A/HRC/10/49 page 2 CONTENTS Paragraphs Page I. MANDATE OF THE FUND ........................................................... 1 3 II. ADMINISTRATION AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY TRUST FUND ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF SLAVERY ......................... 2-3 3 GRANT CYCLE AND ADMISSIBILITY CRITERIA .................. 4 - 10 3 A. Grant cycle ............................................................................... 4-5 3 B. Admissibility of new applications and selection process ........ 6-8 4 C. Monitoring and evaluation by the Board and Secretariat ........ 9 - 10 4 11 5 12 - 62 5 III. IV. FINANCIAL STATUS OF THE FUND ......................................... V. THIRTEENTH SESSION OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES ...... A. Recommendations for grants ................................................... 16 - 19 5 B. Fund-raising ............................................................................. 20 - 24 6 C. Follow-up to Office for Internal Oversight Services recommendations ..................................................................... 25 - 54 7 Collaboration with the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences ......................................................... 55 - 58 11 Other recommendations ........................................................... 59 - 62 11 D. E. VI. NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR THE FOURTEENTH SESSION .... 63 12 VII. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE FUND .................................... 64 12 Annexes I. II. III. Contributions available at the thirteenth session of the Board of Trustees ................................................................................................. 13 Project grants recommended by the Board of Trustees at its thirteenth session ................................................................................................. 14 Contingency list of project grants recommended by the Board of Trustees at its thirteenth session ......................................................................................... 21