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Title | Amount | Grantee | Start | End Sort ascending |
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Promoting Better Understanding of Indicators to Address Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking in PeruThis project supports the Peruvian government and other labor stakeholders to build their capacity to prevent, detect, and eliminate forced labor and labor trafficking from workplaces in Peru. By bringing together the Ministry of Labor, regional and local governments, law enforcement officials, and the judiciary branch, the project aims to encourage better enforcement through consultation and consensus building. |
$2,000,000 | Capital Humano y Social Alternativo (CHS) | 12/08/2017 | 12/30/2022 |
Youth Pathways to Leadership, Learning, and Livelihoods in Costa RicaThe project is helping bridge the skills gap in Costa Rica by increasing the number and quality of on-the-job training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring these opportunities are accessible to the youth who need them the most. The project is supporting improvements in the legal and policy framework surrounding youth training, raising awareness about the benefits of work-based training, documenting and disseminating good apprenticeship practices in Costa Rica, and helping both public and private sectors youth training programs to increase their effectiveness. |
$3,750,000 | YouthBuild International | 09/30/2016 | 11/30/2022 |
SAFE SeasThe SAFE Seas project works to counter forced labor and human trafficking on fishing vessels in Indonesia and the Philippines. The project works to strengthen government enforcement capacity and deepen engagement among fishers, the private sector and civil society. As a result, SAFE Seas helps to promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
$5,500,000 | Plan International | 12/01/2017 | 11/30/2022 |
Colombia AvanzaColombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
$2,500,000 | Partners of the Americas | 12/08/2017 | 10/31/2022 |
Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market in Central AmericaAll economies, whether in the United States or in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), need timely, accurate information to fuel efficiencies in their labor markets. These efficiencies, in turn, help ensure social stability and contribute to economic growth – both within countries and beyond. This project will seek to strengthen labor market information systems in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to create useful labor market intelligence -- helping workers to find jobs, employers to fill the skills gap and economies to grow. |
$4,345,000 | American Institutes for Research | 10/01/2017 | 09/30/2022 |
SakriyaThe Sakriya project (Sakriya means "active" in Nepali) worked to build the capacity of Nepalese civil society to more effectively detect and combat forced child labor and other labor abuses in Nepal's brick, embroidery, and carpet weaving sectors. It leveraged partnerships across Nepal's child protection networks to facilitate access to services for survivors of labor abuses and to reduce the risk that adults and children will be forced into harmful work in these sectors. |
$2,850,000 | World Education | 10/01/2018 | 07/30/2022 |
Reducing Incidence of Child Labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives (RICHES)The Reducing Incidence of Child Labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives (RICHES) project integrated the issues of child labor alleviation and acceptable conditions of work into women’s economic empowerment initiatives. By putting a new toolkit directly in the hands of policymakers and service providers who work with women entrepreneurs, RICHES helped to ensure women-led enterprises can improve livelihoods responsibly without resorting to child labor or other harmful labor practices. |
$401,400 | Grameen Foundation | 12/01/2017 | 02/28/2022 |
Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) through Quality ApprenticeshipsThe Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) project works to build the capacity of government, employers, workers’ organizations, and civil society actors to establish and expand workplace-based training programs for vulnerable youth, including by identifying gaps in relevant laws and policies. |
$3,000,000 | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2016 | 12/30/2021 |
Assessing Progress in Reducing Child Labor in Cocoa-Growing Areas of Côte d'Ivoire and GhanaThe overall objective of this project is to identify the various interventions carried out since the signing of the Declaration in 2010, assess their relative effectiveness, and measure progress towards the achievement of the various goals and targets outlined in the Declaration and Framework, including the goal of a 70 percent reduction in aggregate of the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa sectors of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana by 2020. |
$3,458,861 | National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC) | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2021 |
Paraguay Okakuaa (Paraguay Progresses)In partnership with the Paraguayan Ministry of Labor, Paraguay Okakuaa is strengthening the enforcement of labor laws in agriculture in the Department of Guairá and providing educational and livelihood opportunities for families vulnerable to child labor, particularly young women. And in response to the government’s political will to address forced labor, the project is now expanding efforts to the Chaco, a significant cattle- and beef-exporting region. By addressing labor issues in global supply chains, particularly in the beef sector, the project will help ensure a fair playing field for U.S. goods in global export markets. |
$7,499,558 | Partners of the Americas | 11/03/2015 | 09/30/2021 |
Title | Amount | Grantee | Start | End Sort ascending |
