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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
Combating Exploitative Child Labor by Promoting Sustainable Livelihoods and Educational
Opportunities for Children in Egypt
September 28, 2010
Announcement Type: New. Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement
Applications.
Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 10-09.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: Not applicable.
Key Dates: Deadline for Submission of Applications is November 22, 2010. Deadline for Submission of All
Technical Questions is October 15, 2010. All awards will be made by December 31, 2010.
Executive Summary: In FY 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs
(ILAB) will fund up to $9.5 million for a technical assistance project(s) to support efforts to eliminate
exploitative child labor, particularly the worst forms of child labor, in Egypt. Projects funded under this
solicitation will seek to combat child labor through an innovative, effective, and integrated approach that
involves increasing c
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promoting sustainable livelihoods for their households, and increasing beneficiaries’access to national social
protection programs that help households overcome dependence on children working to meet basic needs.
Applicants should note that in FY 2010, USDOL received authority to fund subgrants and microfinance
activities. Eligible Applicants must respond to the entire scope of work outlined in this solicitation.
Table of Contents
I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION .....................................................................................................3
II. BACKGROUND AND USDOL CHILD LABOR OBJECTIVES.........................................................................4
A. Extent of the Problem: Common Factors Contributing to Child Labor, Barriers to Education and Root Causes of
Child Labor ..................................................................................................................................................................4
B. Egypt: Background and Problem Statement ..................................................................................................................4
C. International Legal Framework for Child Labor ILO Conventions 182 and 138 ..........................................................7
D. USDOL Support for the Global Elimination of Exploitative Child Labor ....................................................................7
E. The Five Goals of USDOL-Funded Projects..................................................................................................................7
III. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS ..............................................................................................................8
A. Scope of Work and Relationship to USDOL Five Goals..............................................................................................8
1. Reducing Exploitative Child Labor and Providing Services to Promote Education and Sustainable Livelihoods...8
a. Education...........................................................................................................................................8
b. Livelihoods ......................................................................................................................................10
2. Strengthening Policies and Capacity on Child Labor, Education, and Sustainable Livelihoods ............................11
3. Raising Awareness on Exploitative Child Labor, its Root Causes, and the Importance of Education ...................11
4. Needs Assessment and Other Research ..................................................................................................................11
5. Supporting Evaluation and Data Collection in Consultation with USDOL External Contractor............................12
a. USDOL Expectations for Monitoring and Evaluation ............................................................................12
b. Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, Impact Assessment, and Grantee and Contractor
Responsibilities ................................................................................................................................12
c. Baseline Survey ................................................................................................................................13
d. Performance Monitoring ....................................................................................................................13

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6. Promoting Long-Term Sustainability of Efforts to Combat Exploitative Child Labor and Improve
Livelihoods ..........................................................................................................................................13
B. Target Population........................................................................................................................................................14
1. Beneficiaries............................................................................................................................................................14
2. Sectors and Geographic Areas ................................................................................................................................14
C. Technical Proposal Requirements...............................................................................................................................15
D. Eligible Applicants .....................................................................................................................................................16
E. Other Eligibility Criteria .............................................................................................................................................17
1. Dun and Bradstreet Number(s) ...............................................................................................................................17
2. Requirements for Application Responsiveness.......................................................................................................18
F. Application Package....................................................................................................................................................18
1. Cost Proposal Format..............................................................................................................................................19
a. Standard Forms.................................................................................................................................19
b. Outputs-Based Budget .......................................................................................................................19
c. Budget Narrative ...............................................................................................................................20
d. Indirect Cost Information ...................................................................................................................20
e. Cost Sharing (optional) ......................................................................................................................21
f. Equal Opportunity Survey (optional) ....................................................................................................21
2. Technical Proposal Format .....................................................................................................................................21
a. Executive Summary ..........................................................................................................................22
b. Table of Contents..............................................................................................................................22
c. Project Design Narrative ....................................................................................................................22
G. Submission Date, Time, Address, and Delivery Method............................................................................................27
H. Funding Restrictions, Unallowable Activities, and Specific Prohibitions ..................................................................28
1. Pre-award Costs ......................................................................................................................................................28
2. Direct Cash Transfers to Communities, Parents, or Children .................................................................................29
3. Construction ............................................................................................................................................................29
4. Housing and Personal Living Expenses ..................................................................................................................29
5. Subgrants and Subcontracts ....................................................................................................................................29
6. Lobbying and Fundraising ......................................................................................................................................29
7. Funds to Host Country Governments......................................................................................................................30
8. Miscellaneous Prohibitions .....................................................................................................................................30
9. Prostitution and Trafficking ....................................................................................................................................30
10. Inherently Religious Activities .............................................................................................................................31
11. Terrorism...............................................................................................................................................................31
12. Value Added Tax (VAT) ......................................................................................................................................31
IV. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION ..................................................................................................31
A. Application Evaluation Criteria ..................................................................................................................................31
1. Project Design and Budget (65 points) ...................................................................................................................32
2. Strategy for Research on Child Labor (10 points) ..................................................................................................32
3. Organizational Capacity (10 points) .......................................................................................................................33
4. Personnel and Project Management Plan (15 points)..............................................................................................33
B. Review and Selection Process.....................................................................................................................................34
C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates ............................................................................................................35
V. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION ............................................................................................35
A. Award Notices ............................................................................................................................................................35
B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements .....................................................................................................35
1. General....................................................................................................................................................................35
2. Project Audits and External Auditing Arrangements..............................................................................................35
3. Administrative Standards and Provisions ...............................................................................................................36
C. Reporting and Deliverables.........................................................................................................................................37
1. Needs Assessment of Learning Environments and Action Plan .............................................................................37
2. Logical Framework and Sustainability Matrix........................................................................................................37
3. Technical Progress and Financial Reports ..............................................................................................................37

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4. Work Plan ...............................................................................................................................................................37
5. Final Report.............................................................................................................................................................37
VI. AGENCY CONTACTS ...............................................................................................................................37
VII. OTHER INFORMATION ..........................................................................................................................38
A. Office of Management and Budget Information Collection .......................................................................................38
B. Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act.............................................................................................................38
Appendix A: Definitions .......................................................................................................................39
Appendix B: Cost Proposal Format .........................................................................................................44
Appendix C: Technical Proposal Format .................................................................................................45

List of Acronyms
BAFO
CBOs
CCR
CFR
CLMS
DBMS
DUNS
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FAQ
GDP
GOTR
GPRA
HHS-PMS
ILAB
ILO
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M&E
MPG
NGOs
NICRA
OCFT
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SIMPOC
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USAID
USDA
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Best and Final Offer
Community-Based Organizations
Central Contractor Registration
Code of Federal Regulations
Child Labor Monitoring System
Direct Beneficiary Monitoring System
Dun and Bradstreet Number
Eastern Standard Time
Frequently Asked Questions
Gross Domestic Product
Grant Officer's Technical Representative
Government Performance and Results Act
Department of Health and Human Services - Payment Management System
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
International Labor Organization
International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor
Monitoring and Evaluation
Management Procedures and Guidelines
Nongovernmental Organizations
Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
Office of Management and Budget
Standard Form
Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor
Trader Partnership Identification Number
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
U.S. Department of Labor
Value Added Tax

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) announces its intent
to award up to $9.5 million for 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 this
solicitation will seek to combat child labor by increasing c
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withdrawing and preventing them from exploitative labor, promoting sustainable livelihoods for their
households, and increasing beneficiaries’access to national social protection programs that help households
overcome dependence on children working to meet basic needs.

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USDOL/ILAB is authorized to award and administer cooperative agreements for this purpose by the
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2010, P.L. 111-117. Cooperative agreements awarded under this
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program activities will be negotiated upon award of an individual cooperative agreement(s), but will be no
later than December 31, 2010. Applicants may apply for funding amounts up to, but not exceeding $9.5
million.

II. BACKGROUND AND USDOL CHILD LABOR OBJECTIVES
A. Extent of the Problem: Common Factors Contributing to Child Labor, Barriers to Education
and Root Causes of Child Labor
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), there were an estimated 306 million children ages 5
to 17 around the world who were economically active in 2008. Of those 306 million children, an estimated
215 million were engaged in exploitative child labor, of which 115 million were estimated to be involved in
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Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, and other regions. The region with the highest incidence of child
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Children become involved in exploitative child labor, including the worst forms of child labor, due to a
variety of complex factors, such as: poverty; education system barriers; limited access to social and physical
infrastructure (e.g., healthcare, roads, water, sanitation); legal and policy barriers; resource gaps; institutional
barriers; informational gaps; demographic characteristics of children and/or their families; cultural and
traditional practices; tenuous labor markets; weak child labor law enforcement; a lack of parent(s) or
caregiver(s); and a lack of awareness of the importance of education and/or the hazards associated with
exploitative child labor, including the worst forms of child labor. This solicitation for cooperative agreement
applications seeks to address the problem of child labor and the specific contributing factors in Egypt.

B. Egypt: Background and Problem Statement
Approximately 2.7 million children in Egypt work.2 The worst forms of child labor are most prevalent in the
informal economy, with an estimated two-thirds of working children engaged in the agricultural sector, which
is one of the principal economic sectors in Egypt.3
Children employed in agriculture are vulnerable to exposure to hazardous pesticides, long work hours in
extreme temperatures, non-payment of wages, verbal threats, and physical abuse. Children are frequently
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U.S. Department of State (2010). 2009 Human Rights Report: Egypt. Section 7.d. Available online at
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inheritance customs, ownership of lands has become increasingly fragmented so that most farms in the
traditional lands are now very small. In turn, this has led to a reduced need for labor on these family farms
and to more children of small-farm families joining with children of landless families in a daily commute to
work as employees on larger farms, such as those in the new lands.
Rural families are presented with a number of challenges to achieving sustainable livelihoods, including poor
quality education and education that lacks relevance to future and present needs of children and their families,
fragmented land ownership, constraints on rural-urban mobility, underemployment, and limited income
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sanitation, roads) and public services, such as education and health facilities, also contribute to poverty in the
regions. According to UNICEF, the highest prevalence of child labor is in Upper Egypt, where the income
poverty rate for children is 45.3 percent.5
These communities are greatly impacted by challenges in education. Egy
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households are the least likely to do so.6 Lack of quality and relevant basic education, including poor school
infrastructure and unsafe schools, is a key contributor to the inability of rural households to attain sustainable
livelihoods and a situation where families prefer to send children to work rather than have them pursue an
education. Poor quality and irrelevant education Children in rural areas, especially girls, are the least likely to
attend school or to complete their education. The education system does not provide youth with the
knowledge and skills necessary to access existing better job opportunities or higher earnings. Cultural
factors, parental education, and household income are lesser factors also a
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 The Community Schools Initiative, implemented in Upper Egypt to provide primary education access
and multi-grade classrooms to children, particularly girls, in rural areas, has educated vulnerable
children, mobilized communities to contribute to national education reform debates, and established
more than 200 schools;
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Egypt; and
 The Early Childhood Education Enhancement Project provides at-risk four and five-year old children
with access to quality early childhood education to improve primary school readiness.7
The Government of Egypt has also recognized the problem of child labor and approved legislation and
policies to address it, including the Child Protection Law and the First National Strategy for the Elimination
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Report 2010: Youth in Egypt: Building our Future. Page 31. Available online at
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/arabstates/egypt/Egypt_2010_en.pdf
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United Nations Development Programme and the Institute of National Planning, Egypt (2010). Egypt Human Development
Report 2010: Youth in Egypt: Building our Future. Pages 2 and 4. Available online at
http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/arabstates/egypt/Egypt_2010_en.pdf
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of Child Labor (2006). In January 2010, the Ministry of Manpower and Migration chaired the first meeting to
translate this strategy into a National Action Plan to Combat the Worst Forms of Child Labor. The
Government has addressed the problem of children working in hazardous conditions, and has a list of 44
hazardous occupations that are illegal for children under the age of 18. However, the list does not denote any
work in agriculture as hazardous. The Government of Egypt also has supported data collection on child labor.
In addition to these efforts, the Government of Egypt has also developed programs to combat child labor and
improve education. The National Council for Childhood and Motherhood is responsible for providing
services to children as well as developing policy and implementing pilot projects in the areas of child abuse,
neglect, and exploitation. One such project is the Working Child Project, currently implemented in five
governorates in Upper Egypt and in the Delta region. The Ministry of Education, in collaboration with the
Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation, UNICEF, and the World Food Program, implements a school
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allocated to government programs directly addressing poverty in the most vulnerable governorates of Egypt,
including:10
 Income Support Programs, providing cash and in-kind transfers to the poor, the unemployed, and
families, including food subsidies (e.g., social solidarity pensions, school allowances, cash assistance,
child pensions);
 Income generating programs, raising the productive capacity of the poor through programs such as
the Productive Family Program and the Self-Employment Small Enterprises Initiative.
While such social programs exist to help poor households in Egypt, research indicates that they have not
always reached those in greatest need. The Government has launched a number of different programs and
initiatives to address this problem, including the Poverty Map and the 1,000+ Poorest Villages Program, the
National Geographical Targeting Program to Combat Poverty, and most recently, the National Project for
Geographic Targeting of Poverty.11 This recent project is intended to develop the formal education
infrastructure, conduct literacy classes, develop health and new housing units, provide potable water,
sanitation, electricity, and roads, and improve environmental conditions in areas of highest poverty and
greatest need in Egypt. In addition, a new conditional cash transfer initiative supported by the Ministry of
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Although there is a national strategy to address exploitative child labor, there is no single program that
focuses specifically on reducing exploitative child labor in agriculture by linking affected children and
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United Nations Development Programme and the Institute of National Planning, Egypt (2010). Egypt Human Development
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http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/nationalreports/arabstates/egypt/Egypt_2010_en.pdf
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Report 2010: Youth in Egypt: Building our Future. Page 30. Available online at
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members of their households to existing quality and relevant basic education, other livelihoods interventions,
and social service programs that directly meet their needs. With this cooperative agreement and through
coordination with Government of Egypt, USDOL seeks to demonstrate cost effective ways to create and
maintain such linkages.

