The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) anticipates offering cooperative agreements to enhance labor market efficiency in the Northern Triangle region. This grant aims to establish robust Labor Market Information (LMI) systems that will empower educational and workforce training providers to equip job-seekers with in-demand skills, assist businesses in identifying and hiring qualified workers more easily, and enable governments to formulate effective labor market policies. The initiative will also support the generation of LMI data comparable across all three countries involved. This is a Notice of Intent; interested organizations should monitor grants.gov for the forthcoming Funding Opportunity Announcement, expected around June 2017, as applications are not currently being accepted.
Opportunity ID: 294078
General Information
| Document Type: | Grants Notice |
| Funding Opportunity Number: | NOI-ILAB-17-01 |
| Funding Opportunity Title: | Labor Market Supply and Demand in the Northern Triangle: Leveraging Data to Build an Efficient Labor Market |
| 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: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Expected Number of Awards: | 1 |
| Assistance Listings: | 17.401 — International Labor Programs |
| Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: | No |
| Version: | Synopsis 1 |
| Posted Date: | May 24, 2017 |
| Last Updated Date: | – |
| Original Closing Date for Applications: | – NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Current Closing Date for Applications: | – NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. |
| Archive Date: | Jul 31, 2017 |
| Estimated Total Program Funding: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Ceiling: | $4,000,000 |
| Award Floor: | $4,000,000 |
Eligibility
| Eligible Applicants: | Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for clarification) |
| Additional Information on Eligibility: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully improving labor market efficiency and performance by assisting governments in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras (the Northern Triangle) develop labor market information (LMI) systems that publish reliable, comprehensive, and current LMI in user-friendly formats are eligible to apply if and when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see http://fedgov.dnb.com/webform/displayHomePage.do and https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a DUNS number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards. |
Additional Information
| Agency Name: | Bureau of International Labor Affairs |
| Description: | NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to achieve the following outcomes: 1) LMI systems enable educational and workforce training providers to help job-seekers and youth develop in-demand job skills, 2) LMI systems help businesses more easily identify and hire qualified workers, and 3) LMI systems enable governments to craft effective labor market policies. The project will also support the LMI systems generate data that are comparable across all three countries. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) around June 2017 (the timing is subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/ and https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resources/grants for general guidelines and examples of previous cooperative agreement applications. This notice does not include an FOA or any attachments. It only constitutes a notice of USDOL’s intent to publish an FOA at a later date. Interested applicants are encouraged to monitor www.grants.gov for the FOA because, if an FOA is published, grants.gov is the method by which the FOA will be made available to the public. No email or paper copies of any FOA will be provided. |
| Link to Additional Information: | http://www.dol.gov/ilab/ |
| Grantor Contact Information: | If you have difficulty accessing the full announcement electronically, please contact:
Ms. Sue Levenstein
Grants Management Specialist Email:Levenstein.Susan.L@dol.gov |
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