Project to Mobilize Community Action and Youth Employment (MOCA-Youth Project) in Ghana’s Cocoa Growing Communities

Funding Opportunity Number: NOI-ILAB-15-09 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Other (see text field entitled "Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity" for clarification)CFDA Number: 17.401Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOL-ETA-ILABClosing Date: This is a Notice of Intent (NOI) and not a request for funding applications.Award Ceiling: $4,000,000Expected Number of Awards: Creation Date: May 21, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: This Notice of Intent (NOI) is not a request for funding applications. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive and merit-based process, one or more cooperative agreements to organizations to implement a project(s) in Ghana. The proposed objective of the project is to reduce exploitative child labor in the cocoa growing areas of Ghana. The project will assist cocoa growing communities to design and implement Community Action Plans (CAPs) to address exploitative child labor and will provide livelihood services to households. The project will also aid vulnerable youth, under the age of 18, to further their education and develop marketable skills to secure age appropriate, decent work. The Employment and Training Administration (ETA)’s Office o...

Source: Grants.gov - May 21, 2015 Category: Research Tags: Other (see text field entitled Explanation of Other Category of Funding Activity for clarification) Source Type: funding