[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 192 (Tuesday, October 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
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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: 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#caa4a1baabe4adafa5b8ada3afbebeaf8aaea5a6e4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3957524958175e5c564b5e505c4d4d5c795d5655175e564f">[email protected]</span></a>) 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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