OpportunityTitle: Improving Workers&#8217; Understanding of and Ability to Protect and Claim their Labor Rights in Colombia
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Eligible applicants may include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organizations, including any faith-based organizations, community-based organizations, or public international organizations, capable of successfully fulfilling the objectives identified in the Funding Opportunity Description.
Description: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of up to $1,400,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Colombia to improve workers&#8217; understanding of and ability to protect and claim their labor rights. The overarching strategy for achieving this objective is establishing new or supporting one or more existing workers&#8217; rights centers that workers can access in order to: a) learn about their labor rights under Colombian law; and b) receive legal services to assist them in claiming those labor rights. The project should achieve the following outcomes to support this objective: 1. Workers better understand the scope and applicability of relevant labor and criminal laws. 2. Workers better understand the procedural and documentation requirements to initiate inspections, investigations, and/or seek legal remedies. 3. Increased referrals of workers to the workers&#8217; rights centers for information and legal services. 4. Workers&#8217; rights centers submit well-supported and well-articulated claims to initiate inspections, investigations, and/or seek legal remedies and then effectively track progress of such claims. The applicant must target workers and workers&#8217; organizations in at least the palm oil, sugar, mines, ports, and flower sectors. The duration of the project will be a minimum of two years (24 months) and a maximum of four years (48 months) from the effective date of the award.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Levenstein.Susan.L@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Sue Levenstein, Grants Management Specialist
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.