Deadline: 27-Aug-20
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department) has announced the availability of approximately $8,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of federal funds) for two cooperative agreements of $4,000,000 each to fund one technical assistance project in Côte d’Ivoire and one in Ghana to increase the number of cocoa cooperatives demonstrating a reduction of child labor in the cocoa supply chain.
The projects will aim to achieve the following outcomes:
- Outcome 1: Improved accountability of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor in the cocoa supply chain.
- Outcome 1.1: Strengthened capacity of enforcement agencies to enforce child labor laws within cooperatives.
- Outcome 1.2: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor.
- Outcome 2: Increased support to vulnerable cocoa households within cocoa cooperatives.
- Outcome 2.1: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to provide sustainable assistance and support to prevent child labor.
- Outcome 2.2: Increased access to social protection and child labor remediation programs.
Funding Information
Funding will be provided in the form of a cooperative agreement. Approximately $8,000,000 million total costs is expected to be available to fund up to two (2) award(s). Applicants may apply for a ceiling amount of up to $4,000,000 total costs.
Duration
The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4.5 years (54 months) from the effective date of the award.
Eligibility Criteria
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
- U.S. organizations:
- Nonprofits, including any faith-based organizations or community-based organizations
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
- For-Profit Organizations
- Non-U.S. organizations:
- Non-U.S. Entities, including PIOs, as described in 2 CFR 200.46.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328101