C. International Legal Framework for Child Labor ILO Conventions 182 and 138
The international legal framework for child labor is primarily comprised of two ILO Conventions—No. 182,
Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999 (accompanied by ILO Recommendation No. 190) and No. 138,
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D. USDOL Support for the Global Elimination of Exploitative Child Labor
Since 1995, the U.S. Congress has appropriated over $780 million to USDOL for efforts to combat
exploitative child labor internationally. This funding supports technical cooperation projects to combat
exploitative child labor, including the worst forms, in more than 80 countries around the world. Technical
cooperation projects funded by USDOL include targeted action programs in specific sectors of work and
more comprehensive programs that support national efforts to eliminate the worst forms of child labor as
defined by ILO Convention 182. Since 1995, USDOL-funded projects have withdrawn or prevented over 1.4
million children from exploitative labor.
For information on USDOL projects, see
http://www.dol.gov/ilab/map/countries/map-cont.htm.
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”by fostering acceptable work conditions and respect for workers' rights in the global economy to
ensure productivity and protect vulnerable people, including working children and their households. More
information can be found at: http://www.dol.gov/_sec/media/reports/annual2009/. All USDOL-funded
projects must also promote the following five goals (details on these five goals in the context of Egypt are
provided in section III.A):
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;

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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.

III. INSTRUCTIONS TO APPLICANTS
Applicants must respond to the entire scope of work outlined in this solicitation in order to be considered
responsive. Applicants will be assessed on the quality of the overall design and the extent of understanding of
the Scope of Work and its Relationship to USDOL’
sFive Goals. In developing proposals, Applicants are
encouraged to consult with the Government of Egypt to ensure that their proposed strategies are relevant to
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A. Scope of Work and Relationship to USDOL Five Goals
Applicants must present a strategy to eliminate exploitative child labor within agricultural communities,
especially in cotton (where applicable),i
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Strategies must address the lack of a specific child labor policy in Egypt, including supporting efforts of the
Government of Egypt to complete the National Action Plan and subsequently to allocate funds for its
implementation, as well as develop national and local strategies and direct action programs to address
exploitative child labor. The Applicant should propose strategies to secure linkages with government and
social partners, identify gaps in policy, data collection, and social programs, and draw on proven good
practices to build a cost effective model(s) for the reduction of exploitative child labor in rural agricultural
areas that can be scaled up and widely applied to similar vulnerable populations throughout the country. To
reduce exploitative child labor, Applicants must propose strategies to promote sustainable livelihoods for
households and educational opportunities for children.
Applicants must demonstrate a thorough
understanding of the cultural, economic, social, and legal contexts of Egypt and the communities where
project interv
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involvement in exploitative child labor and preventing them from accessing education. Applicants must
include all five goals of USDOL-funded projects detailed above in their strategy and project design and
explain ways in which proposed activities will strengthen the overarching project goal. In addressing goal
two in the context of Egypt, Applicants should give priority to supporting the Government of Egypt’
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concerning the National Action Plan and defining, enforcing, and raising awareness on specific exploitative
activities in agriculture from which children should be prohibited. Applicants must note that following
award, selected organizations will be required to work with a USDOL funded external evaluation contractor
to allow for randomized trial evaluations.
1. Reducing Exploitative Child Labor and Providing Services to Promote Education and Sustainable
Livelihoods
a. Education
Applicants must propose creative, comprehensive, and cost-effective models that complement ongoing efforts
to promote education in Egypt as part of an overall strategy to significantly reduce the prevalence of
exploitative child labor in agriculture in Egypt. When designing the project strategy, Applicants must identify

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the specific needs of direct beneficiaries, namely, children and members of their households, and consider
related factors, such as geographic areas, sector(s) of work, ages/grade levels of children to be targeted,
household income, and availability and accessibility of social services. Applicants must develop a package of
services that supports c
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livelihoods of their households, in order to:
1. Reduce exploitative child labor (as defined by Egypt and ILO standards and related
recommendations) and other work that violates minimum age laws and/or other child labor laws in
Egypt; OR
2. Transition children from exploitative labor to acceptable work (possible only for children of legal
working age); OR
3. Prevent children from entering exploitative child labor; AND
4. Ens
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scontinued enrollment, retention, and completion in educational or vocational
training services.
Depending on direct beneficiaries’specific needs, direct educational services may involve non-formal or
basic literacy education, vocational or skills training, formal education, or transitioning children from nonformal education into the formal education system, for more information see Appendix A.
Activities may include strengthening existing education and other training programs, including government
youth centers, technical and vocational education and training, and enterprise training partnerships. Training
provided to beneficiaries should take into account labor market needs. Where appropriate, Applicants should
consider replicating, enhancing, or extending successful models to serve a greater number of children and
households. In their proposed strategy,Appl
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formal, non-formal, and vocational education systems, school calendar(s), and existing policies and programs
addressing the root causes of child labor, especially those specific to Upper Egypt and the Delta region.
Applicants must also address issues such as the cause(s) of low rates of school enrollment; availability of and
access to existing education and/or training programs in the proposed geographic area(s); the availability of
and access tos
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and the quality of such programs. Applicants may propose other project interventions (see Appendix A) to
improve the quality of education and training programs and their impact on the needs of current and former
child laborers entering or returning to school, including teacher training and incorporating child labor issues
in school curricula. Strategies should also include increasing the relevance of education and vocational
training to children engaged in or at risk of entering exploitative child labor, their households, and their
communities in order to encourage these children to choose education over child labor. Applicants must
demonstrate knowledge of gender-related issues and cultural traditions and norms pertaining to and impacting
child labor and education in Egypt and incorporate them into the design of proposed interventions.
Applicants must explain ways in which proposed activities will be made sensitive and responsive to these
issues, and especially how they relate to the education and training of girls.
Applicants should develop an approach that successfully enrolls children in direct educational services with
minimal delay and without missing an academic year or program cycle. USDOL recognizes that the
timeframe for providing direct educational services depends on project design and the school calendar of
Egypt. However, USDOL encourages Applicants to provide services, including direct educational services
and training, to as many beneficiaries as possible, within the first year of the project.
Applicants targeting older children or youth of legal working age, particularly children ages 15 to 17 years,
should consider providing other direct services, such as occupational safety and health interventions, as a
means of addressing exploitative work conditions and transitioning them into safe, acceptable work.
Applicants are also expected to support the provision of healthy learning environments for children and
should seek to ensure that goods, services, schools, and other learning environments (including classrooms,

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restroom facilities or latrines, and wells), sponsored by or associated with the Applicant, its subgrantees
and/or subcontractors, are safe and pose no threat to the mental or physical well-b
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beneficiaries. Applicants should assess learning environments in target areas and allocate the appropriate
resources in their budgets to ensure the safety and health of children in them. Improvements to school
infrastructure may include construction of latrines and digging of wells in consultation with local
communities. Funding for construction should not exceed 10 percent of the project budget, however,
Applicants unable to adhere to this threshold must either 1) consider proposing alternative sites to schools for
the delivery of project services, or 2) propose an alternate level of funding for construction, including a
justification for the proposed amount in the Budget Narrative of the Cost Proposal. Applicants are also
encouraged to work with local partners and communities to share costs in order to maximize available
resources and promote sustainability. In addition to school environments, Applicants should consider the
safety of any other training facility or public institution in which they enroll children or their household
members.
b. Livelihoods
Applicants must also describe the ways in which services will promote sustainable livelihoods for households
of target children, including services that enable households to choose schooling over child labor and help
ensure a reduction in c
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nexploitative agricultural labor. Some examples of such
interventions might include improvements to the productivity and profitability of family farms (such as
improving the relevance of education, organizing agricultural cooperatives, associations, and/or circles),
alternative and additional livelihood opportunities for rural families, or the use of social welfare benefits such
as the provision of take-home rations on condition of withdrawal of children from child labor and regular
school attendance. Applicants should propose to link beneficiaries to already existing service programs,
assist beneficiaries in obtaining services for which they are eligible, and/or secure extensions of such services
to them. Examples of existing programs addressing child labor, education, sustainable livelihoods and social
welfare benefits in Egypt include:
 Upper Egypt Rural Development Project, and other farmer support programs (International Fund
for Agricultural Development)
 Rural Income and Economic Enhancement Project, and other relevant programs (African
Development Bank);
 Agriculture-focused and producer assistance programs including public-private partnership
initiatives (U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID));
 Pilot programs to improve the livelihoods of farmers (Ministry of Agriculture and Land
Reclamation);
 Micro-credit program grants to financial institutions supporting low-income communities (Egyptian
Social Fund for Development);
 Rural livelihoods support programs (Coptic Evangelical Organization for Social Services);
 Support to the National Action Plan on Youth Employment, and other youth employment programs
(International Labor Organization);
 Skills Development Project, and other programs to improve the quality of technical and vocational
training and establish institutional frameworks for training institutions;
 Child labor, livelihoods, food ration and food subsidy programs (World Food Program); and
 Social protection programs (Ministry of Social Solidarity).
Applicants proposing to create new service programs must describe their strategy for securing government
commitment and ownership to ensure that such services will continue beyond the life of the project.
While the Applicant is responsible for developing packages of services based on the needs of the targeted
direct beneficiary group, Applicants should note that their implementation strategy will be further refined

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after award in coordination with the USDOL external evaluation contractor to include a randomization
component for service delivery.

2. Strengthening Policies and Capacity on Child Labor, Education, and Sustainable Livelihoods
USDOL considers strengthening country capacity to combat exploitative child labor and promote education
and other sustainable livelihood stra
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-term impact in
this effort. Applicants are required to contribute to improvements in country capacity to address child labor
and its root causes. Projects funded under this solicitation must strengthen the capacity of local and national
Egyptian institutions to combat child labor in a variety of ways, including: promoting access to and improving
the quality of basic education; ensuring that the national education system is responsive to the needs of
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regular attendance and performance; and promoting sustainable livelihoods. To the extent feasible, projects
are encouraged to work with the Government of Egypt towards the elimination of the costs associated with
schooling, which often create a barrier to education in Egypt. Applicants should also consider strategies to
address the relevance of education, including the long term payoff of education in providing school graduates
with the skills and knowledge necessary to acquire quality jobs upon completion of their studies.
Appl
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education laws and propose creative ideas that address the nexus between better law enforcement, the
reduction of exploitative child labor, the improvement of educational opportunities, and the promotion of
sustainable livelihoods for children and households. Improved country capacity in Egypt may be
demonstrated through project activities such as those that contribute to the: 1) adaptation of Egy
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frameworks to international standards related to child labor, 2) integration of child labor into specific policies
or programs at the national, regional, or sectoral level, 3) expansion of child labor concerns in relevant
development, social, and anti-poverty policies and programs, and 4) establishment or improvement of a child
labor monitoring system (CLMS).

