based organizations and faith- based organizations providing direct services to migrant workers in Thailand are all eligible to submit a proposal. Eligible applicants must: Be a registered organization Have a bank account in the name of the organization Have financial management skills and systems in place   Unregistered community-based organizations may wish to apply in partnership with registered and experienced NGOs.     What kind of support does the PROTECT project offer?   The ILO will deliver two types of support to successful applicants: Technical assistance may include provision of technical inputs in line with International Labour Standards, and training on case management and documentation, safe migration,  labour rights, violence and harassment in the world of work, occupational safety and health, report writing, financial reporting needs, or any other identified capacity building needs, as agreed with and relevant to the results to be achieved by the implementing partner. Financial support for the implementation of proposed intervention for a maximum of 12 months   A continuation of the collaboration may be available to organizations with satisfactory performance, pending resource availability.     How to prepare a proposal   Applicants must prepare SEPARATE narrative and budget proposals. DO NOT include any budget details in the narrative proposal.   The Narrative Proposal should include: Brief description of the organization(s) implementing the proposal. Justification for planned activities (What issues do you plan to address?) Description of activities (What you plan to do? What results do you aim to achieve?) Description of beneficiaries (Who will benefit and how?) Description of target locations (Where?) Work plan (Time frame of proposed activities) Description of roles and responsibilities of organizations and staff involved in the work, including division of the work between partners, if applicable.   The Budget Proposal should: Align with the Outcome / Output / Activity plans as structured and outlined in the Narrative Proposal Include detailed line-item budget (How much does each activity cost?) Include personnel/organisational costs (how many personnel will be involved? Salary costs (and percentage) for each staff?)   Applicants are requested to prepare their proposal on the NARRATIVE AND BUDGET PROPOSAL TEMPLATES provided by the ILO (attached).     Selection criteria and review process   Priority will be given to proposals that demonstrate the following characteristics: Quality and coherence of the proposal (25%): A good proposal sets clear objectives, provides detailed outputs and activities, and defines a realistic work plan and budget with concrete steps to achieving the expected results. Capacity and potential of implementing organization(s) (25%): Proposals should demonstrate the implementing organizations’ ability to reach the intended target beneficiaries, successfully conduct activities, and manage the project in a professional manner. Strategic match (20%): Strategic interventions proposed by applicants should address critical gaps in services currently available to migrant workers in Thailand, as well as use rights-based and gender-responsive approaches. Value for money (30%): Budget proposals will be evaluated based on the most advantageous combination of cost-effective operations, quality services, and sustainability to meet requirements.   Proposals will be reviewed by PROTECT team and relevant ILO technical specialists. Shortlisted organizations may be asked to provide additional information or details during the review process.      Where and how to submit a proposal   Applicants for previous call for proposals are welcomed to re-submit the proposals. Applicants are requested to submit narrative and budget proposals in SEPARATE EMAILS. Proposals that have the narrative and budget proposals sent together in one email will not be considered. There should be no mention of the budget in the narrative proposal. Proposals should be submitted electronically by Tuesday 1 April 2025, 17:00hrs (Bangkok time) to [email protected] with “PROTECT PROJECT Thailand MRC – Narrative Proposal” and “PROTECT PROJECT Thailand MRC – Budget Proposal” as the subject of the emails. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be accepted.   For further information and queries, please email [email protected]