Opportunity Information: Apply for SGA 11 06
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- The OASAM in the employment, labor and training sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Project to Combat Exploitative Child Labor in Ethiopia" and is now available to receive applicants.
- This funding opportunity was created on Oct 11, 2011 and posted on Sep 16, 2011.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Oct 21, 2011. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- The funding agency has allocated a total of $10,000,000.00 to eligible and selected applicants.
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $10,000,000.00 in funding.
- The number of recipients for this funding is limited to 1 candidate(s).
- Eligible applicants include: Others (see text field entitled Additional Information on Eligibility for clarification).
- Any commercial, international, educational, or non profit organization(s), including any faith based, community based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully reducing childrens participation in exploitative child labor and developing and implementing educational and livelihoods programs to serve them is eligible to apply provided that they meet the requirements outlined below, which apply to all Applicants and any proposed subgrantees or subcontractors. Applications from foreign Governments and entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for, a foreign state or Government will not be considered. Applications from organizations designated by the U.S. Government to be associated with terrorism or that have been debarred or suspended will not be considered. Applicants are not allowed to charge a fee (profit) associated with a project funded by USDOL under this award. Lack of past experience with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility or selection under this solicitation. Applicants must be in compliance with all audit requirements, including those established in OMB Circular A 133. Applications from U.S. based non profit organizations that are subject to the Single Audit Act, that fail to include their most recent single audit or fail to demonstrate that they have complied with single audit submission timeframes established in OMB Circular A 133 will be considered non responsive and will be rejected. For Applicants that are foreign based or for profit organizations, failure to submit the most current independent financial audit will result in an application being considered non responsive and rejected. In addition, the submission of any audit report that reflects adverse opinions will result in the application being considered non responsive and rejected. Further information can be found on pages 28 29 of the SGA.
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Opportunity Summary:
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) announced a discretionary funding opportunity (SGA 11-06) to support a major technical assistance effort aimed at reducing and eliminating exploitative child labor in Ethiopia. The opportunity was posted on September 16, 2011, with applications due October 21, 2011, and it anticipated making a single award through a cooperative agreement, meaning the government would likely have an active role in overseeing and collaborating on implementation. The total funding available was up to $10,000,000, with no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
The project’s core purpose is to combat exploitative child labor, with a primary emphasis on children who are engaged in, or at risk of being pulled into, the traditional weaving industry, alongside exploitative child labor affecting children in rural areas. Rather than focusing narrowly on one worksite or one form of labor, the solicitation requires an area-based approach. This means the selected organization must target all forms of exploitative child labor within specific geographic locations: Addis Ababa, and the Gamo Gofa and Wolaita Zones. The intent is to concentrate resources and interventions in defined communities so that prevention, withdrawal, and protection services reinforce each other and produce measurable community-level change.
USDOL expects applicants to use innovative, effective, and integrated strategies that address the main drivers of child labor. Key intervention areas include increasing community awareness about exploitative child labor and its harms, improving children’s access to quality education, and expanding vocational training options so youth have safer, age-appropriate pathways to skills and employment. The design also emphasizes strengthening household economic resilience, since poverty and shocks often push families to rely on children’s work. Applicants are expected to promote sustainable livelihoods for participating households and to connect beneficiaries to existing national programs that can help families meet basic needs without depending on child labor. In practice, this typically points to coordinated service delivery that blends education support (such as enrollment, retention, and learning improvements) with household livelihood assistance and referrals into social protection or other government programs.
A required component is institutional capacity-building for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs. The solicitation calls for applicants to help institutionalize training for labor inspectors on relevant child labor laws and policies, so that skills and knowledge remain within the government system after the project ends. It also prioritizes strengthening occupational safety and health standards and enforcement, recognizing that hazardous conditions and weak enforcement can perpetuate exploitative labor, including for children. This dual focus on direct community services and stronger government enforcement is meant to reduce both the supply-side pressures that drive children into work and the demand-side conditions that allow exploitative practices to persist.
Eligible applicants include commercial, international, educational, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based, community-based, and public international organizations, as long as they can demonstrate the capacity to reduce children’s involvement in exploitative child labor and to implement education and livelihood programming at scale. Foreign governments and entities operated by or for a foreign state are not eligible, and organizations associated with terrorism or that have been debarred or suspended are excluded. The solicitation also states that grantees may not charge a fee or profit on a USDOL-funded project under this award.
The announcement places strong emphasis on financial and audit compliance. Applicants must meet audit requirements (including those tied to OMB Circular A-133 at the time). U.S.-based nonprofits subject to the Single Audit Act needed to include their most recent single audit and show they complied with submission timelines; failure to do so would make the application non-responsive and subject to rejection. Foreign-based or for-profit applicants were required to submit their most current independent financial audit, and audit reports with adverse opinions would also lead to rejection. Overall, the opportunity is geared toward organizations with demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-component projects that combine education access and quality improvements, vocational training, household livelihood strengthening, and government capacity-building to produce sustained reductions in exploitative child labor in targeted Ethiopian communities.
