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
Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: SafeYouth@Work12/31/2014 - 12/31/2019 This global, multi-country project sought to improve occupational safety and health issues of young workers, and to promote a culture of prevention of occupational illness and injury. Programming placed a particular focus on those aged 15-24, who, as they join the workforce, may be positioned to contribute to a sustainable and prevention-focused OSH culture. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Closing the Child Labor and Forced Labor Evidence Gap: Impact Evaluations07/24/2015 - 10/31/2018 Our impact evaluation projects use rigorous quantitative techniques to evaluate the impact of interventions on reducing child labor, forced labor and human trafficking—part of a broader ILAB effort to build rigorous evidence on what works to secure and protect the rights of children and adults. Such evaluations support our partner governments’ evidence-based policymaking efforts, and also help identify proven strategies to inform ILAB’s future investments in global programs to combat child labor and forced labor. |
Innovations for Poverty Action |
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Youth Pathways – Central America (YPCA): Promoting Youth Employment through Employer Partnerships in El Salvador and Honduras07/29/2015 - 09/30/2021 YPCA worked to improve livelihoods for at-risk youth to prevent their engagement in exploitative labor and the worst forms of child labor. The project provided at-risk youth with skills and education directly related to labor market needs in a safe learning environment; helped at-risk youth secure and retain employment; promotes youth employment through business partnerships; and strengthens government and community organizations’ ability to support relevant vocational training and employment opportunities for youth. |
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) |
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Administrative Data Research and Analysis (ADRA) Project Child Labor Research - Resources for Quantitative Surveys09/30/2015 - 09/30/2018 In 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) in the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), and funded contractor Mathematica to develop Resources for Quantitative Surveys on Child Labor. The goal of this project was to identify challenges and develop accessible guidance related to sampling, data collection and analysis for researchers. |
Mathematica |
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From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor (The Bridge Project)09/30/2015 - 07/31/2023 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Paraguay Okakuaa (Paraguay Progresses)11/03/2015 - 09/30/2021 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. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana's Cocoa-Growing Communities (MOCA)11/06/2015 - 11/06/2019 |
Winrock International |
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Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa (ECLIC)11/16/2015 - 11/15/2019 |
International Cocoa Initiative |
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Piloting the USDA Guidelines in the Hazelnut Supply Chain in Turkey11/20/2015 - 06/30/2018 |
Fair Labor Association |
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Building a Generation of Safe and Healthy Workers: SafeYouth@Work12/31/2014 - 12/31/2019 This global, multi-country project sought to improve occupational safety and health issues of young workers, and to promote a culture of prevention of occupational illness and injury. Programming placed a particular focus on those aged 15-24, who, as they join the workforce, may be positioned to contribute to a sustainable and prevention-focused OSH culture. |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Technical Support for Enhancing National Capacity to Prevent and Reduce Child Labour in Vietnam12/31/2014 - 06/30/2024 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Closing the Child Labor and Forced Labor Evidence Gap: Impact Evaluations07/24/2015 - 10/31/2018 Our impact evaluation projects use rigorous quantitative techniques to evaluate the impact of interventions on reducing child labor, forced labor and human trafficking—part of a broader ILAB effort to build rigorous evidence on what works to secure and protect the rights of children and adults. Such evaluations support our partner governments’ evidence-based policymaking efforts, and also help identify proven strategies to inform ILAB’s future investments in global programs to combat child labor and forced labor. |
Innovations for Poverty Action |
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Youth Pathways – Central America (YPCA): Promoting Youth Employment through Employer Partnerships in El Salvador and Honduras07/29/2015 - 09/30/2021 YPCA worked to improve livelihoods for at-risk youth to prevent their engagement in exploitative labor and the worst forms of child labor. The project provided at-risk youth with skills and education directly related to labor market needs in a safe learning environment; helped at-risk youth secure and retain employment; promotes youth employment through business partnerships; and strengthens government and community organizations’ ability to support relevant vocational training and employment opportunities for youth. |
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) |
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Administrative Data Research and Analysis (ADRA) Project Child Labor Research - Resources for Quantitative Surveys09/30/2015 - 09/30/2018 In 2016, the Department of Labor (DOL) Chief Evaluation Office (CEO) partnered with the Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) in the Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), and funded contractor Mathematica to develop Resources for Quantitative Surveys on Child Labor. The goal of this project was to identify challenges and develop accessible guidance related to sampling, data collection and analysis for researchers. |
Mathematica |
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From Protocol to Practice: A Bridge to Global Action on Forced Labor (The Bridge Project)09/30/2015 - 07/31/2023 |
International Labor Organization (ILO) |
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Paraguay Okakuaa (Paraguay Progresses)11/03/2015 - 09/30/2021 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. |
Partners of the Americas |
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Mobilizing Community Action and Promoting Opportunities for Youth in Ghana's Cocoa-Growing Communities (MOCA)11/06/2015 - 11/06/2019 |
Winrock International |
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Eliminating Child Labor in Cocoa (ECLIC)11/16/2015 - 11/15/2019 |
International Cocoa Initiative |
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Piloting the USDA Guidelines in the Hazelnut Supply Chain in Turkey11/20/2015 - 06/30/2018 |
Fair Labor Association |
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