OpportunityTitle: Project to Improve Adherence to International Labor Standards in the Agricultural Sector in Ecuador
CategoryExplanation: International Labor Affairs
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 improve adherence to international labor standards and promote labor rights in Ecuador&#8217;s agriculture sector 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 https://www.sam.gov/portal/public/SAM. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.
Description: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $4,740,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in support of Ecuador to improve adherence to international labor standards, specifically related to child labor, forced labor, and the promotion of labor rights, within the agricultural sector, particularly in the banana and cut flower supply chains. This project seeks to address evidence regarding the prevalence of child labor in the banana and cut flower sectors, as well as to build awareness and capacity to mitigate the risk of other labor rights abuses, including forced labor, and to support efforts to address occupational safety and health issues. This project will work in both the banana and cut flower sectors and will be implemented in two provinces. The applicant must select one of the following banana producing provinces: El Oro, Guayas, or Los Rios; and one of the following cut flower producing provinces: Azuay, Pichincha, and Cotopaxi. In support of the project objective, the project will use an area-based approach to achieve the following: Outcome 1: Increased capacity of government officials to enforce labor laws specifically related to child labor, forced labor, occupational safety and health and other labor rights in the agricultural sector. Outcome 2: Increased worker knowledge about child labor, forced labor, occupational safety and health and other labor rights in the agricultural sector. Outcome 3: Increased worker access to remediation of labor law violations within the agricultural sector
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.