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

Post Date

May 4th 2015

Application Due Date

November 30th -0001

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for funding applications.

Funding Opportunity Number

ILAB-NOI-15-02

CFDA Number(s)

17.401

Funding Instrument Type(s)

Cooperative Agreement

Funding Activity Categories

Other

This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for funding applications.

Eligibility Categories

Other

This Notice of Intent (NOI) is not a request for applications. This announcement is to provide public notice of the Department of Laborмs (DOL) intention to fund the following project activities without full and open competition.

Funding

• Estimated Total Funding:

  $9000000

• Award Range:

  $None - $9000000

Grant Description

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).

Contact Information

• Agency

  Department of Labor

• Office:

  Employment and Training Administration

• Agency Contact:

  Mr. Dorjan Chaney, Grant Management Specialist

• Agency Mailing Address:

  chaney.dorjan@dol.gov

• Agency Email Address:

  chaney.dorjan@dol.gov

• Location:

  Bureau of International Labor Affairs

• More Information:

  ILAB's website