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 up to two cooperative agreements of up to $4,000,000 total costs each to fund technical assistance projects to increase the downstream tracing of goods made by child labor or forced labor. Project outputs include (1) increasing the number of tested supply chain tracing methodologies; (2) increasing the number of piloted tools for supply chain tracing; and (3) increasing the dissemination of supply chain tracing tools and methodologies to a broad range of stakeholders.
Organizations are allowed to submit up to two distinct applications, which are different from each other in terms of proposing different methodologies, different supply chains, and/or different countries in which they are to be implemented. Multiple versions of a distinct application from an organization are not allowed. If multiple versions of a distinct application from an organization are received, the most recent version of the distinct application submitted by the deadline will be accepted. If the most recent version of the distinct application is disqualified for any reason, USDOL will not replace it with an earlier version of the application. Applicant entities are not precluded from participating as partners on another entity’s application.
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The following organizations are eligible to apply: U.S. organizations: • Nonprofits, including any faith-based organizations or community-based organizations • Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education • Private Institutions of Higher Education • For-Profit Organizations; Non-U.S. organizations: • Non-US Entities, including PIOs as described in 2 CFR 200.46.
