The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (USDOL/ILAB) is offering competitive cooperative agreements to organizations for projects aiming to reduce child labor in Burkina Faso. This grant is for implementing initiatives that provide educational and training opportunities for children and promote sustainable livelihoods for their households. Up to $5 million is intended for projects addressing strategic areas such as education, livelihoods, social protection, youth employment, strengthening institutional capacity, raising awareness, and supporting research on child labor. USDOL/ILAB seeks qualified organizations to combat child labor through comprehensive interventions in the region.
Opportunity ID: 190913
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | SGA-BURKINA-FASO-2 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Notice of Intent-Project to Combat Child Labor |
| Opportunity Category: | Other |
| Opportunity Category Explanation: | This is not a competitive announcement it is a Notice of Intent for an SGA to be announced at a later date. |
| 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: | $5,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $5,000,000 |
| 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 $5 million for project(s) to reduce child labor in Burkina Faso. 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 on www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILABs website. 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 Burkina Faso 2. 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 Grant Officer email: kinslow.james@dol.gov Phone: 202-693-4579 Email:white.brenda.j@dol.gov or kinslow.james@dol.gov |
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