Opportunity Information: Apply for FOA ILAB 21 16
The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) is offering a single cooperative agreement of up to about $7,000,000 in total costs (depending on the availability of federal funds) to run a technical assistance project in Mexico focused on labor rights problems in the chile pepper and tomato sectors. The overall aim is to reduce child labor, forced labor, and other forms of labor exploitation by increasing the use of worker protection mechanisms across these supply chains, with particular attention to key producing states: Baja California, Baja California Sur, and Chihuahua. The project period can run for as long as 4.5 years (54 months) from the award start date, and ILAB expects to make one award.
The opportunity is designed to be strongly worker-focused and centers on two main outcomes. First, it seeks increased mobilization of labor stakeholders to identify, prevent, and respond to labor violations. This points to coordinated action among groups that influence labor conditions, such as worker organizations, civil society groups, employers, government labor institutions, and other relevant actors tied to agricultural production and processing. Second, it aims for increased engagement of workers themselves in addressing violations of their labor rights, meaning the project should help workers understand their rights, build confidence to speak up, and connect them to channels that can actually resolve complaints and correct abuses.
A major theme of the grant is aligning practical, on-the-ground work with the frameworks created by Mexican labor law and the labor provisions and commitments reflected in the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). In practice, this means the project is expected to do more than awareness raising. It should contribute to eliminating child and forced labor, improving everyday working conditions, and strengthening worker empowerment while also supporting household economic resiliency for vulnerable families who may be at higher risk of exploitation. The language of the announcement emphasizes a holistic approach, treating labor law compliance and effective enforcement as central tools for preventing child labor and forced labor, rather than treating those issues as isolated problems.
The project is also meant to reinforce Mexican government efforts by improving workers' knowledge of labor rights and strengthening access to remedies when violations occur. That includes both judicial remediation (formal legal avenues) and non-judicial remediation (administrative processes, grievance mechanisms, or other structured channels that can resolve disputes without going through courts). The target population includes workers throughout the chile pepper and tomato supply chains, including migrant workers in agricultural fields and in processing plants, recognizing that vulnerability can be especially high where work is seasonal, workers are mobile, and oversight is inconsistent. In short, the grant funds one long-term, multi-state effort to help workers and institutions prevent exploitation, report and remediate abuses more effectively, and reduce the conditions that allow child labor and forced labor to persist in these agricultural sectors.
Key administrative details from the notice include: the opportunity number is FOA ILAB 21 16, it is a discretionary funding opportunity, the instrument type is a cooperative agreement (which typically involves substantial involvement by the funding agency during implementation), the CFDA number listed is 17.401, the ceiling is $7,000,000, and only one award is anticipated. The posting date is September 9, 2021, with an original closing date of November 9, 2021.Apply for FOA ILAB 21 16
- The Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs in the other (see text field entitled explanation of other category of funding activity for clarification) sector is offering a public funding opportunity titled "Project to Reduce Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Other Forms of Labor Exploitation of Workers in the Chile Pepper and Tomato Sectors in Mexico" and is now available to receive applicants.
- Interested and eligible applicants and submit their applications by referencing the CFDA number(s): 17.401.
- This funding opportunity was created on Sep 09, 2021.
- Applicants must submit their applications by Nov 09, 2021. (Agency may still review applications by suitable applicants for the remaining/unused allocated funding in 2026.)
- Each selected applicant is eligible to receive up to $7,000,000.00 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).
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