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Please note that announcements regarding ILAB grant opportunities are also published on http://www.grants.gov.
April 22, 2009: Secretary Solis joins OCFT grantees for event commemorating upcoming World Day Against Child Labor
April 10, 2009: ILAB Announces a Notice of Intent to Fund International Child Labor Elimination Projects in Fiscal Year 2009
ILAB intends to obligate approximately USD 20 million to organizations to address child labor internationally through education. ILAB intends to award cooperative agreements to support efforts to address exploitive child labor in the following four countries: Guatemala, Indonesia, Nepal, and Rwanda.
- View the Federal Register Notice [Text] [PDF]
March 18, 2009: ILAB Seeks Public Comments on Past Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications
A General Solicitation of Public Comments on Past Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications, published today in the Federal Register, states that ILAB's Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking (OCFT) is soliciting public comments on past Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGAs) for projects to combat exploitive child labor internationally through education. ILAB/OCFT is seeking general comments from the public on past SGAs, as well as suggestions for improving future SGAs, in preparation for a possible FY 2009 Notice of Availability of Funds and SGA(s) for child labor projects. Comments will be accepted through March 31, 2009.
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January 21, 2009: Request for Nominations for the Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products
The Foreign Agricultural Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture has issued a Federal Register Notice inviting the public to nominate non-governmental members of the “Consultative Group to Eliminate the Use of Child Labor and Forced Labor in Imported Agricultural Products,” mandated under the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 ("Farm Bill"). These include nominations of private agriculture-related enterprises; institutions of higher education and research; organizations that provide independent, third-party certification services for labor standards; and non-profit organizations that have expertise in the areas of international child labor and forced labor. Nominations are due March 9, 2009 and should be submitted to USDA or to DOL, as specified in the Notice.
- View the Federal Register Notice [Text] [PDF]
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