Our international grants support projects to combat some of the most abusive labor practices, including the use of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking in global supply chains. ILAB-funded projects also promote trade partners’ compliance with the labor requirements of U.S. trade agreements and preference programs – helping to ensure a fair global playing field for workers in the United States and around the world.
Results
ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The ALFA project will strengthen the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sectoral bodies and member countries to coordinate and collaborate to address forced labor and abusive working conditions in the region’s fishing industry. ALFA will focus on ASEAN regional policy implementation, and increased engagement with the private sector, worker organizations, and civil society to mitigate forced labor and trafficking, and improve working conditions for a more sustainable, responsible and resilient fishing sector. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South America12/15/2021 - 11/14/2028 This project aims to address labor abuses in the fishing sector in South America, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Global Accelerator Lab Project: Intensifying Action Against Forced Labor and Child Labor12/01/2021 - 10/15/2025 ILAB’s Global Accelerator Lab project will support broader and more effective action under Alliance 8.7, a global partnership to assist United Nations (UN) member States to end child labor, forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Fair Fish: Fostering Accountability in Recruitment for Fishery Workers01/01/2019 - 12/31/2024 The FAIR Fish project helps create a fair global playing field for workers and responsible U.S. businesses by engaging with the private sector to reduce forced labor and human trafficking in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in Thailand. |
Plan International |
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CLIMB12/15/2017 - 05/31/2021 The Child Labor Improvements in Bangladesh (CLIMB) project built the capacity of civil society to more effectively detect and combat forced child labor and other labor abuses in the dried fish sector in Bangladesh. It leveraged partnerships with academic and community-based organizations to build a grassroots movement, empower vulnerable families, connect survivors to services and reduce the risk that children would be forced into this harmful work. |
Winrock International |
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SAFE Seas12/01/2017 - 11/30/2022 The 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. |
Plan International |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2025 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor12/31/2013 - 09/30/2025 The goal of the project is to reduce child labor in Burma through the establishment of a comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient multi-stakeholder response. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Cambodians EXCEL: Eliminating eXploitative Child Labor through Education and Livelihoods12/31/2012 - 12/31/2016 Reduce exploitative child labor in areas with a high prevalence of child labor in agriculture, fishing, and domestic service. |
World Vision |
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Towards a Child Labour-Free Philippines: Supporting the ‘Philippine Program Against Child Labour’ in Building on Past Gains and Addressing Challenges09/30/2009 - 12/31/2013 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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ALFA: Addressing Labor Exploitation in Fishing in ASEAN12/15/2021 - 06/14/2026 The ALFA project will strengthen the capacity of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) sectoral bodies and member countries to coordinate and collaborate to address forced labor and abusive working conditions in the region’s fishing industry. ALFA will focus on ASEAN regional policy implementation, and increased engagement with the private sector, worker organizations, and civil society to mitigate forced labor and trafficking, and improve working conditions for a more sustainable, responsible and resilient fishing sector. |
Development Alternatives Incorporated (DAI) |
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Strengthening Decent Work in the Fishing Sector in South America12/15/2021 - 11/14/2028 This project aims to address labor abuses in the fishing sector in South America, with a focus on Ecuador and Peru. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Global Accelerator Lab Project: Intensifying Action Against Forced Labor and Child Labor12/01/2021 - 10/15/2025 ILAB’s Global Accelerator Lab project will support broader and more effective action under Alliance 8.7, a global partnership to assist United Nations (UN) member States to end child labor, forced labor, human trafficking and modern slavery by 2030. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Fair Fish: Fostering Accountability in Recruitment for Fishery Workers01/01/2019 - 12/31/2024 The FAIR Fish project helps create a fair global playing field for workers and responsible U.S. businesses by engaging with the private sector to reduce forced labor and human trafficking in the fishing and seafood processing sectors in Thailand. |
Plan International |
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CLIMB12/15/2017 - 05/31/2021 The Child Labor Improvements in Bangladesh (CLIMB) project built the capacity of civil society to more effectively detect and combat forced child labor and other labor abuses in the dried fish sector in Bangladesh. It leveraged partnerships with academic and community-based organizations to build a grassroots movement, empower vulnerable families, connect survivors to services and reduce the risk that children would be forced into this harmful work. |
Winrock International |
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SAFE Seas12/01/2017 - 11/30/2022 The 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. |
Plan International |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2025 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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My-PEC: Myanmar Program on the Elimination of Child Labor12/31/2013 - 09/30/2025 The goal of the project is to reduce child labor in Burma through the establishment of a comprehensive, inclusive, and efficient multi-stakeholder response. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Cambodians EXCEL: Eliminating eXploitative Child Labor through Education and Livelihoods12/31/2012 - 12/31/2016 Reduce exploitative child labor in areas with a high prevalence of child labor in agriculture, fishing, and domestic service. |
World Vision |
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Towards a Child Labour-Free Philippines: Supporting the ‘Philippine Program Against Child Labour’ in Building on Past Gains and Addressing Challenges09/30/2009 - 12/31/2013 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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