Engaging Cocoa Cooperatives to Combat Child Labor

The Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) intends to award up to two cooperative agreements to organizations to reduce child labor in cocoa-producing communities in Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. The project aims to achieve two outcomes: improved accountability of cocoa cooperatives to monitor child labor in the cocoa supply chain, and increased support to vulnerable cocoa households within cocoa cooperatives. • The project will focus on reducing child labor in cocoa-producing communities. • The Employment and Training Administration’s Office of Grants Management anticipates publishing a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) around July 13, 2020. • Interested applicants must have a Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number and be registered in the System for Award Management (SAM) prior to applying for funding. • Successful applicants will be required to ensure any subrecipients also have a DUNS number prior to receiving DOL approval of any subawards.