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The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $4,500,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Côte d’Ivoire to reduce child labor, through an integrated area-based approach, in cocoa growing areas of Côte d’Ivoire, with a focus on child labor in cocoa production. The project will assist cocoa growing communities to design and implement Community Action Plans (CAPs) to address child labor at the community level. The project will also seek to promote educational opportunities for children, including formal and non-formal education and life skills training for youth under age 18; to support access to school feeding programs; and to improve the safety of children attending and traveling to and from school. The duration of the project will be a maximum of four years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.
Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ILAB-15-08. Assistance Listing: 17.401. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: ELT. Award Amount: Up to $4.5M per award.
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Search similar grants →Based on current listing details, eligibility includes: Eligible applicants: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification). Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) (PIOs), capable of successfully fulfilling the objectives identified in the Funding Opportunity Description (see Section I) is eligible to apply. ILAB requires that all entities that elect to apply for this opportunity adhere to the specific requirements outlined in this FOA concerning monitoring and evaluation (M&E), audits and counter-terrorism. In negotiating an award with a PIO, ILAB will discuss the inclusion of appropriate language in the agreement acknowledging the rights and privileges as currently established and afforded to PIOs by the U.S. Government in accordance with U.S. law. The following types of organizations are not eligible to apply nor to participate as subrecipients/contractors: Organizations designated by the U.S. Government to be associated with terrorism. Organizations designated by the U.S. Government to have been debarred or suspended. Organizations planning to charge a fee (profit) associated with a project funded by DOL under this award. In addition, foreign governments and entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for, a foreign state or government, are not eligible to apply. Applicants should confirm final requirements in the official notice before submission.
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NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent (NOI). There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to reduce the prevalence of child labor in targeted rural areas in Zambia. The project will support this objective through the following key outcomes: (1) Adolescent girls engaged in or at high risk of entering child labor have increased access to acceptable work and quality training opportunities, including but not limited to apprenticeships, vocational or technical training, educational services, or establishing their own businesses; (2) Vulnerable women whose household has children engaged in or at high risk of entering child labor have increased livelihood opportunities, including establishing or expanding their own businesses; (3) Public awareness on child labor and gender equality is increased; and (4) Collaboration by Government and the private sector on the promotion of acceptable work for adolescent girls and vulnerable women is increased. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) before the end of July 2016 (this date is subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ and http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/SGAguidelines.htm for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This NOI does not include an FOA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL’s intent to publish an FOA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the FOA because this is the method by which the FOA will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies of the FOA will be provided. Funding Opportunity Number: NOI-ILAB-16-12. Assistance Listing: 17.401. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: O. Award Amount: Up to $5M per award.
NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to achieve the following outcomes: 1) LMI systems enable educational and workforce training providers to help job-seekers and youth develop in-demand job skills, 2) LMI systems help businesses more easily identify and hire qualified workers, and 3) LMI systems enable governments to craft effective labor market policies. The project will also support the LMI systems generate data that are comparable across all three countries. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) around June 2017 (the timing is subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/grants for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This notice does not include an FOA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL’s intent to publish an FOA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the FOA because, if an FOA is published, grants.gov is the method by which the FOA will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies of any FOA will be provided. Funding Opportunity Number: NOI-ILAB-17-01. Assistance Listing: 17.401. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: O. Award Amount: Up to $4M per award.
NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to implement a project in Indonesia and one other country in the Asia-Pacific region to be named by the applicant. The second country must be one of the following other countries in the Asia-Pacific region: Burma, Cambodia, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. The objective of the project is to reduce forced labor and human trafficking on fishing vessels in the Asia-Pacific region. The project will support this objective through the following outcomes: (1) improved enforcement to combat labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking, on fishing vessels through (1.1) strengthened government regulations and policies addressing labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking, on fishing vessels; (1.2) improved coordination within a government interagency structure/task force on illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and associated criminal activities to address labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking, on fishing vessels; (1.3) increased use of multi-disciplinary inspections that mainstream inspection for labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking, on fishing vessels; and (2) decreased presence of indicators of forced labor on fishing vessels through (2.1) improved understanding of acceptable conditions of work, as well as indicators of labor exploitation, including forced labor and human trafficking; (2.2) improved ability to report exploitative working conditions on fishing vessels; (2.3) improved access to remedy of exploitative working conditions on fishing vessels. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) before September 30, 2017 (subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ and http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/SGAguidelines.htm for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This notice does not include an FOA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL’s intent to publish an FOA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the FOA because, if an FOA is published, grants.gov is the method by which the FOA will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies of any FOA will be provided. Funding Opportunity Number: NOI-ILAB-17-04. Assistance Listing: 17.401. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: O. Award Amount: Up to $5M per award.