3. Raising Awareness on Exploitative Child Labor, its Root Causes, and the Importance of Education
Projects funded under this solicitation must also raise public awareness of exploitative child labor in
agriculture in Egypt, its root causes, the importance of education to combat it, and the existence of
government policies and social programs to support households with children actively working or at high-risk
of working (see Appendix A). As part of their overall strategy, Applicants should propose awareness raising
activities and social mobilization campaigns that promote an understanding of child labor and create a
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raising strategy must encourage the reduction of children from all worst forms of child labor in Egypt,
including a special focus on children in the worst forms of child labor in agriculture, and encourage
community-led improvements in the quality of education and the provision of livelihood services, including
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,”the adaptation of relevant curricula, and expanded teacher training, and
other improvements to existing educational infrastructure that can provide a stronger incentive for children to
remain in school rather than drop out to work. Activities should also consider increasing awareness of the
importance and relevance of education to increase understanding of the long-term and future benefits of
sending a child to school. Applicants should consider the use of new technologies in designing their
awareness raising strategies.
4. Needs Assessment and Other Research
In designing the project, a needs assessment is required to inform project interventions and identify the factors
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xploitative child labor; barriers to education; gaps in current
service provision; unmet needs; and opportunities to be addressed through a USDOL-funded project. Needs
assessments include information on prevalence of exploitative child labor and the worst forms of child labor
occurring in the target geographic area(s) among proposed direct beneficiaries; sector(s) of work, including
industries and occupations; hours and conditions of work; age and sex distribution of direct beneficiaries;

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educational performance of beneficiaries relative to other children; economic and social profile of targeted
households; and any research or other data that might indicate correlations between child labor, sustainable
livelihoods, and educational performance. Preliminary identification of the children and households proposed
as target project beneficiaries and initial proposed selection criteria for direct beneficiaries can also be
informed by the needs assessment.
Applicants are also required to conduct a needs assessment and develop a plan to inspect schools and other
learning environments that children and adult direct beneficiaries will attend. Assessments must identify
environments with conditions that present risk of illness or injury to the health or safety of individuals; and
develop an action plan for mitigating these conditions during the life of the project.
In addition, projects must support research on exploitative child labor and its root causes that fill existing gaps
in knowledge about child labor in Egypt. Small-scale research studies should be conducted to increase the
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strategies for using information to raise awareness, enhance the quality of services provided to beneficiaries,
and formulate more targeted and coordinated responses to combat exploitative child labor in Egypt.
Applicants should consider engaging local research organizations, especially universities to design and
conduct the proposed research activities. The Ap
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5. Supporting Evaluation and Data Collection in Consultation with USDOL External Contractor
a. USDOL Expectations for Monitoring and Evaluation
USDOL places a high level of importance on monitoring and evaluation. In addition to project monitoring,
USDOL is engaging in impact evaluations to identify the effectiveness of funded programs in reducing the
worst forms of child labor. Impact evaluation findings will be used to demonstrate the effectiveness of pilot
interventions to reduce child labor. Scalable strategies identified through the impact evaluations may be used
to continue the reduction and elimination of exploitative child labor in Egypt, specifically in agriculture, but
may also be applied or adapted to other sectors as appropriate.
Independent of this solicitation, USDOL will award a contract to a private entity to develop an impact
evaluation to be conducted in cooperation with the Grantee. Awardees are required to participate in a rigorous
evaluation process, which will include collaborating with a USDOL external contractor to design and
implement an impact evaluation. The impact evaluation will be designed to increase Grantee capacity to
implement and sustain rigorous evaluations in future projects after USDOL funding ends. See section III.F.1.
for information on budget requirements for Monitoring and Evaluation and Data Collection.
b. Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan, Impact Assessment, and Grantee and Contractor
Responsibilities
During the first year of the project, Applicants are expected to collaborate with a USDOL external contractor
to develop a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Plan. The M&E Plan will specifically identify what
indicators will be reported on, how the indicators will be monitored, how baseline data will be collected, and
when and how process and impact evaluations will be developed and implemented. The M&E Plan will
clearly outline the roles and responsibilities of the Grantee and the USDOL external contractor in creating
monitoring systems and the design and implementation of both implementation and impact evaluations.
Additionally, the M&E Plan will describe methods for data storage, processing, analysis, and reporting.
The development of the M&E Plan will include establishing targets from which to measure project success.
The Grantee will be responsible for measuring and reporting on target goals. Applicants should include a list
of potential targeting goals for measurement within their application. Strong applications will include

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targeting that is clearly measurable, feasible, and directly related to the larger USDOL goals and specific
goals related to the situation in the particular country or region where the project will be implemented.
The Grantee will receive detailed information and training from a USDOL external contractor within the first
year of the project on the implementation of the impact evaluation.
c. Baseline Survey
All Applicants are required to work with a USDOL external evaluation contractor to carry out a baseline
survey that collects data on exploitative child labor in agriculture, including working conditions; chil
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will also collect information on households to inform the selection of direct beneficiaries. Information from
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urvey must be used to: a) develop reliable project targets and identify direct and
indirect beneficiaries and b) inform project design and activities, including the identification and development
of relevant services to project beneficiaries. Baseline data should be used to establish benchmarks, contribute
to the measurement of project impact, and inform management decisions through the period of project
performance. The USDOL external contractor will conduct baseline data collection within the first seven
months of the cooperative agreement. Applicants should coordinate any desired project data collection with
the baseline survey as to avoid redundancies in data collection. Applicants may use the information gathered
by the baseline survey to adjust project goals, outcomes, and services as appropriate.
d. Performance Monitoring
All Grantees are required to collect and report data as part of their performance reporting requirement to
USDOL. USDOL will use data to meet its reporting obligations under the Government Performance and
Results Act (GPRA). Among other information, Grantees will be required to collect data on livelihood
services provided (number of household receiving livelihood services), education (number of target children
receiving educational services disaggregated by gender); and host country capacity building. USDOL
common GPRA indicators and other information on required data will be provided after award. Required
data will be identified in the development of the M&E Plan as will project-specific indicators. Project specific
indicators will be developed with key stakeholder input during the post-award design of the M&E Plan. The
combination of these indicators will allow the Grantee to assess whether goals, objectives, and outcomes have
been achieved as intended and whether adjustments need to be made to the project. The Grantee will be
required to report on progress achieved, barriers encountered and efforts to overcome these barriers as part of
its 6-month reporting requirements. Monitoring data and information will be designed to complement and
enhance the evaluation information. Grantees must use this information to manage the project and ensure
continuous quality improvements.
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ddirect beneficiary monitoring
system (DBMS). The Applicant should note that, in order to meet monitoring requirements, post-award,
Grantees, in coordination with the USDOL external contractor, are responsible for developing a final DBMS
to be included in the M&E Plan. The DBMS should aim to ensure that project beneficiaries are benefitting
from the educational and livelihood services provided. Applicants must propose an effective strategy for
monitoring direct beneficiaries (both children and households) at regular intervals and for specified periods of
time (throughout the period of service provision and/or until the end of the project). This information will
allow the project to assess whether project beneficiaries demonstrate the intended outcome of the project—
reducing child labor—and that children do not revert back to exploitative child labor.

6. Promoting Long-Term Sustainability of Efforts to Combat Exploitative Child Labor and
Improve Livelihoods
Given the limited resources and timeframes of USDOL-funded projects, Applicants must develop strategies
and activities to promote the long-term sustainability of efforts to combat exploitative child labor and promote

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education and livelihood services in Egypt. Issues of sustainability should be incorporated at all stages of a
project; including design, staffing, implementation, and evaluation. For USDOL, sustainability in Egypt will
be linked to project impact and the ability of individuals, communities, organizations, and the government to
ensure that activities or changes implemented by the USDOL-funded project carry on after the project has
ended. Applicants must also propose a comprehensive strategy for building local capacity in Egypt as a
means to promote the sustainability of efforts to combat exploitative child labor beyond the life of the
project. App
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As part of their sustainability strategy, Applicants are encouraged to involve stakeholders essential to
continuing key activities beyond the life of the project, including children and members of their households.
Applicants should also identify key individuals and/or organization(s) in Egypt, including national and/or
local government ministries, NGOs, and community-based, faith-based, rural, and/or indigenous
organizations that could potentially contribute to long-term efforts to combat exploitative child labor and
work to build their capacity over the course of the project. Though the Applicant cannot award subgrants or
subcontracts to the Government of Egypt, to the extent possible, Applicants should consider partnering with
other individuals and/or organizations through these mechanisms. Such partnerships may be used to promote
sustainability by strengthening the capacity of such organizations in areas including: administrative and
financial management, technical assistance, project management, advocacy, and awareness-raising on child
labor issues. In order to achieve sustainability, Applicants should consider linking children and members of
their households to existing services, and expanding, extending, and/or scaling up the services provided to the
target beneficiaries.
Where feasible and appropriate, Applicants should consider working with local stakeholders and the current
USDOL-funded child labor project implemented by World Food Program to finalize a centralized and
sustainable CLMS, including community-based systems, which could facilitate government efforts to monitor
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Based on a needs assessment, Applicants must present a clear indication of the defining characteristics and
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ways, children and households. Children must be under the age of 18 years, and either engaged in exploitative
labor in rural/agricultural areas or at high-risk of becoming engaged in exploitative labor. An overall
assessment of each child will determine the most appropriate type of educational service to be provided.
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2. Sectors and Geographic Areas
Applicants are expected to outline criteria that will be used for the identification of households in their
original proposal. The pre-award criteria for identifying households should include an analysis of household
incomes and exposure to other risks, including, among others, food insecurity, inability to meet basic needs,
poor health, and limited access to healthcare. After award, the methodology for the final selection of

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households will be cooperatively determined by the Applicant and the USDOL-funded external evaluation
team.

C. Technical Proposal Requirements
All proposals in response to this solicitation must: (1) demonstrate an understanding of the context for
exploitative child labor in agriculture in Egypt; (2) confirm commitment to collaborate with a USDOL
external evaluation contractor to develop a randomized trial methodology to conduct an impact evaluation of
the project; (3) specify the inclusion of education services (formal, non-formal, vocational and skills training)
as a component of all proposed direct intervention(s) for child beneficiaries; (4) define the target populations
for the project and livelihood strategies to support their households; and (5) demonstrate specifically how the
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Applicants must submit a footnoted and detailed program strategy demonstrating a thorough understanding of
the context and the implementing environment in their proposed regions of intervention. Proposals must
include a clear and logical link between the gaps and the realities that exist in these regions. Applicants must
also demonstrate a solid understanding of child labor in Egypt, including:
 The root causes of agricultural child labor in Egypt and how they vary by proposed target geographic
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 The agricultural supply chain in targeted geographic areas and the points in which children are
engaged in exploitative work;
 The full crop cycle, including growing seasons, stages of development (planting, pest control,
harvesting), for the production of agricultural crops in which children are engaged, especially cotton
(where applicable). The labor required during the different stages and the stages in which children are
most frequently involved should also be considered;
 The incidence of children engaged in exploitative agricultural child labor as family laborers versus
hired workers, for whom information on their recruitment, supervision and remuneration must be
provided;
 Sustainable livelihood gaps and relevant services and opportunities available to children and
members of their households in targeted geographic areas;
 The accessibility, quality and relevance of basic education and vocational/skills training for targeted
children in specified geographic areas;
 Existing and operational national or local Egyptian government supported programs and services
available to help vulnerable children and their households in targeted areas, or gaps in such services.
In order to enhance sustainability, Applicants must design projects that will complement existing efforts to
combat exploitative child labor and promote education and sustainable livelihoods in Egypt, and, to the extent
possible, collaborate and coordinate with stakeholders currently engaged in these efforts and secure assistance
from third parties in support of these purposes. Where appropriate, Applicants are encouraged to facilitate the
use of successful models to serve a greater number of children and communities. USDOL has informed host
government ministry officials of the proposed award. In order to avoid duplication, enhance collaboration,
expand impact, and develop synergies, Applicants are encouraged to discuss proposed interventions,
strategies, and activities with host government officials and work cooperatively with government stakeholders
at the national and/or local level, including relevant ministries or government bodies during the preparation of
their applications and in developing project interventions. Applicants should consider partnerships including:
 Collaborating with the Ministry of Manpower and Migration to build on its efforts to develop a
National Action Plan to combat the worst forms of child labor in Egypt and to support labor

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inspectors responsible for enforcing child labor laws and regulations, including those on agricultural
enterprises.
 Supporting the Ministry of State for Family and Population in its efforts to combat exploitative child
labor, including, where relevant, establishing child protection committees and sub-committees at the
governorate and local level and supporting those currently operational.
 Collaborating with the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation on poverty alleviation efforts
and the provision of alternative livelihood services for vulnerable agricultural communities in Upper
Egypt.
 Partnering with the Ministry of Social Solidarity to include project beneficiaries in government social
protection programs.
Applicants are also expected to work with other key stakeholders and organizations on efforts to address child
labor and its root causes including: international organizations; NGOs; national steering and advisory
committees on child labor and education; faith and community development associations; trade unions;
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households. Applicants are encouraged to establish public-private partnerships, soliciting assistance from
non-Federal third parties who support the goals of this solicitation. Examples include engaging in
partnerships with business entities and individual business leaders to reduce child labor and increase
educational opportunities and livelihoods support for direct beneficiaries; provide scholarships; donate goods;
provide mentoring and volunteering by employees; assist in awareness raising; and provide internships for
children and teachers during vacation periods to help them improve leadership and other skills.
Applicants must coordinate with and seek to complement or build upon existing USDOL-funded child labor
activities, including data collection efforts conducted through an ILO SIMPOC survey and support the current
World Food Program child labor elimination project to enhance the standard of living of targeted families by
linking them to appropriate income-generating and microfinance activities. Applicants must seek to continue
to connect the poorest families with available pension benefits and services from governmental and
nongovernmental sources in their communities, enhance appropriate apprenticeship opportunities, and
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coordinate with projects funded by relevant U.S. Government agencies, such as the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) and the USAID, whose current activities include the Agricultural Exports for Rural
Income Program, employment and income opportunity support activities for Egypt's low-income
entrepreneurs, assistance to agriculture producers to develop their organizations and enhance technical
capacities, and programs to improve the quality of teaching, expand equitable access, and strengthen the
management of primary and secondary schools.

