The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is offering a cooperative agreement grant, starting with approximately $2,000,000 for Phase I, potentially totaling $6,000,000 over eight years. This grant is for a global technical assistance project, piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector, to reduce and remediate forced labor in supply chains. Its primary purpose is to develop actionable resources for worker-driven social compliance systems, placing workers and their organizations at the center of labor rights protection. The project aims to ensure independently verifiable protection of labor rights by encouraging private sector adoption of these effective compliance frameworks.
Opportunity ID: 348804
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | FOA-ILAB-23-30 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Strengthening Social Compliance Project |
| Opportunity Category: | Discretionary |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | – |
| 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: | International Labor Affairs |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 17.401 — International Labor Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | Aug 03, 2023 |
| Last Updated Date: | Aug 03, 2023 |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 06, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | Oct 06, 2023 Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time. |
| Archive Date: | – |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $2,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $2,000,000 |
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(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully implementing a global project, piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector, to reduce and remediate forced labor in supply chains is eligible to apply. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of International Labor Affairs |
| Description: | The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $2,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a global, technical assistance project, piloted in the Indonesian palm oil sector, to reduce and remediate forced labor in supply chains where forced labor is prevalent. The multi-phase project will develop and pilot actionable resources to help create or refine global worker-driven social compliance systems putting workers and their organizations at the center of effective solutions to ensure the real, independently verifiable protection of labor rights in global supply chains. The duration of Phase I of the project will be a maximum of 36 months from the effective date of the award. Following the conclusion of Phase I, USDOL will consider awarding a second phase of the project of approximately $4,000,000 total costs, reflecting a total potential project budget of approximately $6,000,000 over approximately eight years. The project will aim to achieve the following Outputs:Output 1: Actionable resources developed to enable the establishment of global worker-driven social compliance systems that prevent, reduce, and remediate forced laborOutput 2: Private sector stakeholders adopt worker-driven social compliance systems by leveraging actionable resources developed in Output 1 in selected sectors/countries |
| Link to Additional Information: | – |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Sue Levenstein
levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov Email:levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov |
Version History
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Related Documents
Folder 348804 Full Announcement-Full Announcement -> FOA-ILAB-23-30.pdf
Packages
| Agency Contact Information: | Sue Levenstein levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov Email: levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov |
| Who Can Apply: | Organization Applicants |
| Assistance Listing Number | Competition ID | Competition Title | Opportunity Package ID | Opening Date | Closing Date | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.401 | FOA-ILAB-23-30 | Strengthening Social Compliance Project | PKG00282781 | Aug 07, 2023 | Oct 06, 2023 | View |
Package 1
Mandatory forms
348804 SF424_4_0-4.0.pdf
348804 SF424A-1.0.pdf
348804 BudgetNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
348804 ProjectNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
348804 AttachmentForm_1_2-1.2.pdf
Optional forms
348804 OtherNarrativeAttachments_1_2-1.2.pdf
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