Project to Reduce the Worst Forms of Child Labor and Improve Labor Law Enforcement and Working Conditions in Paraguay

Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ILAB-15-05 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingCFDA Number: 17.401Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOL-ETA-ILABClosing Date: Sep 22, 2015Award Ceiling: $6,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 28, 2015Funding Opportunity Description: The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department, or we), announces the availability of approximately $6,000,000 total costs for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) in Paraguay to support efforts to reduce the worst forms of child labor (WFCL) and improve labor law compliance, with a particular focus on the Department of Guairá. The project will provide technical assistance to support Paraguay’s newly established Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security (MTESS) to strengthen its organizational capacity, particularly that of its labor inspectorate, to enforce child labor laws, improve working conditions with regards to minimum wage and hours of work violations, and develop employment training opportunities for vulnerable populations, including with a focus on rural adolescent girls. The project will use an area-based approach to combat the WFCL in urban work and ag...
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Employment, Labor and Training Source Type: funding