D. Eligible Applicants
Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based,
community-based, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully withdrawing and preventing
children from exploitative child labor and developing and implementing educational and livelihoods
programs to serve them is eligible to apply provided that they meet the requirements outlined below, which
apply to all Applicants and any proposed subgrantees or subcontractors. Applications from foreign
governments and entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for, a foreign state or government will not be
considered. Applications from organizations designated by the U.S. Government to be associated with
terrorism or that have been debarred or suspended will not be considered. Applicants are not allowed to
charge a fee (profit) associated with a project funded by USDOL under this award. Lack of past experience
with USDOL cooperative agreements, grants, or contracts does not bar eligibility or selection under this
solicitation.

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Applicants must be in compliance with all audit requirements, including those established in OMB Circular
A-133. For Applicants that are U.S.-based non-profit organizations and subject to the Single Audit Act,
failure to conduct annual single audits or comply with single audit submission timeframes established in
OMB Circular A-133 will result in an application being considered non-responsive and being rejected. For
Applicants that are foreign-based or for-profit organizations, failure to submit the most current independent
financial audit will result in an application being considered non-responsive and rejected. In addition, the
submission of any audit report that reflects adverse opinions will result in the application being considered
non-responsive and rejected.
Applicants must demonstrate presence in Egypt— either independently or through a relationship with another
organization with country presence (i.e., a subgrantee or subcontractor)— enabling the Applicant to initiate
program activities upon award of the cooperative agreement. In the event of award, within 60 days, the
Grantee must provide either a written subgrant or subcontract agreement with such entity, acceptable to
USDOL, or an explanation as to why that entity will not be participating in the cooperative agreement.
USDOL reserves the right to re-evaluate the award of the cooperative agreement in light of any such change
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formally recognize the Applicant using the appropriate mechanism (e.g., Memorandum of Understanding,
local registration of the organization) within 60 days of the signing of the cooperative agreement.
For the purposes of this solicitation and cooperative agreement awards, the Grantee will be the sole-entity: 1)
to act as the primary point of contact with USDOL to receive and respond to all inquiries, communications
and orders under the project; 2) with authority to withdraw or draw down funds through the Department of
Health and Human Services-Payment Management System (HHS-PMS); 3) responsible for submitting to
USDOL all deliverables, including all technical and financial reports related to the project; 4) that may
request or agree to a revision or amendment of the cooperative agreement or the Project Document; and 5)
responsible for working with USDOL to close out the project.
Each Grantee must comply with all applicable Federal regulations and is individually subject to audit. In
accordance with 29 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 98, entities that are debarred or suspended from
receiving Federal contracts or grants shall be excluded from Federal financial assistance and are ineligible to
receive funding under this solicitation.

E. Other Eligibility Criteria
1. Dun and Bradstreet Number(s)
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DUNS number in the organizational unit section of Block 8 of the SF-424. To obtain a DUNS number free of
charge, call 1-866-705-5711 or access the following Web site: http://www.dnb.com/us/. Requests for
exemption from the DUNS number requirement must be made to the Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Office of Federal Financial Management at 202-395-3993. Any Applicant that does not already have
a DUNS number should consider starting the process of obtaining their DUNS number as soon as possible in
order to avoid delays that could result in the rejection of an application.
After receiving a DUNS number, Applicants must also register as a vendor with the Central Contractor
Registration (CCR) through the following Web site: https://www.bpn.gov/ccr/ or by phone at 1-888-2272423. CCR should become active within 24 hours of completion. For any questions regarding registration,
please contact the CCR Assistance Center at 1-888-227-2423. After registration, Applicants will receive a
confirmation number. The Point of Contact listed by the organization will receive a confidential password,
known as a Trader Partnership Identification Number (TPIN) via mail.

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2. Requirements for Application Responsiveness
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1. Failure to submit application by Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov) or hard copy via the U.S. Postal
Service or other delivery service, such as Federal Express, DHL, or UPS;
2. Failure to include the required DUNS number(s) or proof of OMB exemption(s) from the DUNS
number requirement;
3. Failure to submit both a completed Cost Proposal and a completed Technical Proposal;
4. Failure to include all of the required documents in the Cost Proposal or Technical Proposal, as
outlined in section III.F.1. and III.F.2. (and Appendices B and C), respectively;
5. Failure to include all required audit report(s);
6. Submission of an application with budget beyond maximum amount available, $9.5 million for Egypt;
7. For U.S.-based non-profit organizations, failure to comply with annual single audit completion and
submission timeframes established in OMB Circular A-133;
8. Inclusion of an audit report(s) that reflects adverse opinions;
9. Failure to designate key personnel candidates or not including résumés and signed letters of
commitment for key personnel candidates; or
10. Responses to any country other than that under this solicitation.
If an application is deemed non-responsive, the Office of Procurement Services will send a letter to the
Applicant, indicating the reason for the determination of non-responsiveness and explaining that the technical
review panel will be unable to evaluate the application. If the application is deemed non-responsive due to
being incomplete, this letter will indicate which document was missing from the application.

F. Application Package
This solicitation contains all of the necessary information, including information on required forms, needed to
apply for cooperative agreement funding. The application package for this solicitation can be downloaded
and viewed from Grants.gov by referencing Funding Opportunity Number 10-09. In order to view the
application package and submit applications on Grants.gov, Applicants will need Pure Edge Viewer software,
available for free download from http://www.grants.gov/applicants/apply_for_grants.jsp. A brief synopsis of
this solicitation will also be published in the Federal Register. The full-text version of this solicitation may be
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Grants.gov or hardcopy. Submission instructions can be found in section G.
The application package must consist of two separate parts: 1) a Cost Proposal and 2) a Technical Proposal, if
either is missing, the application will be considered non-responsive and will be rejected. Unless otherwise
specified, all documents identified in this section must be included in the application package for the
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Applicants should number all pages of the application. All parts of the application must be written in English.
Any additional documentation submitted that is not required or specifically requested under this solicitation
may not be considered. Any required or additional supporting documents submitted in languages other than
English may not be considered.

1. Cost Proposal Format
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must contain the SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information; SF-424 Application for Federal
Assistance; the SF-424A Budget Information; a detailed Outputs-Based Budget and an accompanying Budget
Narrative; and the Indirect Cost Form and supporting documentation, as applicable. The Cost Proposal must
be organized according to the format provided in Appendix B. All SF-424 forms, including those required for
this solicitation are available on Grants.gov. In addition, the SF-424 forms, the Indirect Cost Form, and a
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sharing proposed by the Applicant.
All Applicants are advised that all costs for proposed construction activities that are: 1) over $5,000; and/or 2)
for the construction of a permanent structure, such as latrines and wells, must be reported on the SF-424A
under Section B.(6).g.
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The detailed Outputs-Based Budget must: 1) show how the budget reflects project goals and design in a costeffective way, and 2) link the budget to the activities, objectives, and outputs reflected in the Project Design
Narrative, Work Plan, and Logic Model. The largest proportion of project resources must be allocated to
direct educational services for targeted children, services to promote improved livelihoods for their
households and other direct services and project interventions aimed at children and members of their
households who are targeted as direct beneficiaries of the project, rather than direct and indirect
administrative costs. In their proposals, Applicants must provide a breakdown of total administrative costs
into direct administrative costs and indirect administrative costs. The Grant Officer reserves the right to
negotiate administrative cost levels prior to award.
The Outputs-Based Budget must detail the costs for performing all of the requirements presented in this
solicitation and for producing all required reports and other deliverables outlined in section V.C. Therefore,
the project budget must include sufficient funds: 1) to develop, implement and sustain a DBMS; 2) to conduct
studies pertinent to project implementation and monitor, report on, and evaluate programs and activities; and
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Applicants must set aside a total of at least five percent of the project budget to cover the costs associated
with project monitoring including: 1) development of DBMS; 2) regular collection and processing of
monitoring data for project beneficiaries at the child and the household level; 3) development of monitoring
guidelines (in multiple languages, as appropriate) for all project partners responsible for providing direct
services to children and members of their households; 4) the development and implementation of a system
and process for validating monitoring information; and 5) meeting reporting requirements as discussed in
section V.C. Applicants are expected to allocate sufficient resources to conduct proposed studies,
assessments, and research activities. This includes costs associated with conducting a needs assessment on
school conditions and a research dissemination strategy as described in section III.A.4. Applicants must also
allocate funds for travel by the Project Director and/or other key personnel based in the field to meet annually
with USDOL officials in Washington, D.C. or another site determined by USDOL. Applicants based both
within and outside the United States must budget for the Project Director and/or another key personnel staff
member to travel to Washington, D.C. for a post-award meeting, which will be held within two months of
award (i.e., prior to December 31, 2010).
Applicants must also comply with annual single audits or attestation engagements requirements, as
applicable. Costs for these audits or attestation engagements may be included in direct or indirect costs,
whichever is appropriate, in accordance with the cost allocation procedures approved by the U.S. Federal
cognizant agency. Requirements related to annual single audits and attestation engagements can be found in
section V.B.2.
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affecting specific budget lines that relate to one or more of the following: 1) inflation affecting specific
project costs; 2) UN System or foreign government-mandated salary scale or benefits revisions; and 3)
exchange rate fluctuations. However, USDOL also recognizes that certain extraordinary and unforeseen
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related to loss of or damage to project property.
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living expenses in their Budget Narrative. Housing costs, housing allowances, and/or personal living
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other contracts, grants, or awards to implement the Applicant's proposed project activities and to achieve
proposed project goals and objectives under this solicitation. If anticipated funding from another contract,
grant, or award fails to materialize, USDOL will not provide additional funding to cover these costs.
c. Budget Narrative
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the applicable supporting documents in their application: 1) a current Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate
Agreement (NICRA) or 2) a Certificate of Direct Costs, if no indirect costs are claimed.
e. Cost Sharing (optional)
This solicitation does not require Applicants to share costs or contribute matching funds, in-kind
contributions, or other forms of cost sharing. However, Applicants are encouraged to do so. Applicants that
propose matching funds, in-kind contributions, and/or other forms of cost sharing must indicate their
estimated dollar value in the Standard Form (SF) 424 and SF-424A submitted as part of the Cost Proposal. In
the event of award, these funds will be incorporated into the cooperative agreement and Grantees will be: 1)
required to report on these funds to USDOL in quarterly financial status reports (SF-425), and 2) liable for
meeting the full amount of these funds during the life of the cooperative agreement. Matching funds, in-kind
contributions, and/or other forms of cost sharing indicated on their SF-424 and SF-424A are subject to
Federal cost principles and all provisions outlined in section III.H. Applicants must indicate the nature;
source(s) of funds and/or in-kind contributions; the amount (or estimated value) in U.S. Dollars; and the
proposed project activities planned with these resources. Applicants should clearly describe how the
programs, activities, or services provided with these funds or contributions will complement and enhance
project objectives.
If proposed matching funds, in-kind contributions, and/or other forms of cost sharing come from subgrantees
and/or subcontractors, the value of the cost share must not be directed to the Applicant or its employees for
their benefit. The cost share may only be used to support the work of the project or defray its costs.
Applicants may not make the award of a subgrant or subcontract contingent upon a subgrantee or
subcontractor agreeing to provide matching funds.
Applicants must note the definitions of the following key terms pertaining to cost sharing, and employ these
terms effectively in their application as applicable:
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that supports or enhances the goals of the grant, with funds or other things of value, obtained from the
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f. Equal Opportunity Survey (optional)
All Applicants are requested, but not required, to complete and include the Survey on Ensuring Equal
Opportunity for Applicants (OMB No. 1890-0014) in their applications; this form is provided on
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2. Technical Proposal Format
Part II of the application, the Technical Proposal, must address t
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evaluation contractor to allow for randomized trial evaluations and an impact evaluation within the project
design.
The Technical Proposal must contain all of the documents outlined below, in section III.C., and in Appendix
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 Project title;
 Name of the Applicant;
 Proposed subgrantees or subcontractors (as applicable);
 Summary of the proposed project design and key project activities;
 Funding amount requested from USDOL (up to $9.5 million); and
 Total dollar value of matching funds, in-kind contributions, and other forms of cost sharing being
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addition, Applicants should include the total number of direct beneficiaries to be served and propose specific
criteria and the process for selecting direct beneficiaries, which will be further refined in collaboration with
the USDOL external contractor after award. This section should also identify the number of indirect
beneficiaries to be served, and describe the types of services these indirect beneficiaries will receive from the
project. Applicants should also document their ability to collect and report on the required performance
indicators including a description of the data collection plan, management, analysis and reporting. Applicants
should describe how data will be used to manage the project and assure continuous quality improvement.
Applicants should also describe how it plans to communicate definitions, targeting requirements, and
monitoring processes and procedures to its partners to ensure full compliance and adherence with project
monitoring and evaluation processes and procedures.

