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FOA-ILAB-24-29: Project to Combat Child Labor and Promote Acceptable Conditions of Work in Tanzania’s Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining Sector

Closed Closed September 23, 2024 Opportunity FOA-ILAB-24-29 ☆ Save

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• Award ceiling$4.0 million
• Award floor$4.0 million
• Total funding$4.0 million
• Expected awards1
• Cost sharingNot required
• Funding typeCooperative Agreement

Key dates

Who can apply

This opportunity was open to the applicants described in the notice.

• Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully improving the implementation of laws, policies, and action plans to combat child labor (CL) and promote Acceptable Conditions of Work (ACW) in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is eligible to apply if and when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. 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.

Is this a realistic fit?

• Past International Labor Programs awards averaged $3.9 million; this notice allows up to $4.0 million per award.
• Most of the program's money (64% over five years) went to nonprofits.
• No cost sharing or match is required.

What the grant funds

The Bureau of lnternational Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $4,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in the United Republic of Tanzania to improve implementation of laws, policies, and action plans to combat child labor (CL) and promote Acceptable Conditions of Work (ACW) in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM). We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA. In order to achieve the project goal, applicants must propose strategies to achieve the following outcomes: Outcome(s) (1) Increased capacity of key stakeholders to collect and disseminate data on CL and ACW in ASGM; (2) Increased monitoring, identification, and reporting of instances of CL and ACW in ASGM; and (3) Increased capacity of key stakeholders to address CL and promote ACW in ASGM at the local level. Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to ortiz.carlie@dol.gov.

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