Project to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor

The summary for the Project to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor 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 Bureau of International Labor Affairs, which is the U.S. government agency offering this grant.

Project to Promote Ratification and Implementation of the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor: This is a Notice of Intent only. The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to provide funding for a Cooperative Agreement with the International Labour Organization (ILO) for a project to support global and national efforts aimed at combating forced labor under the 2014 ILO Protocol and Recommendation on Forced Labor. The project will: (1) promote the ratification and implementation of the Protocol and implementation of the Recommendation by countries by providing technical assistance to governments and other key stakeholders, (2) support interventions at the global and country-level to advance the campaign to eradicate forced labor, including addressing gaps in legislation, awareness raising campaigns, supply chain monitoring, law enforcement training, best practices on compensation and other remedies, research studies and surveys, and (3) develop and implement direct action measures to prevent forced labor, to protect victims, and to provide them with access to remediation, including compensation for material and physical harm.


ILAB is authorized to award and administer grants and cooperative agreements by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015, Pub. Law 113-235 (2015).