OpportunityTitle: The Responsible Recruitment project
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 forced labor and human trafficking in the recruitment of workers in a sector and/or supply chain are 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 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: Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL&#8217;s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, one cooperative agreement to an organization to reduce forced labor and human trafficking in the recruitment of workers in a sector and/or supply chain. The project should achieve the following outcomes: (1) improved understanding of the nature of forced labor and human trafficking in the recruitment of workers; (2) improved company-led approaches to address forced labor and human trafficking in the recruitment process; (3) improved compliance with recruitment policies and procedures by third-party recruiters; and (4) increased action on promoting responsible recruitment policies and practices among private sector actors. Applicants must propose to work with at least one (1) company and its/their labor recruiters, in at least one (1) country, and at least one (1) sector and/or supply chain. The selection of the country(ies) and supply chain(s) must be based on evidence of recruitment-related forced labor and/or human trafficking in that particular sector or supply chain. In addition, the country(ies) and sector(s) and/or supply chain(s) proposed must be covered in DOL&#8217;s Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, on the List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor, or in a sector or supply chain in a country not covered in one of these reports but where the applicant has substantive evidence of indicators of recruitment-related forced labor and/or human trafficking.
GrantorContactEmailDescription: chaney.dorjan@dol.gov
GrantorContactText: Mr. Dorjan Chaney, Grants Management Specialist
CloseDateExplanation: Applications must be received no later than 4:00:00 p.m. Eastern Time.