The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB), U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL, or the Department), announces the availability of approximately $10,058,000 total costs to fund one technical assistance project in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region to strengthen systems to address labor violations associated with Illegal, Unregulated, and Unregistered (IUU) fishing.

Labor rights at risk of violation may include, but are not limited to, the elimination of forced labor and child labor, the right to acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health (OSH), and the prohibition against discrimination at work.

This FOA solicits applications to implement a project with the development objective to strengthen systems to address labor violations associated with Illegal, Unregulated, and Unregistered (IUU) fishing in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) Region.

Outcomes

In support of achieving the objective, the project should be designed to achieve the following outcomes:

• Outcome 1: Increased understanding of opportunities to strengthen systems to address labor violations associated with IUU fishing.
• Outcome 2: Development of approaches drawing from identified best practices to strengthen systems to address labor violations associated with IUU fishing
• Outcome 3: Demonstrated effectiveness of approaches that support strengthening systems to address labor violations associated with IUU fishing.
• Outcome 4: Increased awareness and adoption of approaches to strengthen systems to address labor violations associated with IUU fishing.

Funding Information

• Estimated Total Program Funding: $10,058,000
• Award Ceiling: $10,058,000
• The period of performance is a maximum of 4.5 years (54 months) from the effective date of the award

Eligible Applicants

The following organizations are eligible to apply:

U.S. organizations

• Nonprofits, including any faith-based organizations or community-based organizations
• Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
• Private Institutions of Higher Education
• For-Profit Organizations

Non-U.S. organizations

Non-U.S. Entities, including PIOs

For more information, visit Grants.gov.