Securing Fair and Reliable Critical Mineral Supply Chains

forecasted

NOTE: This is a Notice of Intent. An announcement is not related to this notice. We are not accepting applications at this time. Subject to the availability of funds, USDOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award, through a competitive process, 2 cooperative agreements of a combined $9,000,000 total costs, to address egregious labor practices — child labor and forced labor — that disadvantage American workers and businesses in a key sector for U.S. economic security, critical minerals. These projects would focus on improving policy frameworks and systems for monitoring and identifying child labor and forced labor, and supporting relevant enforcement and remedial actions, in critical mineral supply chains in Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Outcome(s) • Project outcomes will be developed post award through ILAB's Stakeholder Engagement and Strategy Validation Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to Sue Levenstein (OGM_ILAB@dol.gov); however, please note there is limited information that may be shared with the public, as this FOA is currently under development. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.