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3. Organizational Capacity
This section must present the qualifications of the proposed Applicant and/or any proposed subgrantees
and/or subcontractors to implement the project.
International and U.S. Government Grant and/or Contract Experience
This section must provide a brief overview of the information presented by the Applicant in Annex C of their
Technical Proposal. Applicants should highlight any experience they may have with implementing projects
to 1) reduce exploitative child labor through the provision of direct educational services; 2) provide basic,
transitional, non-formal and vocational education programs to children; 3) improve country capacity to
combat exploitative child labor and/or improve access to, and quality of, basic education; 4) promote
sustainable livelihoods including through provision of services related to skills training, micro-lending,
micro-savings, employment generation, alternative/additional income generation, and 5) promote
sustainability. Annex C of the Technical Proposal mus
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work directly with government and NGOs, including local organizations and CBOs, and their past experience
working with these stakeholders. Applicants may submit supporting documentation in Annex F of the
Technical Proposal demonstrating country presence and/or outreach to host government ministries and NGOs
operating in Egypt.
Fiscal Oversight
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Personnel and Project Management Plan
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4. Key Personnel
Applicants must identify all key personnel candidates being proposed to carry out the requirements of this
solicitation. Together, the Project Director, Education Specialist, Livelihoods Specialist, and Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer comprise the key personnel of USDOL-funded child labor projects and are deemed
essential to the successful operation of the project and completion of all proposed activities and deliverables.
1) The Project Director is responsible for overall project management, supervision, administration, and
implementation of the requirements of the cooperative agreement. The Project Director will establish
and maintain systems for project operations; ensure that all cooperative agreement deadlines are met
and targets are achieved; maintain working relationships with project stakeholders (including
subgrantees and/or subcontractors); and oversee the preparation and submission of technical and
financial reports to USDOL. The Project Director must have a minimum of three years of
professional experience in a leadership role in implementation of development projects relevant to
this solicitation. Fluency in English is required and working knowledge of Arabic is recommended.

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2) The Education Specialist is responsible for providing leadership in developing the technical aspects of
this project related to education interventions, in collaboration with the Project Director. The
Education Specialist must have at least three years experience in basic education projects in
developing countries in areas including student assessment, teacher training, educational materials/
curriculum development, educational management, and educational monitoring and information
systems. The Education Specialist must have an understanding of child labor issues, particularly the
special educational needs of children withdrawn from exploitative child labor when they enter/return
to school, and/or have experience working with this target population. This individual must have
experience in working successfully with Ministries of Education, networks of educators, employers'
organizations, and trade unions or comparable entities. A working knowledge of English and Arabic
are recommended.
3) The Livelihoods Specialist is responsible for providing leadership in developing the technical aspects
of this project related to sustainable livelihoods interventions, in collaboration with the Project
Director. The Livelihoods Specialist must have at least three years experience in projects promoting
livelihoods interventions in developing countries in areas including skills training, micro-lending,
micro-savings, employment generation, alternative/additional income generation. The Livelihoods
Specialist must have an understanding of child labor issues. This individual must have experience in
working successfully with government ministries engaged in promoting improved livelihoods for
households and the provision of social protection services, as well as experience working with
employers' organizations, trade unions or comparable entities. A working knowledge of English and
Arabic are recommended.
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must have at least three years progressively responsible experience in the monitoring and evaluation
of international development projects or one year relevant experience combined with an advanced
degree in statistics, public policy, economics, or related field. Relevant experience can include
strategic planning and performance measurement, indicator selection, quantitative and qualitative data
collection and analysis methodologies, database management, impact evaluation, and knowledge of
GPRA. The individual should be familiar with impact evaluations or similar research methodologies.
A working knowledge of English and Arabic are recommended.
All key personnel must allocate 100 percent of their time to the project and live in Egypt. Key personnel
positions must not be combined. Applicants are required to ensure that all proposed key personnel will be
available to staff the project should the Applicant be selected for award. Proposed key personnel candidates
must sign letters indicating their commitment to serve on the project and their availability to commence work
within 45 days of cooperative agreement award. The application will be considered non-responsive and
rejected if any key personnel candidates are not designated, or if any of the required documents in Annex E of
the Technical Proposal are not submitted.
All key personnel should be employed by the Grantee or a subgrantee. At a minimum the Project Director
must be employed by the Grantee. Applicants proposing to divide key personnel positions between the
Grantee and subgrantee must provide justification for why this is the most effective staffing strategy.
With the goals of utilizing existing expertise and enhancing local capacity in Egypt and utilizing project
resources as effectively as possible, USDOL encourages Applicants to hire national/local staff for key
personnel positions, to the extent possible. If either the Education Specialist or Monitoring and Evaluation
Officer are not fluent in English, the Grantee must assume full responsibility for ensuring that this staff has a

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clear and thorough understanding of USDOL policies, procedures, and requirements and that all documents
produced for submission to USDOL are in fluent English.
5. Other Professional Personnel
In this section, Applicants should identify any other professional program personnel deemed necessary for
carrying out the requirements of this solicitation and provide justification for including these individuals
together with any past experience and/or qualifications for serving on a USDOL-funded project. For all
proposed professional personnel, r
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between key personnel and other staff providing services to project beneficiaries, supervision and
performance evaluation for personnel from different organizations, procedures for concurrence on key
implementation issues, and conflict resolution mechanisms.
7. Annexes
Annex A: Logic Model
Annex A must include a Logic Model detailing the sequence of actions that describe proposed project
activities. The logic model must include inputs, outputs, outcomes, and may also consider assumptions and
external factors that may influence the project. After award, the Grantee must use this information to develop
a Logical Framework (Logframe) during the development of the M&E plan as described in section III.A.5.b.
The Logic Model must be no longer than two pages. There are good resources available to help Applicants
develop logic models. Two examples are: The University of Wisconsin Extension, available at
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pdande/evaluation/evallogicmodel.html and The Kellogg Foundation, available at
http://www.wkkf.org/knowledge-center/resources/2010/Logic-Model-Development-Guide.aspx.
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1. The agency, donor, or organization for which the work was done;
2. Name, phone and fax numbers, and e-mail address for a current contact person in that organization with
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6. A brief summary of the work performed and accomplishments.
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Annex E: Personnel Descriptions, Résumés, and Letters of Commitment
Annex E must contain personnel descriptions (outlining roles and responsibilities) and résumés for all key
personnel and other professional personnel being proposed by the Applicant, as well as signed letters from all
proposed key personnel, indicating their commitment to serve on the project and their availability to
commence work within 45 calendar days of the cooperative agreement award. Each résumé must include:
 Educational background, including highest education level attained;
 Work experience covering at least the last 5 years of employment to the present, including such
information as the employer name, position title, clearly defined duties, and dates of employment;
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Annex G: Audit Report(s)
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U.S.-based, non-profit, subgrantees and/or subcontractors that are subject to the Single Audit Act; and/or 4)
the most current independent financial audit, for all proposed subgrantees and/or subcontractors that are forprofit or foreign-based organizations. To expedite the screening of applications and to ensure that the
appropriate audits are attached to each application, Applicants must provide a cover sheet to the audit
attachments listing all proposed subgrantees and/or subcontractors.

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G. Submission Date, Time, Address, and Delivery Method
Applications in response to this solicitation may be submitted in hard copy or electronically via Grants.gov.
Applications submitted by other means, including e-mail, telegram, or facsimile (FAX) will be not be
accepted. Irrespective of submission method, all applications must be received by USDOL by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 22, 2010. Applicants electing to submit hard copies must submit
one (1) blue ink-signed original, complete application, plus three (3) additional copies of the application.
Applicants electing to submit electronically must submit one electronic copy of the complete application via
Grants.gov. Applicants submitting via Grants.gov are responsible for ensuring that their application is
received by Grants.gov by the deadline. Hard copy applications must be delivered to: U.S. Department of
Labor, Procurement Services Center, 200 Constitution Avenue NW, Room S-4307, Washington, DC 20210,
Attention: Georgiette Nkpa, Reference: Solicitation 10-09. Applicants are advised to submit their
applications in advance of the deadline.
Applicants electing to submit hard copy applications may submit them via the U.S. Postal Service or non-U.S.
Postal Service delivery services, such as Federal Express or UPS. Regardless of the type of delivery service
selected, Applicants bear the responsibility for timely submission. The application package must be received
at the designated place by the date and time specified or it will be considered non-responsive and will be
rejected.
Any application received at the Procurement Services Center after the deadline will not be considered unless
it is received before the award is made and:
1. It is determined by the Government that the late receipt was due solely to mishandling by the
Government after receipt at USDOL at the address indicated; and/or
2. It was sent by registered or certified mail not later than the fifth calendar day before the deadline;
or
3. It was sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to Addressee, no
later than 5:00 p.m. at the place of mailing two (2) working days, excluding weekends and Federal
holidays, prior to the deadline.
The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a late application sent by registered or
certified mail is the U.S. Postal Service postmark on the envelope or wrapper and on the original receipt from
the U.S. Postal Service. The only acceptable evidence to establish the date of mailing of a late application
sent by U.S. Postal Service Express Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to Addressee is the date entered by
the Post Office clerk on the "Express Mail Next Day Service-Post Office to Addressee" label and the
postmark on the envelope or wrapper on the original receipt from the U.S. Postal Service.
If the postmark is not legible, an application received after the above closing time and date shall be processed
as if mailed late. "Postmark" means a printed, stamped, or otherwise placed impression (not a postage meter
machine impression) that is readily identifiable without further action as having been applied and affixed by
an employee of the U.S. Postal Service on the date of mailing. Therefore, Applicants should request that the
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Procurement Service Center on the application wrapper or other documentary evidence of receipt maintained
by that office. Confirmation of receipt can be obtained from Georgiette Nkpa (see section VI. for contact
information). Note: Please be advised that U.S. mail delivery in the Washington D.C. area can be slow and
erratic due to security concerns. Applicants must consider this when preparing to meet the application
deadline.

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Applicants submitting their application electronically through Grants.gov should note the following
submission instructions: 1) an individual with authority to legally bind the Applicant must be responsible for
submitting the application on Grants.gov; 2) applications submitted through Grants.gov do not need to be
signed manually; the form will automatically affix an electronic signature for the authorized person identified,
and 3) when submitting on Grants.gov, Applicants must save all attachments as a .doc, .pdf, .txt, or .xls file.
If submitted in any other format, the application bears the risk that compatibility or other issues will prevent
USDOL’
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To avoid unexpected delays that could result in the rejection of an application, Applicants should immediately
initiate and complete the registration steps at http://www.grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp, as
registration can take multiple days to complete. Applicants should consult the Grants.gov We
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Frequently Asked Questions and Applicant User Guide, available at http://www.grants.gov/help/faq.jsp, and
http://www.grants.gov/assets/UserGuide_Applicant.pdf. Within two business days of application submission,
Grants.gov will send the Applicant two email messages to provide the status of application progress through
the system. The first email, almost immediate, will confirm receipt of the application by Grants.gov. The
second email will indicate the application has both been successfully submitted and successfully validated or
has been rejected due to errors. Only applications that have been successfully submitted and successfully
validated will be considered. It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to ensure a timely submission,
therefore sufficient time should be allotted for submission (two business days), and if applicable, subsequent
time to address errors and receive validation upon resubmission (an additional two business days for each
ensuing submission). It is important to note that if sufficient time is not allotted and a rejection notice is
received after the due date and time, the application will not be considered. To ensure consideration of
materials submitted through Grants.gov, the components of the application must be saved as either .doc, .pdf,
.txt, or .xls files. If submitted in any other format, the application bears the risk that compatibility or other
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Applicants can contact the Grants.gov Contact Center at 1-800-518-4726 or [email protected] to obtain
assistance with any problems related to using Grants.gov, including difficulties downloading the application
package; software compatibility questions; and questions on how to assemble electronic application packages.
USDOL bears no responsibility for data errors resulting from transmission or conversion processes.

