Description
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs is seeking up to two cooperative‑agreement partners to provide technical assistance that strengthens accountability in partner countries for enforcing a prohibition on imports made wholly or partially with forced labor. One award (up to $11 M) will focus on four Latin‑American nations (Argentina, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala) and the other (up to $7 M) on two Asian nations (Bangladesh, Malaysia). Projects must develop legal and regulatory frameworks, build customs‑and‑labor‑enforcement capacity, create training tools, and establish monitoring mechanisms over a 36‑month performance period. Applicants may be commercial, educational, non‑profit, faith‑based, or public international organizations. Separate applications are required for each geographic region, and each applicant may submit only one application per region.