FUNDING-ILAB
- Addressing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Coffee Supply Chains; October 11,
2017
Agency
Department
of Labor
Bureau
of International Labor Affairs
Description
The
Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor
announces the availability of approximately $4 million total costs for up to
two cooperative agreements of up to $2 million total costs each to fund
technical assistance project(s) in two different countries to improve
implementation of social compliance systems that promote acceptable conditions
of work and the elimination of child labor and forced labor in coffee supply
chains. Each cooperative agreement will fund a project in one of the following
countries in the Latin America/Caribbean region, where DOL’s List of Goods
Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (TVPRA List) documents child labor
and/or forced labor concerns: Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala,
Honduras, or Nicaragua. Project outcomes include: 1) Adoption of a robust and
sustainable social compliance system by private sector stakeholders in coffee
supply chains; 2) Strengthened capacity of private sector stakeholders to
implement a robust and sustainable social compliance system in coffee supply
chains; and 3) New social compliance tools on child labor, forced labor, and
acceptable conditions of work piloted in the coffee supply chain. The duration
of the project will be a maximum of 4 years (48 months) from the effective date
of the award. Applicants may apply for one or two of the cooperative agreements
listed above. No more than two applications per applicant will be accepted. If
applying for two cooperative agreements, applicants should not combine
countries in a single application, but must submit separate applications for
each country. Each application should request no more than $2 million total
costs in funding.
Announcement
Number:
FOA-ILAB-17-07
Closing
Date:
Oct 11, 2017
Link
to Full Announcement
https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=297315
Contact
Information
Mr.
Dorjan Chaney