H. Funding Restrictions, Unallowable Activities, and Specific Prohibitions
USDOL/ILAB highlights the following restrictions, unallowable activities, and specific prohibitions, as
identified in OMB Circular A-122, 29 CFR Part 95, 29 CFR Part 98, and other USDOL/ILAB policy, for all
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Applicant has questions regarding these or other restrictions, please e-mail Georgiette Nkpa at
[email protected].

1. Pre-award Costs
Cooperative agreement funds may not be encumbered/ obligated by a Grantee before the period of
performance. Pre-award costs, including costs associated with the preparation of an application submitted in
response to this solicitation, are not reimbursable under the cooperative agreement.

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2. Direct Cash Transfers to Communities, Parents, or Children
USDOL/ILAB does not allow for direct cash transfers to target beneficiaries. Grantees may not provide
direct cash transfers to communities, parents, or children. Purchase of incidental items deemed necessary to
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project-supported direct educational services are allowable. These beneficiary support costs include direct
costs such as uniforms, school supplies, books, provision of tuition, and transportation costs. If approved by
USDOL, the Grantee or its subgrantees or subcontractor(s) must purchase or directly pay for these items in
the form of vouchers or payment to the service provider, as opposed to handing cash directly to children or
other individuals. This ensures that the money is used for its intended purpose and is not diverted or lost.
If an Applicant proposes the provision of beneficiary support costs, it must specify: 1) why these activities
and interventions are necessary and how they will contribute to the overall project goals; and 2) how the
disbursement of funds will be administered in order to maximize efficiency and minimize the risk of misuse.
The Applicant must also address how beneficiary support costs will be made sustainable once the project is
completed.

3. Construction
Applicants must adhere to requirements for construction outlined in sections III.A. and III.F.1 Funds for
construction must be clearly specified in the budget. Any activities that lead to the creation of real property
(i.e., a new classroom, an addition to an existing building, wells, and latrines) that is of a permanent nature
must be classified under construction expenses. Expenses in support of construction cannot be classified as
supplies, and should be budgeted under the construction line item. In general, USDOL expects construction
to be limited to improving existing infrastructure and facilities of schools and/or other learning environments
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4. Housing and Personal Living Expenses
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accordance with federal cost principles, housing and personal living expenses may not be counted as fringe
benefits or indirect costs.
Housing and other personal expenses are costs that are appropriately the responsibility of individual
employees, whether they are residing in the United States or abroad. In general, housing costs, housing
allowances, and personal living expenses will only be authorized under the cooperative agreement if deemed
necessary for the performance of the project, in particular, in cases of extraordinary costs of living attributable
to unique circumstances affecting a local economy.

5. Subgrants and Subcontracts
Subgrants and subcontracts awarded after the cooperative agreement is signed, and not proposed in the
application, must be awarded through a formal competitive bidding process in accordance with 29 CFR
95.40-48. Subgrants and subcontracts are subject to audit, in accordance with the requirements of 29 CFR
95.26(d).
6. Lobbying and Fundraising
Funds provided by USDOL for project expenditures under cooperative agreements may not be used with the
intent to influence a member of the U.S. Congress, a member of any U.S. Congressional staff, or any Federal,
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adopt, or oppose, by vote or otherwise, any U.S. legislation, law, ratification, policy, or appropriation, or to
influence in any way the outcome of a political election in the United States, or to contribute to any political
party or campaign in the United States, or for activities carried on for the purpose of supporting or knowingly
preparing for such efforts. This includes awareness raising and advocacy activities that include fundraising
for, or lobbying of, U.S. Federal, State, or Local Governments. (See OMB Circular A-122, as codified at 2
CFR Part 230). This does not include communications for the purpose of providing information about the
Grantees and their programs or activities, in response to a request by any government official, or for
consideration or action on the merits of a Federally-sponsored agreement or relevant regulatory matter by a
government official.
Applicants classified under the Internal Revenue Code as a 501(c)(4) entity [see 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(4)] may not
engage in any lobbying activities. According to the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, as codified at 2 U.S.C.
1611, an organization, as described in Section 501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, that engages
in lobbying activities directed toward the U.S. Government is not eligible for the receipt of Federal funds
constituting an award, grant, cooperative agreement, or loan.

7. Funds to Host Country Governments
USDOL funds awarded under cooperative agreements are not intended to duplicate existing foreign
government efforts or substitute for activities that are the responsibility of such governments. Therefore,
Grantees may not provide any of the funds obligated under a cooperative agreement to a foreign government
or entities that are agencies of, or operated by or for a foreign state or government, ministries, officials, or
political parties. Only after a competitive procurement process is conducted and the Grantee has determined
that no other entity in the country is able to provide direct services or undertake project activities, may
subcontracts be awarded to foreign government agencies or entities that are agencies of or operated by or for
a foreign state or government, ministries, officials, or political parties. In such cases, Grantees must receive
prior USDOL approval before awarding the subcontract.
8. Miscellaneous Prohibitions
USDOL funds may not be used to provide for:
 The purchase of land;
 The procurement of goods or services for personal use by the Grantee’
semployees;
 Entertainment, including amusement, diversion, and social activities and any costs directly associated
with entertainment (such as tickets, meals, lodging, rentals, transportation, and gratuities). Costs of
training or meetings and conferences, when the primary purpose is the dissemination of technical
information including reasonable costs of meals and refreshments, transportation, rental of facilities
and other incidentals are allowable. Costs related to child labor educational activities, such as street
plays and theater, are allowable; and
 Alcoholic beverages.
9. Prostitution and Trafficking
The U.S. Government is opposed to prostitution and related activities which are inherently harmful and
dehumanizing and contribute to the phenomenon of trafficking in persons. U.S. NGOs and their subgrantees
and subcontractors, cannot use funds provided by USDOL to lobby for, promote or advocate the legalization
or regulation of prostitution as a legitimate form of work. Foreign-based NGOs and their subgrantees and
subcontractors that receive funds provided by USDOL for projects to combat trafficking in persons cannot
lobby for, promote or advocate the legalization or regulation of prostitution as a legitimate form of work
while acting as a subgrantee or subcontractor on a USDOL-funded project. It is the responsibility of the
Grantee to ensure its subgrantees and subcontractors meet these criteria. This provision must be included in
any applicable subgrant and subcontract that the Grantee awards using USDOL funds and the Grantee will
obtain a written declaration to that effect from the subgrantee or subcontractor concerned. Also, Applicants

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will be required to adhere to the requirements at 2 CFR Part 175 relating to trafficking in persons, which will
be included in the cooperative agreement.

10. Inherently Religious Activities
The U.S. Government is generally prohibited from providing direct financial assistance for inherently
religious activities. The Grantee(s) may work with and subgrant to or subcontract with religious institutions;
however, Federal funds provided under a USDOL-awarded cooperative agreement may not be used for
religious instruction, worship, prayer, proselytizing, other inherently religious activities, or the purchase of
religious materials. Neutral, non-religious criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion will be employed in
the selection of Grantees and must be employed by Grantees in the selection of subgrantees or subcontractors.
This provision must be included in all subgrants and subcontracts issued under the cooperative agreement.
Any inherently religious activities conducted by the Grantee must be clearly separated in time or physical
space from activities funded by USDOL. Grantees must separately account for and segregate from Federal
and matching funds (neither of which may be used to fund inherently religious activities), any non-Federal
and non-matching funds (or allocable portion of those funds) used for such inherently religious activities.
Additionally, direct beneficiaries of the project must have a clear understanding that their enrollment in a
USDOL-funded project is not conditioned on their participation in any religious activities and a decision to
not participate in any inherently religious activity will in no way impact, or result in any negative
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11. Terrorism
Applicants are bound by U.S. Executive Orders and U.S. law that prohibit transactions with and the provision
of resources and support to individuals and organizations associated with terrorism. It is the legal
responsibility of the Grantee to ensure compliance with these Executive Orders and laws. USDOL policy
seeks to ensure that no USDOL funds directly or indirectly used to provide support to individuals or entities
associated with terrorism. Applicants responding to this solicitation and Grantees subsequently awarded
funding
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http://www.treas.gov/offices/enforcement/ofac/sdn/t11sdn.pdf to assess information available on parties that
are excluded from receiving Federal financial and non-financial assistance and benefits. In the event of
award, this provision must be included in all applicable subgrants and subcontracts issued under the
cooperative agreement.
12. Value Added Tax (VAT)
Applicants should discuss the possibility of obtaining customs and VAT exemptions with host government
officials during the preparation of their application. While host governments are encouraged not to apply
customs or VAT taxes to USDOL-funded projects, some host governments may nevertheless choose to assess
such taxes. When preparing their budgets, Applicants should account for such costs, since USDOL cannot
provide assistance in this regard. If these costs are omitted, a Grantee may not be allowed to include them
after award.
IV. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION
A. Application Evaluation Criteria
The criteria outlined below will be used to evaluate applications submitted in response to this solicitation on
the basis of 100 points, with up to a possible 5 extra points. Only applications deemed responsive will be

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evaluated (see section III.E.2.). In the evaluation of applications considers all information and requirements
presented in this solicitation.
Specific Evaluation Criteria:
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Strategy for Research on Child Labor
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Applicants will be evaluated on the overall quality, effectiveness, relevance, and clarity of their proposed
project design and strategy, including the extent to which it responds to all of the requirements outlined in the
Program Description for this solicitation, including, the Scope of Work, Technical Proposal Requirements,
and Target Population sections. Applicants will be evaluated on the following:
 Proposing effective and relevant strategies for identifying direct beneficiaries; ensuring the long-term
reduction of children in exploitative child labor; providing direct educational services for target
children, and promoting sustainable livelihoods for their households as a strategy for removing or
preventing children from involvement in exploitative labor.
 The extent to which the project design will: 1) be based on good practices (and innovative
approaches, where applicable), and 2) build upon existing efforts and government policies, plans,
and/or programs in Egypt.
 Proposing feasible and sensible timeframes for the accomplishment of tasks and the proposed
outcomes.
 The extent to which the Cost Proposal is realistic and reasonable. Proposals should reflect
consistency between the proposed costs outlined in the budget and the work to be performed, as
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 The extent to which the budget supports a cost-effective plan for ensuring the long-term reduction of
exploitative child labor through education and promotion of sustainable livelihoods, taking into
account such factors as the sector(s) of work being targeted. Low administrative costs and amount of
resources to direct services (e.g., direct educational and livelihoods services) are preferred.
 Strategies proposed for building local capacity and promoting the long-term sustainability of efforts to
combat exploitative child labor. USDOL encourages Applicants to consider innovative approaches
that reflect a thorough understanding of the implementing environment.

2. Strategy for Research on Child Labor (10 points)
In evaluating Applicants on this criterion, USDOL will consider the Applicants knowledge of exploitative
child labor and its root causes in Egypt. USDOL will also evaluate the Applicants ability to propose research
that will fill existing gaps in knowledge about child labor, especially exploitative child labor in agriculture.
Proposals that engage partnerships with local research organizations, especially universities to design,
conduct, and disseminate research, are encouraged. Appl
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use of new technologies is encouraged. The relevance of the dissemination strategies to the practical realities
and cultural and social context in Egypt will be considered. Finally, USDOL will consider the Applicants
strategy to ensure the sustainability and availability of research outputs beyond the life of the project.

