Project to Prevent Child Labor in Home-Based Carpet Production in Afghanistan

Funding Opportunity Number: SCA-13-11 Opportunity Category: DiscretionaryFunding Instrument Type: Cooperative AgreementCategory of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and TrainingCFDA Number: 00.000Eligible Applicants Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)Agency Name: DOL-OASAMClosing Date: Aug 02, 2013Award Ceiling: $2,000,000Expected Number of Awards: 1Creation Date: Jul 05, 2013Funding Opportunity Description: In Fiscal Year 2013, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $2 million for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) to support efforts to reduce the worst forms of child labor in the home-based production of carpets in Afghanistan by designing and piloting a sustainable social compliance system in collaboration with at least one carpet company. Eligible Applicants may include any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s). See Section III for detailed eligibility requirements.
Source: Grants.gov - Category: Research Tags: Employment, Labor and Training Source Type: funding