Deadline: 08-Oct-20
The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $5 million total costs (subject to the availability of federal funds) for one cooperative agreement(s) to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Colombia to improve compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in the port sector.
These include, but are not limited to, the right to freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, the prohibition against discrimination at work, elimination of forced labor and child labor, and rights to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health.
Project Outcomes
- Increased understanding of barriers to compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in Colombia’s port sector.
- Development of approaches to support compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in Colombia’s port sector.
- Demonstrated effectiveness of approaches that support compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in Colombia’s port sector.
- Increased awareness and adoption of approaches to support compliance with national laws related to internationally recognized labor rights in Colombia’s port sector.
Funding Information
- Estimated Total Program Funding: $5,000,000
- Award Ceiling: $5,000,000
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.
- U.S. organizations:
- The following types of organizations are not eligible to apply nor to participate as subrecipients/contractors:
- Organizations designated by the U.S. Government to be associated with terrorism.
- Organizations designated by the U.S. Government to have been debarred or suspended.
- Organizations planning to charge a fee (profit) associated with a project funded by a USDOL award.
- Foreign governments and entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for, a foreign state or government are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=328942