[Federal Register: April 30, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 84)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary

 
Combating Exploitive Child Labor Through Education in Guinea, 
Jordan, Madagascar, Nicaragua, and Yemen

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of 
Labor.

ACTION: New. Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for 
Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGA). The full announcement is 
posted on http://www.grants.gov and DOL/ILAB's Web site at http://
www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm.

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    Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 08-01.
    Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: Not 
applicable.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor 
Affairs (ILAB), will award up to USD 20.5 million through 5 or more 
cooperative agreements to one or more qualifying organizations and/or 
Associations to combat exploitive child labor in the following 5 
countries: Guinea (up to USD 3.5 million), Jordan (up to USD 4 
million), Madagascar (up to USD 4.5 million), Nicaragua (up to USD 5 
million), and Yemen (up to USD 3.5 million). Projects funded under SGA 
08-01 will seek to ensure children's long-term withdrawal and 
prevention

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from engaging in exploitive child labor through the provision of direct 
educational services. Projects will also seek to build capacity in 
target countries to eliminate exploitive child labor and promote 
educational alternatives for children. Projects will aim to complement 
and expand upon existing projects and programs aimed at eliminating 
exploitive child labor, particularly the worst forms of child labor, 
and improving basic education in the target countries.
    Application and Submission Information: The full-text version of 
SGA 08-01 is available on http://www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILAB's Web 
site at http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm.
    All applications for funding under SGA 08-01 must be submitted 
electronically to USDOL via http://www.grants.gov. Any application sent 
by mail or other delivery services, e-mail, telegram, or facsimile 
(FAX) will not be accepted.
    Key Dates: The deadline for submission of applications is June 24, 
2008. All technical questions regarding SGA 08-01 must be sent by May 
15, 2008 in order to receive a response. USDOL will publish its 
responses to these technical questions on SGA 08-01 by May 23, 2008. 
Any questions regarding the electronic assembly of application packages 
must be sent by June 17, 2008. USDOL will make all cooperative 
agreement awards on or before September 30, 2008.
    Agency Contacts: All technical questions regarding SGA 08-01 should 
be sent to Ms. Lisa Harvey, Grant Officer, U.S. Department of Labor's 
Office of Procurement Services, via e-mail (e-mail address: 
harvey.lisa@dol.gov; telephone: (202) 693-4592--please note that this 
is not a toll-free-number).
    Background Information: Since 1995, USDOL has supported technical 
cooperation programming to combat exploitive child labor 
internationally through the promotion of educational opportunities for 
children in need. In total, the U.S. Congress has appropriated to USDOL 
over USD 660 million to support activities to combat exploitive child 
labor internationally. In turn, ILAB has signed cooperative agreements 
with various organizations to support international technical 
assistance projects to combat exploitive child labor in over 75 
countries around the world.
    USDOL international programming to combat exploitive child labor 
through education seeks to nurture the development, health, safety, and 
enhanced future employability of children around the world by 
withdrawing or preventing children from involvement in exploitive labor 
and providing them with access to basic education, vocational training 
and other services. Since 2001, USDOL-funded projects have withdrawn or 
prevented over 1 million children from exploitive labor.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 24th day of April, 2008.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-9427 Filed 4-29-08; 8:45 am]

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