The home office is seeking proposals for funding from its new modern slavery innovation fund and child trafficking protection fund until 29 th november.
Home office modern slavery innovation fund. A child trafficking protection fund ctpf. The 11m modern slavery innovation fund msif was announced by home secretary amber rudd in october and seeks projects that trial new approaches to tackling modern slavery in countries from which victims are trafficked. The modern slavery innovation fund msif which supports international projects to trial innovative ways of stopping modern slavery has awarded up to 800 000 each to projects across the world. The first modern slavery innovation fund awards will be shared by 10 organisations working to eradicate the crime particularly in countries from which victims are trafficked to the uk.
The msif will make available 11m oda funding from 2016 17 to 2020 21. This first call for proposals is for 6m oda funding available until 2018 19. Eti is delighted to have been awarded a grant from the home office s modern slavery innovation fund. This includes the modern slavery innovation fund which supports overseas projects to trial innovative ways of stopping modern slavery.
The home office is seeking to allocate the remaining 5 million from the modern slavery innovation fund msif for oda eligible modern slavery projects preferably ranging from 300k 800k running from april 2019 to march 2021. Independent anti slavery commissioner in may 2019 sara thornton formally started her role as the uk s independent anti slavery commissioner following her appointment by the home secretary. The home office s anti slavery award will fund a two year eti project helping vulnerable migrant workers in malaysia access support and advice and seek remedy where they have suffered abuse. The ctpf will provide up to 3m of funding of which 80 is from oda.
For example we are investing 3m in vietnam 5m in nigeria and also have a dedicated innovation fund to support new approaches to tackling modern slavery. Home secretary amber rudd will today pledge 11 million to a dedicated modern slavery innovation fund set up to tackle the horrendous crime in high risk countries from which victims are. A modern slavery innovation fund msif.