Ensuring Benefits in the Formal Sector in El Salvador

The summary for the Ensuring Benefits in the Formal Sector in El Salvador grant is detailed below. This summary states who is eligible for the grant, how much grant money will be awarded, current and past deadlines, Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) numbers, and a sampling of similar government grants. Verify the accuracy of the data FederalGrants.com provides by visiting the webpage noted in the Link to Full Announcement section or by contacting the appropriate person listed as the Grant Announcement Contact. If any section is incomplete, please visit the website for the OASAM, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Ensuring Benefits in the Formal Sector in El Salvador: Executive Summary: This notice contains all of the information and forms needed to apply for grant funding. The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, announces the availability of funds to be granted by cooperative agreement to one or more qualifying organizations. The Department will award up to U.S. $940,000 through one grant to an organization or organizations to increase compliance with laws regarding employer payments to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute. Specifically, the project will improve current systems to enforce compliance with laws regarding payments to the Salvadoran Social Security Institute, and it will raise awareness among workers and employers about how they can verify that correct payments are being made and where to go if they are not being made. In order to build local capacity, partnerships between more than one organization are also eligible and encouraged, in particular with qualified, regionally-based organizations. In such a case, a lead organization must be identified.

Federal Grant Title:	Ensuring Benefits in the Formal Sector in El Salvador
Federal Agency Name:	OASAM
Grant Categories:	Employment Labor and Training
Type of Opportunity:	Discretionary
Funding Opportunity Number:	SGA-08-05
Type of Funding:	Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers:	00.000
CFDA Descriptions:	Not Elsewhere Classified
Current Application Deadline:	No deadline provided
Original Application Deadline:	Jun 06, 2008
Posted Date:	May 02, 2008
Creation Date:	May 02, 2008
Archive Date:	Jul 06, 2008
Total Program Funding:	$940,000
Maximum Federal Grant Award:	$940,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award:	$940,000
Expected Number of Awards:	1
Cost Sharing or Matching:	No

Applicants Eligible for this Grant: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Additional Information on Eligibility: A. Eligible Applicants Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) with experience effectively implementing projects in the relevant technical field(s) and working with foreign national government ministries, regional and local government entities, employers and employer organizations, workers and labor organizations, and non-governmental and community-based organizations is eligible for this grant. Neutral, non-religious criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion will be employed in the selection of Cooperative Agreement recipients. Applications from foreign government and quasi-government agencies will not be considered. An Applicant must demonstrate a country presence, independently or through a relationship with another organization(s) with country presence, which gives it the ability to initiate program activities upon award of the Cooperative Agreement. See Section V. In accordance with 29 CFR Part 98, entities that are debarred or suspended from receiving federal contracts or grants are excluded from Federal financial assistance and are ineligible to receive funding under this solicitation.
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