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    Strengthening Workers' Rights in Malaysia's Electronic Supply Chain

    FOA-ILAB-24-31

    Bureau of International Labor Affairs

    Opening date 1 Aug 2024, 12:00AM

    Closing date 30 Sep 2024, 12:00AM

    Funding Opportunity Number: FOA-ILAB-24-31

    Opportunity Category: Discretionary

    Category Explanation: Other

    Expected Number of Awards: 1

    CFDA Number(s): 17.401 -- International Labor Programs

    Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: No

    Posted Date: Aug 01, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Closing Date: Sep 30, 2024 12:00:00 AM EDT

    Closing Date Details: Applications must be submitted electronically no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time.

    Estimated Total Program Funding: 3000000

    Award Ceiling: $3000000

    Award Floor: $3000000

    Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)

    Additional Information on Eligibility: Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully strengthening workers' rights in the electronic supply chain sector in Malaysia is eligible to apply if and when a Funding Opportunity Announcement is published. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility. All applicants for ILAB funding opportunities must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. For more information, please see https://www.sam.gov/. Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a UEI number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.

    Agency Name: Bureau of International Labor Affairs

    Description:

    The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (DOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $3,000,000 total costs (subject to the availability of Federal funds) for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Malaysia to support workers and worker organizations as they advocate for improved occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive standards, and integration of effective programs to prevent and address gender-based violence and harassment in the electronics sector through worker organizing and collective bargaining. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA. In order to achieve the project objective, applicants must propose strategies to achieve the following outcomes:

    Outcome(s)

    • 1. Increased union participation/integration of new union members, in particular women members, as a result of new worker organizing campaigns.

    • 2. Improved skills of worker organizations to advocate for improvements in occupational safety and health standards, including gender-responsive occupational safety and health standards, and eradication of gender-based violence and harassment in target workplaces and communities.

    • 3. Increased engagement by workers and worker organizations with government officials and employers to negotiate, address, resolve, and prevent occupational safety and health and gender-based violence and harassment abuses in the workplace through collective bargaining.


    Questions regarding this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Forecast may be emailed to ortiz.carlie@dol.gov; however, please note there is limited information that may be shared with the public, as this FOA is currently under development. We encourage prospective applicants and interested parties to use the Grants.gov subscription option to register for future updates provided for this particular FOA.

    Grantor Contact Information: Carlie Ortiz ortiz.carlie@dol.gov

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