USDOL ILAB Grant: Project to Reduce Child Labor in Burkina Faso

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs is offering a grant of up to $5 million for a technical assistance project aimed at reducing child labor in Burkina Faso’s cotton farming and gold mining sectors. The project focuses on collaborating with local, regional, and national governments to develop strategies to combat child labor. It also involves providing direct services to children at risk of exploitation in communities reliant on cotton or gold production. Application deadline is on Oct 15, 2012.

Opportunity ID: 196933

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	SGA-12-09
Funding Opportunity Title::	Project to Reduce Child Labor in Burkina Faso
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::	CategoryExplanation
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 2
Posted Date::	Aug 30, 2012
Last Updated Date::	Sep 14, 2012
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Oct 15, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Oct 15, 2012
Archive Date::	Nov 14, 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(s), 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 is eligible to apply. Organizations applying for this award must demonstrate a proven ability to manage complex projects in developing countries through actions that support these aims. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility or selection under this solicitation.

Applicants and any proposed subgrantees or subcontractors must comply with all audit requirements, including those established in OMB Circular A-133. Applicants must also demonstrate presence in Burkina Faso — either independently or through a relationship with another organization with country presence (i.e., a subgrantee or subcontractor) — enabling them to initiate program activities upon award of the cooperative agreement (see Section IV. Application and Submission Information).

The following Applicants (including subgrantees/subcontractors) will not be considered:
• Foreign governments and entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for, a foreign state or government.
• Organizations designated by the U.S. Government to be associated with terrorism or that have been debarred or suspended.
• Applicants charging a fee (profit) associated with a project funded by USDOL under this award.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	OASAM
Description::	In FY 2012, the U.S. Department of Labors (USDOL) Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $5 million for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) to support efforts to reduce child labor in geographic areas of Burkina Faso cotton farming and informal artisanal gold mining. The project will support efforts to work with government at the local, regional, and national level to improve methods for reducing child labor in both sectors. The project will support the direct delivery of services to children engaged in child labor or at risk of child labor and their households in communities dependent on cotton or gold production.
Link to Additional Information::
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 2	ILAB is hosting a webchat for SGA’s 12-15 (Tanzania) and SGA-12-09 (Burkina Faso) on September 20, 2012. Check the ILAB website link for more information as the date approaches.	Sep 14, 2012
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:	00.000
Competition ID:	SGA-12-09
Competition Title:	SGA-12-09
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00142150
Opening Date:	Aug 30, 2012
Closing Date:	Oct 15, 2012
Agency Contact Information::	Primary: Brenda J. White
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
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