Project Grant STU15020GR3043

Partners of the Americas, Inc. received a $46.2 million Cooperative Agreement from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) to reduce wage suppression and unfair labor practices in key Mexican trade sectors. Awarded on December 31, 2025, with a completion date of June 30, 2030, the 54-month project operates across Mexico City, Baja California, Jalisco, Guanajuato, and Querétaro, focusing on the automotive,...

This Cooperative Agreement award from the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of African Affairs, under the Africa Regional Democracy Fund (CFDA 19.225), provides $400,000 to the International Labor Organization (ILO) to identify characteristics and extent of decent work deficits through the collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistical information on employment in the informal sector, labor relations, and forced labor with the national statistics office in Mauritania. The project aims to...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a $200,000 Food for Progress Project Grant to Partners of the Americas, Inc. to implement agricultural development activities in developing countries. The grant, awarded on January 16, 2024, will support technical assistance, training, research, and capacity building initiatives focused on improving agricultural productivity and expanding agricultural trade. Key activities include those related to climate-smart agriculture, trade-enabling...

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...

The International Labor Organization (ILO) will receive $8.5 million through a cooperative agreement award from the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs to implement Phase II of the Bridge Project from December 2022 through December 2024. The project aims to effectively eliminate traditional and state-imposed forced labor systems and significantly reduce contemporary forms of forced labor linked to human trafficking. Key products and services will include...

The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $6 million cooperative agreement to Impactt Limited under the International Labor Programs (CFDA 17.401) federal grant program. The objective is to increase the use of formal and informal mechanisms by sugar sector field workers and their families in the Dominican Republic to improve working and living conditions from December 2022 through December 2026. Impactt will build the capacity of workers, community-based...

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 Inter-American Foundation awarded a $125,000 Project Grant to Oganizasyon POU Devlopman Ti Plante Kawo under the IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA #85.750) to support community-led solutions for expanding economic opportunities through sustainable agriculture and microenterprise development in Artibonite, Haiti. The grantee will improve food security by training farmers in sustainable agriculture and livestock production techniques while also providing necessary supplies and...

The Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs awarded a $9 million cooperative agreement to the Solidarity Center to improve occupational safety and health and address gender-based violence and harassment in Bangladesh's ready-made garment, shrimp farming, construction, and tea sectors from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2026. Through the award, the Solidarity Center will build the capacity of workers and unions in the target sectors to identify and collectively address OSH...

This Project Grant from the Inter-American Foundation's IAF Assistance for Overseas Programs (CFDA 85.750) provides $217,780 to the Association DES Cadres Et Agriculteurs Pour LE Developpement D'Une Agriculture Innovee Et Integree Dans L'Artibonite (ACADAI) from May 26, 2023 to November 26, 2025. The grant supports ACADAI's efforts to strengthen food security and sustainable livelihoods for small-scale farmers in Haiti's L'Artibonite Department. Specifically, ACADAI works to expand economic...