USAIDs Workers Empowerment Program (USAIDs WEP)

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USAIDs Workers Empowerment Program (USAIDs WEP): The Workers' Empowerment Program (WEP) will implement two distinct components: Component 1. Improving Representation in the Workplace; and Component 2. Promoting Rights and Interests in Targeted Garment Communities. Under component 1, “the Recipient” will engage worker organizations, including trade unions, worker participation committees, or other voluntary worker associations to strengthen workers’ positions within the garment factories to defend their rights and collectively negotiate with employers. WEP will inform workers of their rights under the Bangladesh Labor Act and international labor standards, and help them understand the advantages and disadvantages of various types of worker organizations. Labor conditions do not end at the factory walls, and activities under Component 2 will address the critical needs of garment workers that are not addressed in the workplace. Many workers leave their families and communities and migrate to areas surrounding garment factories to work. This relocation weakens social support networks that workers, particularly women workers, depend on to survive in difficult circumstances. The problem is compounded by the terrible conditions in communities where workers live. Component 2 of WEP will address these issues by strengthening social networks in worker communities, assisting workers in accessing social services and engaging with local government to provide these services, and empowering women workers to lead Bangladesh’s garment sector to a more prosperous and sustainable future.
Federal Grant Title: USAIDs Workers Empowerment Program (USAIDs WEP)
Federal Agency Name: Agency for International Development
Grant Categories: Employment Labor and Training
Type of Opportunity: Earmark
Funding Opportunity Number: RFA-388-14-000005
Type of Funding: Cooperative Agreement
CFDA Numbers: 98.001
CFDA Descriptions: USAID Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas
Current Application Deadline: Nov 5, 2014
Original Application Deadline: Nov 5, 2014
Posted Date: Sep 23, 2014
Creation Date: Sep 23, 2014
Archive Date: Sep 1, 2015
Total Program Funding:
Maximum Federal Grant Award: $5,000,000
Minimum Federal Grant Award: $2,000,000
Expected Number of Awards: 2
Cost Sharing or Matching: No
Applicants Eligible for this Grant
Unrestricted (i.e., open to any type of entity above), subject to any clarification in text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility"
Grant Announcement Contact
Md. Samiul Islam Khan A and A Specialist Phone 8802 8855500
Samiul Khan

Agency for International Development 202-567-4664
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