OpportunityTitle: Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child Labor
CategoryExplanation: Bureau of International Labor Affairs
AdditionalInformationOnEligibility: The following organizations are eligible to apply: U.S. organizations: &#8226; Nonprofits, including any faith-based organizations or community-based organizations &#8226; Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education &#8226; Private Institutions of Higher Education &#8226; For-Profit Organizations; Non-U.S. organizations: &#8226; Non-US Entities, including PIOs as described in 2 CFR 200.46.
Description: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $8,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of federal funds) for two cooperative agreements of $4,000,000 each to fund one technical assistance project in C&#244;te d&#8217;Ivoire and one in Ghana to increase the number of cocoa cooperatives demonstrating a reduction of child labor in the cocoa supply chain. The projects will aim to achieve the following outcomes:Outcome 1: Improved accountability of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor in the cocoa supply chain.Outcome 1.1: Strengthened capacity of enforcement agencies to enforce child labor laws within cooperatives.Outcome 1.2: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor.Outcome 2: Increased support to vulnerable cocoa households within cocoa cooperatives.Outcome 2.1: Strengthened capacity of cocoa cooperatives to provide sustainable assistance and support to prevent child labor.Outcome 2.2: Increased access to social protection and child labor remediation programs.The duration of the project will be a maximum of 4.5 years (54 months) from the effective date of the award.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: Nguyen.Tam-Thao.H@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Tam Nguyen  &lt;br/&gt;Grants Management Specialist &lt;br/&gt;Nguyen.Tam-Thao.H@dol.gov
CloseDateExplanation: The closing date for receipt of applications under this announcement is August 27, 2020. Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.