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Country Level Engagement and Assistance to Reduce (CLEAR) Child Labor

Date Posted: June 17, 2013


Preventing Child Labor in Home-Based Carpet Production in Afghanistan

    Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)

    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.

    Amount: Up to $2 million

    Important Dates:

      Technical Question Submissions: Within 30 days of posted date

      Web Chat: Within 30 days of posted date

      Application Deadline: August 2, 2013

Date Posted: June 17, 2013


Improving Fire and General Building Safety in Bangladesh

    Status: Open Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SCA)

    Purpose: To (1) improve government enforcement of fire and general building safety standards, and (2) increase worker organizations’ ability to effectively monitor for violations of fire and general building safety standards and seek abatement of such hazards.

    Amount: Up to $2.5 million

    Important Dates:

      Technical Question Submissions: Within 30 days of posted date

      Web Chat: Within 30 days of posted date

      Application Deadline: August 2, 2013

Date Posted: June 13, 2013


Reducing Child Labor in Burma

    Status: Notice of Intent (NOI) - subject to the availability of funds

    Purpose: To reduce the worst forms of child labor Burma by promoting Burma’s efforts to comply with international standards in reducing child labor through research, awareness raising, strengthening of institutional capacity and coordination, and the development and implementation of pilot programs to remove children from child labor and prevent others from engaging in such activities.

Date Posted: June 3, 2013


Combating Child Labor in the Mining Sector in Colombia

Date Posted: May 20, 2013


Contract Research: Human Resource Prerequisites for Successful Labor Inspections

Date Posted: May 16, 2013


Reducing Child Labor and Improving Labor Rights and Working Conditions in the Dominican Republic

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: June 6, 9:30 - 10:30 am (EST) (View transcript)

    Application Deadline: July 12, 2013

Date Posted: May 13, 2013


Global Research on Child Labor Measurement and Policy Development

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


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