OpportunityTitle: Enforcement of Labor Laws in the Agricultural Export Sector of Costa Rica
CategoryExplanation: NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time.
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. The following organizations are eligible to apply:  any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s), capable of successfully ensuring workers in the agricultural export sector in Costa Rica receive at least the established minimum wage, work within legal limits for hours and receive due compensation for overtime, and operate in a safe and healthy working environment.  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 sub-recipients also have a DUNS number prior to receiving DOL approval of any sub-awards.
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&#8217;s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one cooperative agreement to an organization to improve enforcement of labor laws with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health (OSH) in the agricultural export sector. The implementer is expected to improve enforcement by undertaking activities that will: 1) increase the number of cases filed and effectively litigated based on minimum wage, hours of work, and occupational safety and health violations, and 2) ensure judges employ their knowledge and skills to adjudicate cases in accordance with the newly adopted Procedural Labor Code Reform. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)&#8217;s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) before September 30, 2017 (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&#8217;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.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: levenstein.susan.l@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Sue Levenstein, Office of Grants Management
CloseDateExplanation: NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time.