[Federal Register: July 8, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 131)]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Research on Forced Labor in the Production of Goods in Selected
Countries
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 08-07
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 1.25 million over three years
through a cooperative agreement to a qualified organization and/or
Association to carry out research in eight (8) countries on forced
labor in the production of goods, and to develop strategies to assist
governments, industries, and/or third parties in taking action to
address these
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problems. Four (4) countries are required for research, and applicants
must choose four (4) additional countries. The solicitation provides a
list of eleven (11) countries from which these four (4) additional
countries should be chosen, but applicants may propose four (4)
alternate countries and provide justifications for these choices.
Projects funded under SGA 08-07 will involve gathering and analyzing
data to answer the research questions outlined in the solicitation. The
research will aim to complement and expand upon existing research on
the use of forced labor in the production of goods.
Application and Submission Information: The full-text version of
SGA 08-07 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 08-07 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 August 8,
2008. All technical questions regarding SGA 08-07 must be sent by July
18, 2008 in order to receive a response. USDOL will publish its
responses to these technical questions on SGA 08-07 by July 28, 2008.
Any questions regarding the electronic assembly of application packages
must be sent at least one week prior to the application deadline. USDOL
will make all cooperative agreement awards on or before September 30,
2008.
Agency Contacts: All technical questions regarding SGA 08-07 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--this is not a toll-
free-number).
Background Information: ILAB conducts research and commissions
studies to inform and formulate international economic, trade and labor
policies in collaboration with other U.S. government agencies, and
provides technical assistance to countries abroad in support of foreign
labor policy objectives. OCFT, formerly the International Child Labor
Program (ICLP), was created at the request of Congress in 1993 to
specifically research and report on child labor around the world. More
recently Congress, through the Trafficking Victims Protection
Reauthorization Act (TVPRA) of 2005, directed ILAB to include, among
its responsibilities, monitoring and combating forced labor. 22 U.S.C.
7112(b). Today, OCFT develops policy, conducts research, and implements
technical cooperation projects to eradicate exploitive child labor,
trafficking in persons, and forced labor worldwide.
Since 1994, ILAB has published over 20 congressionally mandated
reports on international child labor. In addition to its own research,
USDOL has funded projects aimed at building the knowledge base on child
labor, forced labor and human trafficking world wide for the purposes
of improving program planning, policy design and impact measurement.
Research projects have included the collection of child labor data
through national surveys, rapid assessments, baseline studies; special
and thematic studies; comprehensive literature reviews on forced labor,
child labor and human trafficking; and the development of creative and
innovative methodologies to measure child labor, forced and bonded
labor, and human trafficking.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 1st day of July 2008.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
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