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Promoting Better Understanding of Indicators to Address Forced Labor and Labor Trafficking in PeruThis project supports the Peruvian government and other labor stakeholders to build their capacity to prevent, detect, and eliminate forced labor and labor trafficking from workplaces in Peru. By bringing together the Ministry of Labor, regional and local governments, law enforcement officials, and the judiciary branch, the project aims to encourage better enforcement through consultation and consensus building. |
$2,000,000 | Capital Humano y Social Alternativo (CHS) | 12/08/2017 | 12/30/2022 |
Youth Pathways to Leadership, Learning, and Livelihoods in Costa RicaThe project is helping bridge the skills gap in Costa Rica by increasing the number and quality of on-the-job training programs, such as internships and apprenticeships, while ensuring these opportunities are accessible to the youth who need them the most. The project is supporting improvements in the legal and policy framework surrounding youth training, raising awareness about the benefits of work-based training, documenting and disseminating good apprenticeship practices in Costa Rica, and helping both public and private sectors youth training programs to increase their effectiveness. |
$3,750,000 | YouthBuild International | 09/30/2016 | 11/30/2022 |
SAFE SeasThe SAFE Seas project works to counter forced labor and human trafficking on fishing vessels in Indonesia and the Philippines. The project works to strengthen government enforcement capacity and deepen engagement among fishers, the private sector and civil society. As a result, SAFE Seas helps to promote supply chains free of exploitative labor and a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
$5,500,000 | Plan International | 12/01/2017 | 11/30/2022 |
Colombia AvanzaColombia Avanza is building the capacity of civil society to more effectively combat child labor and other labor abuses in Colombia’s coffee sector. By raising awareness and connecting survivors of labor exploitation to services in two of the largest coffee-producing areas of Colombia, the project helps promote supply chains that are free of exploitative labor and that contribute to a fair playing field for workers in the U.S. and around the world. |
$2,500,000 | Partners of the Americas | 12/08/2017 | 10/31/2022 |
Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market in Central AmericaAll economies, whether in the United States or in Central America (El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras), need timely, accurate information to fuel efficiencies in their labor markets. These efficiencies, in turn, help ensure social stability and contribute to economic growth – both within countries and beyond. This project will seek to strengthen labor market information systems in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras to create useful labor market intelligence -- helping workers to find jobs, employers to fill the skills gap and economies to grow. |
$4,345,000 | American Institutes for Research | 10/01/2017 | 09/30/2022 |
SakriyaThe Sakriya project (Sakriya means "active" in Nepali) worked to build the capacity of Nepalese civil society to more effectively detect and combat forced child labor and other labor abuses in Nepal's brick, embroidery, and carpet weaving sectors. It leveraged partnerships across Nepal's child protection networks to facilitate access to services for survivors of labor abuses and to reduce the risk that adults and children will be forced into harmful work in these sectors. |
$2,850,000 | World Education | 10/01/2018 | 07/30/2022 |
Reducing Incidence of Child Labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives (RICHES)The Reducing Incidence of Child Labor and Harmful Conditions of Work in Economic Strengthening Initiatives (RICHES) project integrated the issues of child labor alleviation and acceptable conditions of work into women’s economic empowerment initiatives. By putting a new toolkit directly in the hands of policymakers and service providers who work with women entrepreneurs, RICHES helped to ensure women-led enterprises can improve livelihoods responsibly without resorting to child labor or other harmful labor practices. |
$401,400 | Grameen Foundation | 12/01/2017 | 02/28/2022 |
Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) through Quality ApprenticeshipsThe Better Utilization of Skills for Youth (BUSY) project works to build the capacity of government, employers, workers’ organizations, and civil society actors to establish and expand workplace-based training programs for vulnerable youth, including by identifying gaps in relevant laws and policies. |
$3,000,000 | International Labor Organization (ILO) | 09/30/2016 | 12/30/2021 |
Assessing Progress in Reducing Child Labor in Cocoa-Growing Areas of Côte d'Ivoire and GhanaThe overall objective of this project is to identify the various interventions carried out since the signing of the Declaration in 2010, assess their relative effectiveness, and measure progress towards the achievement of the various goals and targets outlined in the Declaration and Framework, including the goal of a 70 percent reduction in aggregate of the worst forms of child labor in the cocoa sectors of Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana by 2020. |
$3,458,861 | National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago (NORC) | 12/01/2015 | 11/30/2021 |
Paraguay Okakuaa (Paraguay Progresses)In partnership with the Paraguayan Ministry of Labor, Paraguay Okakuaa is strengthening the enforcement of labor laws in agriculture in the Department of Guairá and providing educational and livelihood opportunities for families vulnerable to child labor, particularly young women. And in response to the government’s political will to address forced labor, the project is now expanding efforts to the Chaco, a significant cattle- and beef-exporting region. By addressing labor issues in global supply chains, particularly in the beef sector, the project will help ensure a fair playing field for U.S. goods in global export markets. |
$7,499,558 | Partners of the Americas | 11/03/2015 | 09/30/2021 |