The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), offers cooperative agreements to reduce child labor in Tanzania. This grant supports projects providing education and training for children, plus promoting sustainable livelihoods for their households. USDOL/ILAB plans to obligate up to $10 million. Projects will address strategic areas: education, livelihoods, social protection, youth employment, institutional capacity, awareness, and child labor research. Qualified organizations will apply via a forthcoming competitive solicitation, with awards by December 31, 2012.
Opportunity ID: 190893
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SGA-TANZANIA-1 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Notice of Intent-Project to Combat Child Labor |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | CategoryExplanation |
| Funding Instrument Type: | Other |
| Category of Funding Activity: | Employment, Labor and Training |
| Category Explanation: | – |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 00.000 — Not Elsewhere Classified |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 09, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 30, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Sep 30, 2012 |
| Archive Date: | Oct 30, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $10,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $0 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization, including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully reducing children’s participation in child labor and developing and implementing educational and livelihoods programs to serve them. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | OASAM |
| Description: | The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to award, through a competitive and merit-based process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to implement projects that aim to reduce child labor through educational and training opportunities for target children and to promote sustainable livelihoods for their households. USDOL/ILAB intends to obligate up to $10 million for project(s) to reduce child labor in Tanzania. Projects to be funded will address the following strategic areas: 1) Education, 2) Livelihoods, 3) Social Protection, 4) Youth Employment, 5) Strengthening Institutional Capacity and Policies, 6) Raising Awareness, and/or 7) Supporting Research, Evaluation and Collection of Reliable Data on Child Labor. ILAB intends to solicit cooperative agreement applications from qualified organizations. The forthcoming SGA will be published at a later date. The SGA will remain open for at least 45 days from the date of publication. All cooperative agreement awards will be made on or before December 31, 2012. All inquiries regarding this notice should reference NOI-Tanzania 1. When posted, the solicitation will cite the applicable SGA number. Information on specific target groups, sectors, geographic regions, and funding levels for the potential projects in the countries/regions listed above will be addressed in the posted solicitation for grant application (SGA). |
| Link to Additional Information: | ILAB website |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Primary: Brenda J. White
Grant Officer email: white.brenda.j@dol.gov Alternate: James Kinslow |
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