OpportunityTitle: Empowering Women and Girls in Agricultural Supply Chains in Mexico
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. Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully achieving the stated project objective and outcomes 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. New applicants should be aware that applying for a DUNS number and registering in SAM may take several weeks. Applicants should plan accordingly to avoid unexpected delays that could result in the rejection of the application. NOTE: If you are registering a new entity in SAM.gov, you must provide an original, signed notarized letter stating that you are the authorized Entity Administrator before your registration will be activated. Read our guidance on notarized letters (https://gsafsd.service-now.com/fsd-gov/answer.do?sysparm_kbid=d2e67885db0d5f00b3257d321f96194b) and our FAQs (https://www.gsa.gov/samupdate) to learn more about this process change. 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.
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 agreement to organizations to economically empower vulnerable women and girls in an identified agricultural supply chain in Mexico. The objective of the project will be to reduce the risk of child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights for vulnerable women and girls within an identified agricultural supply chain of a good that is produced in Mexico and exported to the U.S. The project will aim to achieve the following outcomes: (1) Improved economic participation by women and girls vulnerable to child labor, forced labor, and/or other violations of labor rights within an agricultural supply chain; and (2) Improved business practices by private sector actors to protect against child labor, forced labor, and other violations of labor rights for vulnerable women and girls working within an agricultural supply chain. The project must work within an agricultural supply chain of a good that is produced in Mexico and exported to the U.S. and that is identified in USDOL&#8217;s List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor (TVPRA List) (see http://www.dol.gov/ilab/reports/child-labor/list-of-goods/) or in a supply chain of an agricultural good in Mexico not covered in the TVPRA List, but where the applicant has substantive evidence of indicators of child labor or forced labor. Tobacco may not be proposed as the agricultural supply chain. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)&#8217;s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) as soon as possible and not later than August 2018 (this timing is subject to change). Please refer to: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/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, Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt; &lt;br/&gt;NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time.
CloseDateExplanation: NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time.