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The International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour (IPEC), a technical cooperation programme of the International Labor Office (ILO), is inviting proposals for a partnership/funding opportunity that may interest organisations in Tanzania. The aim of IPEC is a contribution to the progressive elimination of the worst forms of child labour (WFCL) by strengthening national capacities to address the problem, and its causes, in countries around the world. ILO's traditional constituents include the Ministries of Labour, employers' and workers' organisations, as well as other concerned ministries and partners in the private and public sectors. IPEC support is given to partner organisations in selected areas to develop and implement measures which aim at preventing child labour, withdrawing children from hazardous work, providing alternatives and improving the working conditions in non-hazardous and non-exploitative work for older children as a transitional measure towards the elimination of child labour. In Tanzania, IPEC's priority areas/sectors for WFCL interventions include the: fishing industry, commercial sexual exploitation of children (CSEC); child domestic labour (CDL); and sectors of agriculture and mining. In line with project objectives, IPEC is seeking to broaden its partnership base, by inviting eligible national FBOs, CBOs, and NGOs that are interested in applying for an ILO/IPEC collaboration agreement. To this effect, IPEC invites organisations to participate in a three-part vetting process. The organisation is primarily interested in working with non-profit organisations that have been working directly (although not necessarily exclusively) with vulnerable children for a period of at least three years. For more information regarding the criteria that will be utilised in the selection process, refer to the above document.