This grant offered by the Department of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor aims to establish a program in multiple countries to strengthen teachers’ unions and integrate human rights curriculum. The program seeks to advance worker rights, civil participation, and inclusivity through engagement with teachers and their representative organizations. Activities include capacity building for unions, promoting dialogue between unions and authorities, and enhancing teachers’ roles in fostering tolerance, respect, and human rights. The ultimate goal is to improve public education, elevate the status of teachers, and empower marginalized groups. Funding availability and program evaluation may lead to expansion in the future.
Opportunity ID: 172353
General Information
| Document Type:: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number:: | DRLA-DRLAQM-12-058 |
| Funding Opportunity Title:: | Strengthening Teachers’ Unions and Developing Human Rights Curriculum |
| Opportunity Category:: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation:: | |
| Funding Instrument Type:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Community Development |
| Category Explanation:: | none |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 19.345 — International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement:: | No |
| Version:: | Synopsis 6 |
| Posted Date:: | May 22, 2012 |
| Last Updated Date:: | May 24, 2012 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 15, 2012 |
| Current Closing Date for Applications:: | Jun 15, 2012 |
| Archive Date:: | Jul 15, 2012 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding:: | $ 500,000 |
| Award Ceiling:: | $500,000 |
| Award Floor:: | $350,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants:: | Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education |
| Additional Information on Eligibility:: |
Additional Information
| Agency Name:: | Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor |
| Description:: | As educators and community leaders, teachers have a unique role in many societies that enables them to play a major role in shaping opinions and exemplifying democratic practices. In many countries, this role has led to challenges for teachers and, in some cases, violence and conflict. Governments and teachers’ unions alike are looking for solutions to mitigate the uptick in strikes in education and the simultaneous degradation of the public image of teachers in many countries. DRL requests proposals to establish one overall program in at least three of four countries (Egypt, Georgia, Honduras, and Zimbabwe) to focus on advancing worker rights and civil participation through engagement with teachers and the organizations that represent them. The program would focus on (1) strengthening teachers’ organizations as civil society organizations, including by providing technical assistance to help ensure that teachers’ organizations are independent, democratic and representative of their membership base; and (2) integrating tolerance; respect; inclusion and human rights within curriculum. This program would seek to improve mechanisms for dialogue between teachers’ unions and local authorities and to increase the ability of individual teachers to play a constructive role in local communities, national education, promotion for tolerance and respect, and broader political and civil rights for women and other marginalized groups. In countries where multiple organizations represent the majority of teachers, the program would focus on equal engagement across organizations with an eye toward building consensus around activities, deliverables, and desired impact. Activities in the program would also include technical capacity building of the unions focusing on collective bargaining and alternative dispute resolution; social and economic literacy and awareness raising for teachers; skills training with the end goal of improving public education and the status of teachers; and/or professional exchanges and union-to-union collaboration to develop and spread models and cases internationally. Pending availability of funding and evaluation of programmatic progress, DRL may expand and extend this project to include additional activities in a later phase. |
| Link to Additional Information:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 6 | Edit to text description. | May 24, 2012 |
| Synopsis 5 | Modification to Title | |
| Synopsis 4 | ||
| Synopsis 3 | ||
| Synopsis 2 | Edit to Opportunity Title | |
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:
Package No: 1
| Assistance Listings: | 19.345 |
| Competition ID: | DRLA-DRLAQM-12-058-015267 |
| Competition Title: | Global Teachers Program |
| Opportunity Package ID: | PKG00123250 |
| Opening Date: | May 22, 2012 |
| Closing Date: | Jun 15, 2012 |
| Agency Contact Information:: | Mitchell Alva |
| Who Can Apply:: | Organization Applicants |
| mendatory_forms |
Application for Federal Assistance (SF-424) [V2.1] Budget Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Project Narrative Attachment Form [V1.1] Budget Information for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424A) [V1.0] Assurances for Non-Construction Programs (SF-424B) [V1.1] |
| optional_forms |
Disclosure of Lobbying Activities (SF-LLL) [V1.1] Attachments [V1.1] |
Packages
| Assistance Listings | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions | Who Can Apply: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19.345 | DRLA-DRLAQM-12-058-015267 | Global Teachers Program | PKG00123250 | May 22, 2012 | Jun 15, 2012 | View | Mitchell Alva | Organization Applicants |