Grant & Contract Opportunities
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Please note that announcements regarding ILAB grant opportunities are also published on http://www.grants.gov. Announcements regarding ILAB contract opportunities are also published on http://www.fbo.gov.
Combating Child Labor in the Mining Sector in Colombia
Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)
Purpose: To support Colombia’s efforts to reduce child labor, including by promoting safe work in the mining sector, with a focus on artisanal, non-formal mining, as a strategy for mitigating the risk of injuries for adult workers that can negatively impact household livelihoods and contribute to child labor.
Amount: Up to $9 million
Important Dates:
Technical Question Submissions: July 8, 2013
Web Chat: Within 30 days after the SCA issuance
Application Deadline: July 19, 2013
Date Posted: May 20, 2013
Contract Research: Human Resource Prerequisites for Successful Labor Inspections
Status: Open Solicitation (#DOL131RQ21714)
Purpose: To produce a methodologically rigorous research paper that identifies the conditions, competencies and incentives needed for labor inspectors to successfully carry out their work.
Submission Deadline: June 14, 2013 – 3pm US-EDT
Date Posted: May 16, 2013
Reducing Child Labor and Improving Labor Rights and Working Conditions in the Dominican Republic
Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)
Purpose: To support the Dominican Republic's efforts to reduce child labor and address other labor concerns in the agricultural sector, including in the sugar sector and in supply chains.
Amount: Up to $10 million
Important Dates:
Technical Question Submissions: June 27, 2013
Web Chat: Within 30 days after the SCA issuance
Application Deadline: July 12, 2013
Date Posted: May 13, 2013
Combating Child Labor in the Tea Sector in Rwanda
Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)
Purpose: To support efforts by the Government of Rwanda and tea industry entities to significantly reduce child labor in the production of tea, including by implementing a child labor monitoring system, enhancing labor law enforcement efforts on smallholder farms, and increasing children’s access to education. The project will also promote decent work for older children and economic opportunities for those Rwandan households most vulnerable to child labor in tea growing areas.
Amount: Up to $5 million
Important Dates:
Technical Question Submissions: June 27, 2013
Web Chat: Within 30 days after the SCA issuance
Application Deadline: July 12, 2013
Date Posted: May 13, 2013
Global Research on Child Labor Measurement and Policy Development
Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)
Purpose: To implement a global research project to expand the knowledge base on child labor through data collection and analysis and updates on country-level statistics covering child work and education.
Amount: Up to $7 million
Important Dates:
Technical Question Submissions: June 27, 2013
Web Chat: Within 30 days after SCA issuance
Application Deadline: July 12, 2013
Date Posted: May 13, 2013
Contract Research: Improving Labor Inspection Systems
Status: Open Solicitation (#DOL131RQ21707)
Purpose: To produce a research paper that identifies several feasible design options for assessing the impact of labor law enforcement strategies on firm compliance (i.e., a design options paper) with a research focus on low- to middle-income countries, specifically those in Latin America, and supporting materials.
Submission Deadline: June 6, 2013 – 3pm US-EDT
Date Posted: May 7, 2013
Fire Safety Project in Bangladesh
Status: Notice of Intent (NOI) - subject to the availability of funds
Purpose: To improve fire safety in the ready-made garment sector by: 1) improving the Government of Bangladesh’s enforcement of fire safety laws and regulations in the sector, and 2) improved representation and protection of workers in the sector on fire safety issues.
Date Posted: April 30, 2013
Preventing Child Labor in Home-Based Carpet Production in Afghanistan
Status: Notice of Intent (NOI) - subject to the availability of funds
Purpose: To reduce the worst forms of child labor in the home-based production of carpets in Afghanistan by designing and piloting a sustainable social compliance system in collaboration with at least one partner company. The project will focus on addressing child labor in at least one district of Afghanistan in which there is evidence of a high prevalence of child labor in home-based carpet weaving workplaces.
Date Posted: April 29, 2013
African Youth Empowerment and Development Initiative
Status: Notice of Intent (NOI) - subject to the availability of funds
Purpose: To address exploitative child labor among youth by helping them develop marketable skills to secure decent work. The project will target vulnerable youth age 14 through 18, to enhance livelihoods for youth and their households, support civic engagement by youth, and encourage youth to take on leadership roles within their communities.
Date Posted: April 11, 2013
Combating Child Labor in Morocco
Status: Notice of Intent (NOI)- subject to the availability of funds
Purpose: To support efforts in rural and peri-urban areas of Morocco to reduce child labor and assist youth of legal working age to secure decent work. The project will also improve the capacity of Morocco’s labor inspectorate to monitor and enforce labor laws in rural agricultural areas and strengthen the ability of civil society organizations to reduce child labor through service provision and advocacy.
Date Posted: April 8, 2013
Global Capacity Building
Status: Notice of Intent (NOI) - subject to the availability of funds
Purpose: To increase national and local capacity to address child labor, including the worst forms of child labor, and carry out labor inspectorate assessments to better inform monitoring and enforcement of worker rights.
Date Posted: March 20, 2013
