CALL FOR APPLICANTS: FSTP SUB-GRANT UNDER THE CAI

18/06/2026
Update

Call for Applicants: Financial Support to Third Parties (FSTP) Sub-Grant under the Corporate Accountability Initiative (CAI)

WORKING CONDITIONS OF PRIVATE SECURITY GUARDS IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

 

The CAI (Corporate Accountability Initiative) is an initiative aimed at strengthening the accountability of economic actors for human rights violations committed throughout value chains, with a particular focus on private security service providers. Co-financed by the European Union, it is the result of a collaboration between ICoCA, TRIAL International, OEARSE RDC, African Law Foundation, CDD-Centro Para Democracia e Direitos Humanos, the Iraqi Human Rights Defenders and Activists Consortium, INDEPAZ and IEPADES Guatemala.

The initiative is launching a call for applications (document in French) for a sub-grant to carry out a research project resulting in the publication of a comprehensive national study on the working conditions of private security personnel and the potential human rights violations related to them, affecting value chains in high-risk sectors such as extractive industries, forestry, agriculture and finance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

 

Sub-grant amount: 30 000 EUR

Duration: 3 to 6 months

Only one project will be selected under this sub-grant.

Eligibility: Applicants must be a civil society organisation, non-governmental organisation or other non-profit entity and:

  • be a registered legal entity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, operational for at least 3 years;
  • have previously conducted research on security/private security and/or labour rights;
  • have a functional accounting system to accurately record all project-related financial transactions.

Before submitting your application, please review all documents related to the call for projects below, including the full guidelines and application forms.

Send your application along with all mandatory documents to fstp@icoca.ch.

Submission deadline: 16.07.2026, 23:59 CEST.

 

Documents (in French):