Procurement Summary
Country : Malaysia
Summary : Provision of Photographs and Video Documentation Services - to Promote Socio-Economic Inclusion through Access to Education for Children and Training Opportunities for Youth on Plantations in Sabah
Deadline : 25 Apr 2025
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Notice Type : Tender
TOT Ref.No.: 117885657
Document Ref. No. : ILO-SABAH PROJECT-APRIL 2025
Financier : International Labour Organization
Purchaser Ownership : Public
Tender Value : Refer Document
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1. BackgroundMalaysia, as the second largest producer of palm oil in the world after Indonesia, saw its palm oil & palm oil-based products increase by RM2.4 billion or 27.7 per cent to RM11.2 billion as of December 2024, according to the statistics released by the Ministry of Economy. Exports of palmoil, a main commodity, alone recorded an increase of RM1.8 billion (+35.8%) as compared to the previous year. Overall, palm oil & palm oil-based products made up 8.1% of the total exports1. Malaysia's oil palm industry also represents a major source of employment, hiring 382, 582 workers as of August2022 according to the Malaysian Palm Oil Board. In addition, as much as 80% of the oil palm plantation workers are migrants, mostly Indonesians, but also Bangladeshis, Nepalis and Indian nationals.The Malaysian government-produced Employment Survey in Plantations 2018 with technical support fromthe ILO - estimated the prevalence of forced labour among oil palm plantation workers in Malaysia as 8 for every 1, 000 oil palm workers. The survey also estimated that 33, 600 children aged 5-17 years were in child labour. In Sabah, child labour in oil palm plantations accounted for 58.8% (estimatedat 19, 800 children) of all child labour in Malaysia's oil palm plantations, which was much higher than Sarawak at 39.5% (13, 200).Unlike Peninsular Malaysia, many migrant workers in Sabah tend to live together with their families. Given that children of migrant workers are unable to enrol informal...
Publish Date: 14-Apr-2025
UN Orgnization: INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION (ILO)
Type of Notice: Request for proposal
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