Strengthening Linkages between Labor Inspectorates and Labor Courts to Improve Labor Enforcement in El Salvador and Honduras

Funding Opportunity Number: SCA-13-09 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 08, 2013Award Ceiling: $1,500,000Expected 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 $1.5 million for one or more cooperative agreements to fund a technical assistance project(s) to strengthen linkages between labor inspectorates and labor courts within two countries – El Salvador and Honduras. The project will aim to integrate labor case management systems within each country, thus enabling information sharing on complaint intake, investigations, case development, remediation plans, and transfer/follow through to the labor courts. Eligible Applicants may include any commercial, international, non-U.S.-based, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization capable of effectively implementing activities in support of the objectives of this solicitation.

Source: Grants.gov - July 31, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Employment, Labor and Training Source Type: funding