Grants gov
Relevent Country: Zambia
Type of work: Project and Program Management
Last Date: 29-09-2023
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 for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project, in Zambia, to reduce child labor and forced labor in critical mineral producing communities.
ILAB leads the U.S. Government’s (USG) efforts to improve working conditions and fight labor exploitation around the world. ILAB’s mission is to strengthen global labor standards, enforce labor commitments among trading partners, promote racial and gender equity, and combat international child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. ILAB’s Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT) works to eliminate child labor, forced labor and human trafficking through international research, policy engagement, and technical cooperation.
The project will aim to achieve the following outcomes:
Applicants must propose working in mining communities in two of the following provinces: Northwestern, Copperbelt, Central and/or Luapula. Applicants must propose utilizing an integrated area-based approach to address child labor and promote sustainable community solutions to reduce the impact on children in relation to increases in the demand for critical minerals.
Award Information
Eligible Applicants
The following organizations are eligible to apply:
U.S. organizations:
Ineligible
The following types of organizations are not eligible to apply nor to participate as sub recipients/contractors:
Source: https://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=349200