[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 230 (Thursday, November 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69218-69219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20269]


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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Office of the Secretary


Combating Exploitive Child Labor Trough Education in Angola

AGENCY: Bureau of International Labor Affairs, U.S. Department of Labor
    Announcement Type: New. Notice of Availability of Funds and Intent 
for Solicitation of Limited Competition for Cooperative Agreement 
Applications.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs (ILAB), intends to obligate up to approximately U.S. $3.5 
million through a Cooperative Agreement to organization(s) to improve 
access to and quality of education programs as a means to combat 
exploitive child labor in Angola. The project(s) funded under this 
award should address gaps and challenges to basic education found in 
Angola.
    ILAB intends to solicit cooperative agreement applications through 
a limited competition of organizations qualified to implement a project 
that focuses on innovative ways to provide educational services to 
children engaged, or at risk of engaging, in exploitive labor in 
Angola. Qualified organizations include any commercial, international, 
educational, or non-profit organization that is capable of successfully 
developing and implementing education projects in Angola and that meets 
the following criteria--qualified organizations must have (1) an 
established presence in Angola (i.e., one or more offices and 
employees) and be legally recognized and permitted to operate by the 
Government of Angola, and (2) direct and current experience 
implementing technical cooperation programs for children-in-need in 
Angola that aim to combat exploitive child labor and/or promote 
educational and training opportunities for children-in-need who are 
under the age of 18 years. Among the organizations deemed eligible 
based on this criteria are the Christian Children's Fund, Save the 
Children--UK, and World Vision.
    Other organizations wishing to be considered under this limited 
competition must submit to USDOL, at the contact address provided below 
and within 10 working days of this announcement, a formal request for 
funding consideration, providing verifiable evidence that the 
aforementioned criteria are met. Such requests will be evaluated by 
USDOL, which will add any additional organizations found eligible to 
the list of those organizations to be considered under this limited 
competition.
    This limited competition involves the re-granting of funds 
remaining from SGA 05-05 for ``Combating Exploitive Child Labor through 
Education in Angola,'' published in the Federal Register on May 27, 
2005. Please refer to http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/main.htm for 
examples of previous notices of availability of funds and solicitations 
for cooperative agreement applications. Further information on the 
specific sectors, geographical regions, and funding levels for the 
potential project(s) in Angola, as well as the selection criteria to be 
used, will be addressed in the solicitation for cooperative agreement 
applications that will be made available to those organizations found 
to be eligible for consideration under the limited competition. For a 
list of frequently asked questions on Child Labor Education Initiative 
Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications, please visit 
http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/faq/faq36.htm.
    Key Dates: Organizations--other than those specifically referenced 
by name in this Notice of Intent--wishing to be considered under this 
limited competition must submit to USDOL, at the contact address 
provided below, a formal request within 10 working days of the date of 
this announcement.
    A specific solicitation for cooperative agreement applications will 
be provided to those organizations deemed eligible for the limited 
competition within 20 working days of this announcement. The 
solicitation will remain open for at least 30 calendar days.
    To Request Consideration Under This Limited Competition or For 
Further Information Contact: Ms. Lisa Harvey. E-mail address: 
[email protected]. All formal requests for consideration and other 
inquiries should make reference to the USDOL Child Labor Education 
Initiative--Solicitations for Cooperative Agreement Applications.
    Background Information: Since 1995, USDOL has supported a worldwide 
technical assistance program implemented by the International Labor 
Organization's International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor 
(ILO-IPEC). ILAB has also supported the efforts of other organizations 
involved in efforts to combat child labor internationally through the 
promotion of educational opportunities for children-in-need. In total, 
ILAB has provided over U.S. $530 million to ILO-IPEC and other 
organizations for international technical assistance to combat abusive 
child labor around the world.

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    USDOL's Child Labor Education Initiative seeks to nurture the 
development, health, safety, and enhanced future employability of 
children around the world by increasing access to basic education for 
children removed from child labor or at risk of entering it. 
Eliminating child labor depends, in part, on improving access to, 
quality of, and relevance of educational and training opportunities for 
children less than 18 years of age. Without improving such 
opportunities, children withdrawn from exploitive forms of labor may 
not have viable alternatives to child labor and may be more likely to 
return to such work or resort to other hazardous means of subsistence.
    In addition to increasing access to education and eliminating 
exploitive child labor through direct withdrawal and prevention 
services to children, the Child Labor Education Initiative has the 
following four strategic goals:
    1. Raise awareness of the importance of education for all children 
and mobilize a wide array of actors to improve and expand education 
infrastructures;
    2. Strengthen formal and transitional education systems that 
encourage working children and those at risk of working to attend 
school;
    3. Strengthen national institutions and policies on education and 
child labor; and
    4. Ensure the long-term sustainability of these efforts.
    When working to increase access to quality basic education, USDOL 
strives to complement existing efforts to eradicate the worst forms of 
child labor, to build on the achievements of and lessons learned from 
these efforts, to expand impact and build synergies among actors, and 
to avoid duplication of resources and efforts.

    Signed at Washington, DC, this 20th day of November, 2006.
Lisa Harvey,
Grant Officer.
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