For technical issues accessing the full announcement, the listed grant officer contacts were Brenda J. White and James Kinslow at (202) 693-4570, with emails white.brenda.j@dol.gov and kinslow.james@dol.gov, and additional information was referenced through the ILAB website.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
1) What is this funding opportunity?
This is a U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) discretionary funding opportunity (SGA 11-06) to support a major technical assistance effort focused on reducing and eliminating exploitative child labor in Ethiopia.
2) What is the main goal of the project?
The core purpose is to combat exploitative child labor, with a primary emphasis on children engaged in, or at risk of being pulled into, the traditional weaving industry, as well as exploitative child labor affecting children in rural areas.
3) Is the project limited to one industry or one worksite?
No. The solicitation requires an area-based approach rather than a narrow focus on a single worksite or one form of labor. The selected organization must address all forms of exploitative child labor within specified geographic locations.
4) What does an “area-based approach†mean in this solicitation?
An area-based approach means concentrating resources and interventions in defined communities so prevention, withdrawal, and protection services reinforce each other and produce measurable community-level change. Under this opportunity, the applicant must target all forms of exploitative child labor within the identified locations.
5) Which geographic areas must be targeted?
The required target locations are Addis Ababa, and the Gamo Gofa and Wolaita Zones in Ethiopia.
6) How many awards were anticipated?
The opportunity anticipated making a single award.
7) What type of award instrument was anticipated?
The award was anticipated to be a cooperative agreement, which means USDOL would likely have an active role in overseeing and collaborating on implementation.
8) How much funding is available?
Total funding available was up to $10,000,000.
9) Is cost sharing or matching required?
No. The solicitation states there is no cost-sharing or matching requirement.
10) What kinds of strategies does USDOL expect applicants to use?
USDOL expects innovative, effective, and integrated strategies that address key drivers of child labor. The solicitation highlights interventions such as community awareness, improving access to quality education, expanding vocational training options, and strengthening household economic resilience.
11) What education-related activities are emphasized?
The design emphasizes improving children’s access to quality education. In practice, the opportunity points toward coordinated education support, including efforts tied to enrollment, retention, and learning improvements.
12) What role does vocational training play in the project design?
Vocational training is emphasized as a way to expand safer, age-appropriate pathways for youth to gain skills and move toward employment without being pushed into exploitative labor.
13) Why does the solicitation emphasize household livelihoods and economic resilience?
The solicitation recognizes that poverty and shocks often push families to rely on children’s work. Applicants are expected to promote sustainable livelihoods for participating households and connect beneficiaries to existing national programs that help families meet basic needs without depending on child labor.
14) Are applicants expected to coordinate with existing government or national programs?
Yes. The solicitation expects applicants to connect beneficiaries to existing national programs that can help families meet basic needs and reduce reliance on child labor.
15) Is government capacity-building a required component?
Yes. A required component is institutional capacity-building for Ethiopia’s Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.
16) What specific capacity-building is requested for labor inspection?
Applicants are expected to help institutionalize training for labor inspectors on relevant child labor laws and policies so skills and knowledge remain within the government system after the project ends.
17) Does the solicitation address occupational safety and health (OSH)?
Yes. It prioritizes strengthening occupational safety and health standards and enforcement, recognizing that hazardous conditions and weak enforcement can perpetuate exploitative labor, including for children.
18) Who is eligible to apply?
Eligible applicants include commercial, international, educational, and nonprofit organizations (including faith-based, community-based, and public international organizations) as long as they can demonstrate the capacity to reduce exploitative child labor and implement education and livelihood programming at scale.
19) Who is not eligible to apply?
Foreign governments and entities operated by or for a foreign state are not eligible. Organizations associated with terrorism or that have been debarred or suspended are also excluded.
20) Can a grantee charge a fee or profit under this award?
No. The solicitation states that grantees may not charge a fee or profit on a USDOL-funded project under this award.
21) What are the key financial and audit compliance expectations?
The announcement places strong emphasis on financial and audit compliance. Applicants must meet audit requirements, including those tied to OMB Circular A-133 at the time, and provide required audit documentation as part of a responsive application.
22) What audit documentation was required for U.S.-based nonprofits?
U.S.-based nonprofits subject to the Single Audit Act needed to include their most recent single audit and show they complied with submission timelines. Failure to do so would make the application non-responsive and subject to rejection.
23) What audit documentation was required for foreign-based or for-profit applicants?
Foreign-based or for-profit applicants were required to submit their most current independent financial audit.
24) What happens if an audit report includes an adverse opinion?
The solicitation indicates that audit reports with adverse opinions would lead to rejection.
25) When was the opportunity posted and when were applications due?
The opportunity was posted on September 16, 2011. Applications were due October 21, 2011.
26) What kind of organizational experience does this opportunity appear to be designed for?
Based on the solicitation details, it is geared toward organizations with demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-component projects that combine education access and quality improvements, vocational training, household livelihood strengthening, and government capacity-building to produce sustained reductions in exploitative child labor.
27) Who can be contacted for technical issues accessing the full announcement?
For technical issues accessing the full announcement, the listed grant officer contacts were Brenda J. White and James Kinslow at (202) 693-4570, with emails white.brenda.j@dol.gov and kinslow.james@dol.gov. Additional information was referenced through the ILAB website.
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