The USDOL’s ILAB is planning to award a $1,400,000 cooperative agreement for a 3-year project in Colombia. The grant aims to establish Workers’ Rights Centers, provide legal advice, and enhance the capacity of local organizations to educate workers on labor laws. The grant will focus on strengthening compliance with international labor standards. The FOA is expected to be released before the end of June 2016. Interested applicants should monitor www.grants.gov for updates as no email or paper copies will be provided. Applications will not be accepted at this time. Closing date for applications is July 31, 2016.
Opportunity ID: 283788
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOI-ILAB-16-09 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Strengthening Compliance with International Labor Standards in Colombia |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Cooperative Agreement |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Other (see text field entitled “Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity” for clarification) |
| Category Explanation: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 17.401 — International Labor Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 12, 2016 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 31, 2016 NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Jul 31, 2016 NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Archive Date: | Aug 01, 2016 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $1,400,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $1,400,000 |
| Award Floor: | $1,400,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully conducting the objectives in the description below will be eligible to apply when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do and https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a DUNS registered in SAM prior to receiving ILAB approval of any subawards. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of International Labor Affairs |
| Description: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent (NOI). There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s ILAB intends to award, through a competitive selection process, a cooperative agreement of up to $1,400,000 to fund a project over the next 3 years to strengthen compliance with international labor standards in Colombia. The project will: establish four Workers’ Rights Centers (WRCs) that will provide advice to workers and assist them to file well-supported complaints to the Ministry of Labor and/or the Prosecutor General’s Office and strengthen the capacity of local organizations and community leaders to educate and provide advice to workers about the scope and applicability of relevant labor and criminal laws. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) before the end of June 2016 (subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ and http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/SGAguidelines.htm for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This NOI does not include an FOA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL’s intent to publish an FOA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the FOA because this is the method by which the FOA will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies of the FOA will be provided. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. There is not an announcement related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. If you have questions, please contact Ms. Sue Levenstein, Grants Management Specialist.
Email:levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov |
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