The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $10 million cooperative agreement to Partners of the Americas, Inc. from December 15, 2021 to June 14, 2026 under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. The award will support efforts to combat child labor and strengthen labor standards in Mexico. Partners of the Americas will implement technical assistance activities to help companies comply with Mexico's labor reforms and provisions of...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $14 million cooperative agreement to World Vision Inc. to reduce child labor, forced labor, and other forms of labor exploitation in the chili pepper and tomato sectors in Mexico under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) grant program. Through February 2027, World Vision will work to increase the use of worker protection mechanisms in the chili pepper and tomato sectors in the Mexican states of Baja...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded Innovations For Poverty Action a $2 million cooperative agreement under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. The objective is to address evidence gaps on cost-effective child and forced labor programs in Central America by conducting randomized controlled trials and pilots with local partners in Guatemala. Specifically, Innovations For Poverty Action will conduct a large-scale randomized...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded an $8.4 million cooperative agreement to the Pan American Development Foundation under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. The award will support efforts to address child labor, forced labor, and unacceptable work conditions in Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala through March 2026. Specifically, the Pan American Development Foundation will contribute expertise on child labor and children's...
This $4 million Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401), aims to empower persons with lived experience (PLE) of labor exploitation in the Philippines to actively collaborate with the government in addressing labor exploitation and improving labor conditions. The project is implemented by Free The Slaves (FTS) and its sub-awardee Partnerships for Development Assistance in the...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded $8 million to the International Labor Organization under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) cooperative agreement to support regional, national, and local action addressing child labor in West African agriculture from December 2022 through December 2026. The project will build capacity and strengthen systems across five key areas in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region to reduce child...
The Department of State Bureau of International Narcotics Law Enforcement awarded a $5 million cooperative agreement to the End Modern Slavery Initiative Foundation from October 1, 2021 to September 30, 2024 under the International Programs to Combat Human Trafficking (CFDA 19.019) program. Through this award, three organizations will develop and test tools to eradicate forced labor in Brazil's coffee sector. Specifically, Stanford University will develop a decision support tool for use by...
This $10,000,000 Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401), will support the International Labor Organization (ILO) in enhancing Brazil's efforts to combat child labor, forced labor, and other labor rights violations across multiple agricultural supply chains. The project aims to strengthen the capacity of the Brazilian government, labor stakeholders, and local institutions to...
The American Institutes For Research In The Behavioral Sciences (AIR) received a $10 million cooperative agreement award from the Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) on December 15, 2021 to provide services addressing child labor in Mexico through June 14, 2026. The award is being administered under ILAB's International Labor Programs (CFDA #17.401), which promotes fair labor standards and combats child labor and forced labor internationally. AIR will work...
The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded $5 million under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) cooperative agreement to The Fair Food Standards Council Inc. to apply a worker-centric approach to combatting labor exploitation in the agriculture industries of Mexico, Chile, and South Africa through December 2025. Key deliverables include adapting worker education and audit materials for each country; partnering with local worker organizations and civil...
AWARD PURPOSE--THE PROTEGEMOS PROJECT WILL INCREASE LOCALLY-LED ACTIONS TO COLLECTIVELY ADDRESS CHILD LABOR AND FORCED LABOR IN TARGETED MUNICIPALITIES THROUGH AN AREA-BASED APPROACH IN CHIAPAS AND SAN LUIS POTOS (SLP) TO BUILD INCREASED CAPACITY OF MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS TO COLLECTIVELY DESIGN AND IMPLEMENT ACTIONS TO COMBAT CHILD LABOR (CL) AND FORCED LABOR (FL) IMPLEMENT A PHASED COLLECTIVE ACTION APPROACH TO BUILD CAPACITY AMONG PROJECT BENEFICIARIES, NAMELY MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS SUCH AS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, WORKERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOS), COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND PRIVATE-SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS, MOST LIKELY IN COFFEE IN CHIAPAS AND SUGARCANE IN SLP AND USE A PARTICIPATORY APPROACH TO ENSURE THE INCLUSION AND EMPOWERMENT OF WORKERS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, AND VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS.ACTIVITIES PERFORMED--CONDUCT RAPID APPRAISAL RESEARCH MAP OUT LOCAL NEEDS AND GOOD PRACTICES AND ENGAGE MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS BUILD MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS KNOWLEDGE OF EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES TO COMBAT CL AND FL AND THE COSTS OF FAILING TO DO SO.DELIVERABLES--BUILD CAPACITY OF TO COMBAT CL AND FL AND TO IMPLEMENT ACTION PLANS CO-DESIGN AND ADVISE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF MUNICIPAL CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION MECHANISMS TO ENSURE INCLUSION OF THE VOICES OF A DIVERSE MIX OF MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS, INCLUDING WORKERS AID IN ESTABLISHMENT OF A NETWORK OF MUNICIPALITIES DEDICATED TO COMBATTING CL AND FL, AND IN ADVOCATING FOR AND SECURING SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES FOR CONTINUED IMPLEMENTATION OF ACTION PLANS AND DISSEMINATE REPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS MATERIALS ON PROJECT SUCCESSES, CHALLENGES, AND BEST PRACTICES, ALONG WITH TOOLS, RESOURCES, AND TRAINING MATERIALS, AND PROMOTE REPLICATION OF BEST PRACTICES AND ONGOING USE OF PROJECT RESOURCES TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABILITY.INTENDED BENEFICIARIES--MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDER, WORKERS AND THEIR ORGANIZATIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, AND CSOS, REPRESENTATIVES OF VULNERABLE AND MARGINALIZED GROUPS, GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS SUBRECIPIENT ACTIVITIES--VOCES MESOAMERICANAS (VM) AND FUNDACIN MEXICANA DE APOYO INFANTIL A.C. (FAI) WILL BE CLOSELY INVOLVED IN THE MAJORITY OF PROJECT ACTIVITIES IN CHIAPAS AND SLP, RESPECTIVELY. AREAS THEY WILL LEAD OR SUPPORT INCLUDE: ENGAGING MUNICIPAL STAKEHOLDERS LOCAL-EXPERT GROUP AND FEEDBACK AND REPORTING MECHANISMS CAPACITY BUILDING OF WORKERS, CSOS, MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTS, AND PRIVATE SECTOR STAKEHOLDERS CONSULTATION AND COORDINATION MECHANISMS AND THE NETWORK OF MUNICIPALITIES.