Labour Standards on Fishing Vessels – Funding from New Zealand

This project will support Pacific Island Countries to address the issue of poor working conditions, labour rights violations and human trafficking on fishing vessels in the Pacific and contribute to making employment on fishing vessels in the region safe, decent and worthwhile. The project seeks to make employment in the Pacific fisheries sector more attractive to Pacific Island nationals thus increasing the economic returns for Pacific Island Countries from their fisheries resources. A detailed description of the Activities and the budget are attached as Annexes.

Project symbol

RAS/20/03/IOM

Admin unit

CO-Suva

Start date

01/07/2021

End date

31/12/2024

Total allocation

884362

Total expenditure

Status

Active

855972

Development Partners

International Organization for Migration

Country/Countries

South Eastern Asia and the Pacific

Outcomes

Outcome 1: Strong, modernized normative action for social justice