Project to Reduce Child Labor in Burma

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I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTIONUSDOL/ILAB intends to award up to $5 million for a cooperative agreement(s) to one or more qualifying organizations to promote efforts in Burma to reduce child labor. Cooperative agreement(s) awarded under this solicitation will be managed by ILAB’s Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor and Human Trafficking (OCFT). The duration of the project(s) funded by this solicitation is up to 4 years. The project start date will be negotiated upon award of individual cooperative agreement(s) but will be no later than December 31, 2013. ILAB’s mission is to use all available channels to improve working conditions, raise living standards, protect workers’ ability to exercise their rights, and address the workplace exploitation of children and other vulnerable populations internationally. OCFT conducts and funds research, develops strategic partnerships, and funds an international technical cooperation program to eliminate the worst forms of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking. USDOL/ILAB is authorized to award and administer cooperative agreements by the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013, P.L. 113-6 (2013) and the Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2012, P.L. 112-74 (2011). Cooperative agreements awarded under this solicitation will be administered by OPS and technically managed by OCFT.

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