The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs is offering a grant of up to $5 million for projects targeting child labor reduction in Burkina Faso. This grant aims to support initiatives focusing on education, livelihoods, social protection, youth employment, institutional capacity building, awareness raising, and data collection on child labor. Interested organizations can anticipate the forthcoming SGA publication on grants.gov and the USDOL/ILAB website, with a minimum 45-day application period ending on September 30, 2012. Successful applicants will be awarded cooperative agreements by December 31, 2012. Reference NOI Burkina Faso 2 for inquiries regarding this opportunity.
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:: | |
| Category of Funding Activity:: | Employment, Labor and Training |
| Category Explanation:: | |
| Expected Number of Awards:: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings Number(s):: | 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:: | |
| Grantor Contact Information:: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact: |
Version History
| Version | Modification Description | Updated Date |
|---|---|---|
| Synopsis 1 |
Package Status
Package No: 1