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Mexico Labor Discrimination Project

Funding Opportunity Number: SCA-14-25
Opportunity Category: Discretionary
Funding Instrument Type: Cooperative Agreement
Category of Funding Activity: Employment, Labor and Training
Eligible Applicants: Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Agency Name: DOL-ETA-ILAB
Closing Date: 2014-11-07
Award Ceiling: $1,389,000
Expected Number of Awards: 1

Description: USDOL/ILAB intends to award up to USD 1,389,000 for one cooperative agreement to fund a technical assistance project in Mexico.  The purpose of this project is to assist the Government of Mexico in combating discrimination in employment and occupation (labor discrimination).  The project will support efforts to enforce the strengthened discrimination clause in the Federal Labor Law (FLL) Reform of 2012, with emphasis on combating gender discrimination, discrimination based on sexual orientation, sexual harassment, and forced pregnancy testing.  The duration of the project funded by this announcement is up to 3 years (36 months) from the effective date of award.  The project start date will be negotiated upon award of the individual cooperative agreement, but will be no later than December 31, 2014.
Link: www.grants.gov/view-opportunity.html?opp…