OpportunityTitle: Reducing Child Labor and Forced Labor in Critical Mineral Producing Communities in Zambia
CategoryExplanation: International Labor
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully implementing a project to reduce child labor and forced labor in critical mineral producing communities in Zambia is eligible to apply. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see&#160;https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM.&#160;Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.
Description: NOTICE OF CANCELLATION We acknowledge and appreciate your organization&#8217;s interest in this solicitation and the significant amount of time devoted to preparing the proposal. Unfortunately, due to unforeseen mitigating circumstances, we are canceling the FOA-ILAB-23-33 solicitation effective December 18, 2023, as it is in the best interest of the Government. A formal notice of cancellation was uploaded and attached to the FOA-ILAB-23-33 posting. ------------------------- The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $5,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project, in Zambia, to reduce child labor and forced labor in critical mineral producing communities. The project will seek to increase capacity of government and increase resiliency of vulnerable households in critical mineral producing communities to address child labor and forced labor. The applicant must select two or more of the following critical mineral producing provinces: Northwestern, Copperbelt, Central and/or Luapula. The project will aim to achieve the following outcomes: Outcome 1: Increased capacity of government to address child labor and forced labor in critical mineral producing communities. Outcome 2: Increased resiliency of members of vulnerable households in communities producing critical minerals.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: ortiz.carlie@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Carlie Ortiz &lt;br/&gt;ortiz.carlie@dol.gov
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time.