3. Organizational Capacity (10 points)
In evaluating Applicants on this criterion, USDOL will consider the Appl
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(Annex C), Documentation of Country Presence and/or Host Government Support (Annex F), and Audit
Report(s) (Annex G).
Applicants will be rated on their demonstrated capacity to technically, administratively, and financially
manage a project of similar type, funding amount, and complexity as proposed in this solicitation. Applicants
proposing to utilize subgrants or subcontracts will be evaluated based on their past experience and
performance in providing quality technical, administrative, and financial oversight to subgrantees and
subcontractors that ensures responsiveness and quality reporting to the donor and that all targets and
deliverables are met under the grant, cooperative agreement, and/or contract.
Applicants will be rated on their experience and demonstrated success in implementing development projects
that aim to 1) withdraw or prevent children from exploitative child labor through the provision of direct
educational services; 2) provide basic, transitional, non-formal and vocational education programs to
children; 3) improve country capacity to combat exploitative child labor and/or improve access to, and quality
of, basic education; 4) promote sustainable livelihoods including through provision of services related to
skills training, micro-lending, micro-savings, employment generation, alternative/additional income
generation, and 5) ability to promote sustainability. Applicants will also be evaluated on their ability to
commence project activities in Egypt as soon as possible after signing a cooperative agreement with USDOL.
Applicants will be rated on their past performance with implementing grants, cooperative agreements, and/or
contracts relevant to this solicitation. USDOL may contact the organizations listed in the Organizational
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2. Quality and timeliness of submitted grant, cooperative agreement, and/or contract deliverables to
USDOL and/or other donors;
3. Responsiveness of the Applicant and its staff to USDOL and/or other donors, including the quality
and timeliness of communications regarding such deliverables; and
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4. Personnel and Project Management Plan (15 points)
In evaluating Applicants on this criterion, USDOL will review the Cost and Technical Proposals, including
but not limited to, the Personnel and Project Management Plan section of the Project Design Narrative,
Project Management Organization Chart (Annex D), and Personnel Descriptions, Résumés, and Letters of
Commitment (Annex E).
The successful performance of the project depends heavily on the management skills and qualifications of the
key personnel who carry out the scope of work, USDOL will emphasize the qualifications, management
experience, and commitment of the key personnel identified. USDOL may give preference to Applicants
proposing effective staffing strategies that aim to develop the capacity of national and/or local staff over the

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course of the project. USDOL will also consider the overall cost-e
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When evaluating key personnel candidates, USDOL may give preference to individuals demonstrating the
criteria outlined in section III.F.2.c.4 for each key personnel, Project Director, Education Specialist,
Livelihoods Specialist, and Monitoring and Evaluation Officer.
Given the complex nature of USDOL projects to be funded under this solicitation, Applicants’approach to
project management must be clear and effective in carrying out the scope of work. Applicants will be
evaluated on the quality and clarity of information provided on their approach to project management and
staffing.

B. Review and Selection Process
Each complete and responsive application will be objectively evaluated by a technical review panel against
the criteria described in this solicitation. Neutral, non-religious criteria that neither favor nor disfavor religion
will be employed in the selection of cooperative agreement awardees. Applicants are advised that panel
recommendations to the Grant Officer are advisory in nature. The Grant Officer may elect to select a Grantee
on the basis of the initial application submission or the Grant Officer may establish a competitive or
technically acceptable range from which qualified Applicants will be selected. If deemed appropriate, the
Grant Officer may call for the preparation and receipt of final revisions of applications, following which the
evaluation process described above, may be repeated, in whole or in part, to consider such revisions. The
Grant Officer will make final selection determinations based on panel findings and consideration of factors
that represent the greatest advantage to the Federal Government, including cost, the availability of funds, and,
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does not constitute approval of the cooperative agreement application as submitted in response to this
solicitation. Before the actual cooperative agreement is awarded, USDOL may enter into discussions with
one or more selected Applicants—known as Best and Final Offer (BAFO)— for any reason deemed
necessary, including to negotiate components of the project design/strategy; budget; project duration; staffing;
funding levels; and financial and administrative systems in place to support implementation of the
cooperative agreement (including relevant issues raised in submitted audit report(s)). If negotiations do not
result in a mutually acceptable submission, the Grant Officer reserves the right to terminate the negotiation
and decline to fund the application. In the actual cooperative agreement, USDOL reserves the right to place
special provisions on Grantees, such as in cases where USDOL has concerns regarding their application,
including in their audit report(s). USDOL also reserves the right to negotiate program components further
after award during the project design consolidation phase.
Award of a cooperative agreement under this solicitation may also be contingent upon an exchange of project
support letters between USDOL and the relevant host government ministries in Egypt.

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C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates
Designation decisions will be made within 45 days after the deadline for submission of applications, where
possible. All cooperative agreements will be awarded no later than December 31, 2010. USDOL is not
obligated to make any awards as result of this solicitation, and only the Grant Officer can bind USDOL to the
provision of funds under this solicitation. Unless specifically provided in the cooperative agreement,
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requirements and/or procedures.
V. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Award Notices
The Grant Officer will notify Applicants of designation results as follows:
Designation Letter: The designation letter signed by the Grant Officer serves as official notice of an
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Non-Designation Letter: Applicants not designated will be notified formally of the non-designation.
However, Applicants not designated must formally request a debriefing to be provided with the basic reasons
for the determination.
Notification of designation by a person or entity other than the Grant Officer is not valid.
B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements

1. General
Grantees are subject to applicable U.S. Federal laws (including provisions of appropriations laws) and
regulations, Executive Orders, applicable OMB Circulars, and USDOL policies. If during project
implementation a Grantee is found in violation of any of the foregoing, the terms of the cooperative
agreement awarded under this solicitation may be modified by USDOL; costs may be disallowed and
recovered; the cooperative agreement may be terminated; and USDOL may take other action permitted by
law. Determinations of allowable costs will be made in accordance with the applicable U.S. Federal cost
principles.
2. Project Audits and External Auditing Arrangements
In accordance with 29 CFR Parts 96 and 99, USDOL has contracted an independent external auditor to
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The following requirements related to audits and attestation engagements must be noted:
i. U.S.-based non-profit Grantees whose total annual expenditure of Federal awards is more than
$500,000 must have an organization-wide audit conducted in accordance with 29 CFR Parts 96 and
99, which codify the requirements of the Single Audit Act and OMB Circular A-133, and must
comply with the timeframes established in those regulations for the submission of their audits to the
Federal Audit Clearinghouse. Grantees must send a copy of each single audit conducted within the
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ii. All Grantees, including foreign-based and private for-profit Grantees, are subject to attestation
engagements during the life of the cooperative agreement. Such an attestation engagement will be
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3. Administrative Standards and Provisions
Cooperative agreements awarded under this solicitation are subject to the following administrative standards
and provisions outlined in the CFR that pertain to USDOL, and any other applicable standards that come into
effect during the term of the cooperative agreement, if applicable to a particular Grantee:
 29 CFR Part 2 Subpart D –Equal Treatment in Department of Labor Programs for Religious
Organizations; Protection of Religious Liberty of Department of Labor Social Service Providers and
Beneficiaries.
 29 CFR Part 31 –Nondiscrimination in Federally Assisted Programs of the Department of Labor—
Effectuation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
 29 CFR Part 32 –Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs and Activities Receiving
or Benefiting from Federal Financial Assistance.
 29 CFR Part 33 –Enforcement of Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Handicap in Programs or
Activities Conducted by the Department of Labor.
 29 CFR Part 35 –Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Age in Programs or Activities Receiving Federal
Financial Assistance from the Department of Labor.
 29 CFR Part 36 –Federal Standards for Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Sex in Education Programs
or Activities Receiving Federal Financial Assistance.
 29 CFR Part 93 –New Restrictions on Lobbying.
 29 CFR Part 94 –Federal Standards for Government-wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace
(Financial Assistance).
 29 CFR Part 95 –Uniform Administrative Requirements for Grants and Agreements with Institutions
of Higher Education, Hospitals and other Non-Profit Organizations, and with Commercial
Organizations, For-Profit Organizations, Foreign Governments, Organizations Under the Jurisdiction
of Foreign Governments and International Organizations.
 29 CFR Part 96 –Federal Standards for Audit of Federally Funded Grants, Contracts and Other
Agreements.
 29 CFR Part 98 –Federal Standards for Government-wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement).
 29 CFR Part 99 –Federal Standards for Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit
Organizations.
Copies of all regulations referenced in this solicitation are available at no cost, online, at http://www.dol.gov.
A copy of Title 29 of the CFR referenced in this solicitation is available from the U.S. Government Printing
Office at no cost, online, at http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&sid=5e421ad42692a
3a28f382a9aba659b2b&rgn=div5&view=text&node=29:1.1.1.1.39&idno=29.
The terms outlined in this solicitation, the cooperative agreement, and the MPGs are all applicable to the
implementation of projects awarded under this solicitation.

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C. Reporting and Deliverables
Grantees must submit copies of all required reports and deliverables to USDOL by the specified due dates,
unless otherwise indicated. More information on the reports and deliverables and exact timeframes for their
completion will be included in the cooperative agreement and the MPGs that are distributed to Grantees prior
to signing the cooperative agreement with USDOL.

1. Needs Assessment of Learning Environments and Action Plan
Grantees are required to conduct a needs assessment and develop a plan to inspect schools and other learning
environments attended by direct beneficiaries; identify those with conditions that present risk of illness or
injury to the health or safety of the children; and develop an action plan for mitigating such conditions, as
stated in section III.A.4. This needs assessment and corresponding action plan must be submitted to USDOL
within 12 months of award.
2. Logical Framework and Sustainability Matrix
Within 4 months of award, the Grantee must deliver a final Logical Framework and Sustainability Matrix (see
Appendix A for more information on these deliverables). If the Grantee proposes to issue subgrants or
subcontracts to foreign governments, a table of proposed government subgrants/subcontracts must be
submitted. Templates of these deliverables are provided in the MPGs.
3. Technical Progress and Financial Reports
Grantees must submit narrative technical progress reports to USDOL on a semi-annual basis by March 31 and
September 30 of each year during the cooperative agreement period. However, USDOL reserves the right to
require up to four technical progress reports a year. Technical progress report formats are in the MPG, which
are distributed to Grantees after award. Grantees must also submit an electronic financial report (SF-425) to
USDOL on a quarterly basis through the E-Grants system. The SF-425 must be submitted no more than 30
days after the end of each quarter, i.e.: January 30; April 30; July 30; and October 30. In addition, Grantees
are encouraged to submit a semi-a
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balances, and project balance by budget categories identified in the SF-424A.
4. Work Plan
Within 4 months of award, the Grantee must deliver an initial draft of the Work Plan covering the life of the
project (a template is provided in the MPG). Grantees must develop a final Work Plan within 8 months of
award for approval by USDOL. The final Work Plan must include dates for the mid-term and final
evaluations. An annual Work Plan that updates the initial Work Plan must be submitted to USDOL annually
with the September technical progress report.
5. Final Report
Grantees must submit a final technical report no later than 90 days after the project completion date. This
stand-alone report must provide a complete and comprehensive summary of the progress and achievements
made during the life of the project.
VI. AGENCY CONTACTS
All technical questions regarding this solicitation (SGA 10-09) must be sent in writing to Georgiette Nkpa,
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[email protected]) no later than October 15, 2010 in order to receive a reply and allow responses to
reach all prospective Applicants prior to the submission of their applications. Compiled technical questions

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VII. OTHER INFORMATION
A. Office of Management and Budget Information Collection
This Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications requests information from Applicants. This
collection of information is approved under 1225-0086 OMB Information Collection No 1225-0086 (expires
November 30, 2012). According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond
to a collection of information unless such collection displays a valid OMB control number. Public reporting
burden for the grant application is estimated to average 40 hours per response. These estimates include time
for reviewing instructions, searching existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed,
completing and reviewing the collection of information, and drafting the proposal. Each recipient who
receives a grant award notice will be required to submit semi-annual technical progress reports to ILAB.
Each report will take approximately 10 hours to prepare. Any comments regarding the burden estimated or
any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, should be
directed to the USDOL, ILAB, OCFT, attention: Malaika Jeter (e-mail: [email protected] or phone:
(202) 693-4821—please note that this is not a toll-free number); or in the USDOL Office of Procurement
Services, attention: Georgiette Nkpa (e-mail: [email protected]; phone: (202) 693-4570—please note
that this is not a toll-free number). All applications should be sent to USDOL in hard copy by mail or via
Grants.gov in accordance with the instructions outlined in section III.G. of this solicitation.
This information is being collected for the purpose of awarding a cooperative agreement. The information
collected through this Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Applications will be used by the USDOL to
ensure that cooperative agreements are awarded to the Applicants best suited to perform the functions of these
cooperative agreements. Submission of this information is required in order for the Applicant to be
considered for award of a cooperative agreement. Unless otherwise specifically noted in this announcement,
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B. Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act
Any information submitted in response to this solicitation will be subject to the provisions of the Privacy Act
and the Freedom of Information Act, as appropriate.
Signed at Washington, DC, this 24 of September, 2010.

