Project to Reduce the Exploitation of Children in the Sava Region of Madagascar
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Project to Reduce the Exploitation of Children in the Sava Region of Madagascar: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $4,000,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Madagascar to reduce child labor in the vanilla-producing areas of the Sava region of Madagascar. The project outcomes include: 1) Vanilla exporters have significantly reduced child labor in the production of vanilla at the farm and collection levels in Sava. 2) Law enforcement entities are effectively enforcing child labor laws and policies in the vanilla-producing areas of Sava, including imposing and collecting penalties and referring child labor victims to appropriate services. 3) Community members are monitoring for child labor and are referring victims of child labor to the appropriate authorities and services.
4) Beneficiary households are no longer using child labor to supplement household income. The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4 years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.
4) Beneficiary households are no longer using child labor to supplement household income. The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4 years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.
Federal Grant Title: | Project to Reduce the Exploitation of Children in the Sava Region of Madagascar |
Federal Agency Name: | Bureau of International Labor Affairs |
Grant Categories: | Employment Labor and Training |
Type of Opportunity: | Discretionary |
Funding Opportunity Number: | FOA-ILAB-16-08 |
Type of Funding: | Cooperative Agreement |
CFDA Numbers: | 323812 |
CFDA Descriptions: | International Labor Programs |
Current Application Deadline: | Aug 18, 2016 |
Original Application Deadline: | Aug 18, 2016 |
Posted Date: | Jun 9, 2016 |
Creation Date: | Jun 9, 2016 |
Archive Date: | Aug 31, 2016 |
Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
Maximum Federal Grant Award: | $4,000,000 |
Minimum Federal Grant Award: | $4,000,000 |
Expected Number of Awards: | |
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
- Eligible applicants may include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organizations, including any faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, or public international organizations (PIOs), capable of successfully fulfilling the objectives identified in the Funding Opportunity Description.
- Grant Announcement Contact
- Sue Levenstein, Grants Management Specialist
[email protected]
Bureau of International Labor Affairs 202-693-4876