[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 61519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-24870]
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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Office of the Secretary
Combating Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable
Livelihoods and Educational Opportunities for Children in Egypt
AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of
Labor.
ACTION: New. Notice of availability of funds and solicitation for
Cooperative Agreement Applications (SGA). The full announcement is
posted on http://www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILAB's Web site at http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm.
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Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 10-09, ``Combating Exploitative
Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Educational
Opportunities for Children in Egypt.''
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: Not
applicable.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International
Labor Affairs (ILAB) will award up to $9.5 million through a
cooperative agreement(s) to one or more qualifying organizations to
combat exploitative child labor, particularly the worst forms of child
labor, in Egypt. Projects funded under SGA 10-09 must combat child
labor by seeking to achieve the following five goals:
1. Reducing exploitative child labor, especially the worst forms
through the provision of direct educational services and by addressing
root causes of child labor, including innovative strategies to promote
sustainable livelihoods of target households;
2. Strengthening policies on child labor, education, and
sustainable livelihoods, and the capacity of national institutions to
combat child labor, address its root causes, and promote formal,
nonformal and vocational education opportunities to provide children
with alternatives to child labor;
3. Raising awareness of exploitative child labor and its root
causes, and the importance of education for all children and mobilizing
a wide array of actors to improve and expand education infrastructures;
4. Supporting research, evaluation, and the collection of reliable
data on child labor, its root causes, and effective strategies,
including educational and vocational alternatives, microfinance and
other income generating activities to improve household income; and
5. Ensuring the long-term sustainability of these efforts.
Application and Submission Information: The full-text version of
SGA 10-09 is available on http://www.grants.gov and USDOL/ILAB's Web
site at http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm.
Applications in response to this solicitation may be submitted in
hard copy to USDOL or electronically via http://www.grants.gov.
Applications submitted by other means, including e-mail, telegram, or
facsimile (FAX) will not be accepted.
Key Dates: The deadline for submission of applications is 5 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 22, 2010. Applicants are
advised to submit their applications in advance of the deadline. All
technical questions regarding SGA 10-09 must be sent to USDOL by
October 15, 2010 in order to receive a response. USDOL will make all
cooperative agreement awards on or before December 31, 2010.
Agency Contacts: All technical questions regarding SGA 10-09 should
be sent to Georgiette Nkpa, U.S. Department of Labor's Office of
Procurement Services, via e-mail (e-mail address:
[email protected]) no later than October 15, 2010; telephone:
(202-693-4570)--please note that this is not a toll-free-number).
Signed at Washington, DC, this 29th day of September 2010.
Cassandra R. Mitchell,
Grant Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010-24870 Filed 10-4-10; 8:45 am]
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