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OPA News Release: [08/14/2002]
Contact Name: Bob
Zachariasiewicz
Phone Number: (202) 693-4686
Department of Labor Announces $3 Million Available for
Grants to Strengthen International Labor Reporting
WASHINGTON – The Department of Labor’s Bureau of
International Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award $3 million for up to three
cooperative agreements to an organization or organizations to develop and
implement projects to assist ILAB in international labor reporting.
In the 2002 appropriation, Congress directed ILAB “to build its
permanent capacity to monitor and report regularly and in-depth to the Congress
on the extent to which foreign countries with trade and investment agreements
with the United States respect internationally recognized worker rights and
promote core labor standards.”
Under the $3 million International Labor Reporting Program, the
department will grant up to three awards. With these funds, ILAB is seeking
innovative, reliable, and sustainable approaches to gathering valid and
credible information and data on the extent to which foreign countries with
trade and investment agreements with the United States effectively promote core
labor standards. The standards are those embodied in the International Labor
Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
and internationally recognized worker rights as currently required under U.S.
law.
Applicants are encouraged to be creative in proposing innovative and
cost-effective interventions that will have a demonstrable impact on gathering
better quality and sustainable information at the global, regional or national
levels. These grants will support ILAB’s monitoring work, which is
designed to measure and understand what actual international labor standards
and acceptable conditions of work are required by each country’s labor
laws, what enforcement compliance mechanisms are used and progress on adherence
to them. ILAB’s Office of Foreign Relations will administer the
grants.
Complete information about each grant solicitation, including the
application process, application form and deadlines, can be found in the August
13th issue of the Federal Register.
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