Promoting Responsible Investment and Rights-Respecting Production Models

The U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor is seeking proposals for a program to promote responsible investment and rights-respecting production models. The program aims to help responsible businesses counter unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights. The program will also promote worker upskilling by working with leading foreign companies in critical industries to develop and strengthen private-sector workforce development practices and programs that support resilient, rights-respecting supply chains. Key aspects of the program include: • Promoting responsible investment and rights-respecting production models • Countering unfair competition from production models relying on forced labor, worker exploitation, and other violations or abuses of internationally recognized labor rights • Promoting worker upskilling and developing private-sector workforce development practices and programs • Supporting resilient, rights-respecting supply chains