Grant Officer

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Appendix A: Definitions
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that will be used for identifying children as at “
high-r
i
s
k”a
r
ee
xp
e
c
t
e
dt
ov
a
r
ya
c
c
or
di
ngt
ot
hec
ount
r
ya
nd
geographic area being targeted but should take factors such as family situation (e.g., being a sibling of a child
currently or formerly engaged in exploitative child labor; being orphaned; living in a single parent or childheaded household; living in extreme poverty) and environment (e.g., living in close proximity to economic
activities prone to employ children) into account.
A“
Child”or“
children”a
r
ei
ndi
v
i
dua
l
sund
e
rt
heage of 18 years. For the purposes of this solicitation, this
t
e
r
ma
l
s
oi
nc
l
u
de
sol
d
e
rc
hi
l
dr
e
n(
“
youth”
)whoa
r
eunde
rt
h
ea
g
eof18y
e
a
r
s
.
“Chi
l
dl
abor
”should, for the purposes of this solicitation, be considered synonymous with the term
“e
xpl
oi
t
at
i
vec
hi
l
dl
abo
r
”
“Chi
l
dl
abor moni
t
or
i
ng s
ys
t
e
m”involves the identification, referral, protection, and prevention of
exploitative child labor and its roots causes through the development of a coordinated multi-sector monitoring
and referral process that aims to cover all children and vulnerable households in a given geographical area,
not just those who are direct beneficiaries of a USDOL-funded project.
Characteristics of a comprehensive and credible CLMS can include the following:
o It is focused on the child at work and/or in school;
o It involves all relevant partners in the field, including labor inspectors if appropriate;
o It uses regular, repeated observations to identify children in the workplace and determine risks to
which they are exposed;
o It refers identified children to the most appropriate alternative to ensure that they are withdrawn
from hazardous work;
o It verifies whether the children have actually been removed and/or shifted from hazardous work to
an appropriate situation (school or other);
o It tracks these children after their removal, to ensure that they have satisfactory alternatives;
o It keeps records on the extent and nature of child labor and the schooling of identified child
workers;
o It refers households to the most appropriate livelihood service to that addresses the roots causes of
child labor (e.g. programs to increase household incomes and reduce poverty, insurance, access to
healthcare, etc.).; and
o It tracks households and whether they are better off after receiving services through the project.
“
Children withdrawn from exploitative child labor” (
s
o
me
t
i
me
sa
bbr
e
v
i
a
t
e
di
nt
h
i
ss
ol
i
c
i
t
a
t
i
on a
s
“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wn”
)a
nd“
children prevented from entering exploitative child labor”(
s
ome
t
i
me
sa
bbr
e
v
i
a
t
e
di
n
t
hi
ss
ol
i
c
i
t
a
t
i
ona
s“
pr
e
v
e
nt
e
d”
)a
r
emutually exclusive categories—the project can consider a child as either
“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wn”or“
pr
e
v
e
nt
e
d”f
r
om e
xpl
o
i
t
a
t
i
v
el
a
bor
,
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h.

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40

I
nor
de
rf
orc
hi
l
dr
e
nt
ob
ec
oun
t
e
da
s“
withdrawn from exploitative child labor,
”t
hepr
oj
e
c
tmust have
effected c
ha
ng
ei
nt
woa
r
e
a
sofc
hi
l
dr
e
n’
sl
i
v
e
s
:t
h
e
i
rwor
ks
t
a
t
usa
ndt
he
i
re
duc
a
t
i
o
ns
t
a
t
us
.Ch
i
l
dr
e
nma
y
onl
ybec
ons
i
de
r
e
d“
withdrawn”i
ft
hepr
oj
e
c
ti
sa
bl
et
ov
e
r
i
f
y
,
t
h
r
oug
hi
t
sDBMS,t
ha
t
:
1. The child was found to be working in one of the unconditional worst forms of child labor (as outlined
in Article 3(a)–(
c
)ofI
LOConv
e
n
t
i
on182)but
,a
sar
e
s
ul
toft
hepr
oj
e
c
t
’
si
nt
e
r
v
e
nt
i
on,ha
sbe
e
nf
ul
l
y
removed from that work, which is required under ILO Convention 182; OR
2. The child was involved in work in violati
onoft
hec
ount
r
y
’
smi
ni
mu
ma
g
el
a
wsa
nd/
oro
t
he
rc
hi
l
d
labor laws but, as a result of project intervention, has been fully removed from that work; OR
3. The child was involved in hazardous work (Article 3(d) of Convention 182 and Section II, Paragraph
3 of ILO Recommendation No. 190) or exploitative labor that impeded his/her education (ILO
Conv
e
nt
i
on138)but
,a
sar
e
s
ul
toft
hepr
oj
e
c
t
’
si
nt
e
r
v
e
n
t
i
on
,i
snol
ong
e
re
nga
g
e
di
nha
z
a
r
douswor
k
or exploitative labor, due to improved working conditions (i.e., fewer hours and/or a safer workplace)
or because the child has transitioned into a new form of work that is acceptable based on relevant
f
a
c
t
or
si
nc
l
udi
ngt
hec
hi
l
d
’
sa
g
e(
i.e., acceptable work); AND
4. Thec
hi
l
dha
sbe
e
npr
ov
i
d
e
dwi
t
ha“
di
r
e
c
te
duc
a
t
i
o
na
ls
e
r
v
i
c
e
”byt
hepr
oj
e
c
t
.
Note: USDOL would like to stress to Applicants the importance of understanding the two-fold nature of the
t
e
r
m“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wn,
”wh
i
c
he
nc
o
mpa
s
s
e
sbot
hc
hi
l
dr
e
n’
swor
ks
t
a
t
usa
nde
du
c
a
t
i
ona
ls
t
a
t
us
.Wi
t
hr
e
ga
r
dst
o
work status, a child who is engaged in an unconditional worst form of child labor is only considered to be
“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wn”whe
ns
/
hei
sf
ul
l
yr
e
mov
e
df
r
om t
ha
twor
k.I
not
he
rwor
ds
,noi
mpr
ov
e
me
n
t
si
nt
hewor
ki
ng
conditions of children involved in slavery or slavery-like practices, prostitution or pornography, or illicit
activities, can ever create an acceptable environment for children to continue working in that unconditional
worst form of child labor. This requirement is in contrast to interventions that may be undertaken to assist
c
hi
l
dr
e
nwhoa
r
ee
ng
a
g
e
di
n“
e
xpl
o
i
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
a
bo
r
,
”i
n
c
l
u
d
i
ng“
ha
z
a
r
douswor
k.
”I
ns
omec
a
s
e
s
,t
h
ewor
k
conditions of children involved in hazardous work may be improved so as to make the work conditions
acceptable for children of legal working age. This may include, for example, reducing the number of hours
children work or changing the type of work children perform (i.e., disallowing children in agriculture from
working with heavy machinery or pesticide applications). However, conditions can only be improved for
children who are of legal minimum working age according to the specific laws of Egypt. If, for example, a
child is 9 years old and working in hazardous work in a country where the minimum age is 15 years, this
child should be fully removed from that work, since conditions cannot be improved to make it legally
acceptable for the child to work. Applicants should note that the process of withdrawing a child from child
l
a
borma
yt
a
kes
o
met
i
mea
ndt
h
a
te
n
r
ol
l
me
nti
na“
di
r
e
c
te
duc
a
t
i
ona
ls
e
r
v
i
c
e
,
”orme
r
e
l
yi
mpr
ov
i
ngt
h
e
c
hi
l
d’
se
du
c
a
t
i
on
a
ls
t
a
t
us
,i
snott
hes
ol
ec
r
i
t
e
r
i
ont
ha
tde
f
i
ne
sac
hi
l
da
s“
wi
t
hdr
a
wnf
r
om e
xpl
oi
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
d
l
a
bor
.
”Fore
xa
mp
l
e
,ac
h
i
l
dwhoa
t
t
e
n
dsaUSDOL-supported non-formal education program in the morning
and works under hazardous conditions in mining during the afternoon and evening may not be considered
“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wn”f
r
om e
xpl
o
i
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
a
borf
orGPRApur
pos
e
s
.Tha
ti
s
,i
fbe
f
or
et
hepr
o
j
e
c
t
’
si
nt
e
r
v
e
nt
i
on,a
child is not going to school and is working inawor
s
tf
or
m ofc
hi
l
dl
a
bor
,a
nd,a
f
t
e
rt
hepr
o
j
e
c
t
’
si
n
t
e
r
v
e
n
t
i
on,
the child is now enrolled in school but continues to work in a worst form of child labor, then that child is not,
byde
f
i
ni
t
i
on,“
wi
t
hdr
a
wnf
r
om e
xpl
oi
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
a
b
or
.
”
“
Children prevented from entering exploitative child labor”a
r
ec
hi
l
dr
e
nwho,whi
l
enoty
e
te
ng
a
g
e
di
n
exploitative child labor, are considered to be at “
high-r
i
s
k”ofe
nt
e
r
i
ngs
uc
hl
a
bor
.Chi
l
dr
e
nma
yonl
ybe
c
ount
e
da
s“
pr
e
v
e
nt
e
df
r
om e
x
pl
oi
t
a
t
i
v
ec
h
i
l
dl
a
bor
”i
fthe project is able to verify, through its DBMS, that
they meet the following criteria: 1) the child has not yet entered exploitative child labor but is considered at
“
high-r
i
s
k
”ofdoi
ngs
o,a
nd2)t
hec
hi
l
dha
sb
e
e
np
r
ov
i
de
dwi
t
ha“
di
r
e
c
te
du
c
a
t
i
on
a
ls
e
r
v
i
c
e
”byt
hepr
o
j
e
c
t
.
“Coo
pe
r
at
i
v
eag
r
e
e
me
nt
”an award instrument where substantial involvement is anticipated between the
donor (USDOL) and the Grantee during the performance of project activities. The level of monitoring and

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accountability required by USDOL under a cooperative agreement is less than what is required under a
contract, but more than what is required under a regular grant.
“
Direct beneficiaries” a
r
ec
h
i
l
dr
e
n who,a
sa r
e
s
u
l
tofa USDOL-funded project, have been either
“
wi
t
h
dr
a
wnf
r
om e
xpl
oi
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
a
bor
”or“
pr
e
v
e
nt
e
df
r
om e
nt
e
r
i
nge
xp
l
oi
t
a
t
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
a
bor
”byt
hep
r
oj
e
c
t
AND provided with a direct educational service. For the purposes of this solicitation, direct beneficiaries
ma
yon
l
yi
nc
l
udei
ndi
v
i
du
a
l
swhoa
r
e“
c
hi
l
dr
e
n”a
tthe time of enrollment in the project (defined as the time
a
twhi
c
ht
h
epr
oj
e
c
tbe
g
i
n
spr
ov
i
di
ngt
hec
hi
l
dwi
t
h“
di
r
e
c
ts
e
r
v
i
c
e
s
”
)
.
“Di
r
e
c
tbe
ne
f
i
c
i
a
r
ymoni
t
or
i
ngs
ys
t
e
m”[see section III.A.5.d]
“
Direct educational services”ma
yi
nv
ol
v
ee
i
t
he
roft
hefollowing:
1. The provision of goods and/or services (if lack thereof is a barrier to education) that meets direct
be
ne
f
i
c
i
a
r
i
e
s
’s
pe
c
i
f
i
cn
e
e
dsa
ndr
e
s
u
l
t
si
nt
h
e
i
re
nr
ol
l
me
nti
na
tl
e
a
s
toneoft
hef
o
urc
a
t
e
g
or
i
e
sof
educational activities listed below. Examples of goods and/or services that may meet the specific
gaps/educational needs of targeted children include tutoring, school meals, uniforms, school supplies
and materials, books, tuition and transportation vouchers, or other types of non-monetary incentives.
The four categories of educational activities that qualify are:
a. Non-formal or basic literacy education- This type of educational activity may include
transitional, leveling, or literacy classes so that a child may either be mainstreamed into
formal education and/or can participate in vocational training activities;
b. Vocational, pre-vocational, or skills training- This type of training is designed to develop a
particular, marketable skill (i.e., mechanics, sewing);
c. Formal education - This is defined as the formal school system within Egypt; or
d. Mainstreaming - This type of educational activity involves transitioning children from nonformal education into the formal education system. Generally, mainstreaming involves the
provision of goods and/or services that may assist in placement testing and enable a child to
attend and stay in school.
OR
2. The direct provision of at least one of the following two educational activities by the project to its
direct beneficiaries:
a. Non-formal or basic literacy education; or
b. Vocational, pre-vocational, or skills training.
Grantees must be able to match a particular service or educational or training opportunity to an individual
child. Therefore, project interventions such as infrastructure improvements to schools and other learning
environments, teacher training, construction of latrines, inclusion of child labor modules in teacher
c
ur
r
i
c
ul
u
m,ort
h
epr
ov
i
s
i
onofc
l
a
s
s
r
oom c
ha
l
k
bo
a
r
dsa
r
en
o
tc
ons
i
de
r
e
d“
di
r
e
c
te
du
c
a
t
i
on
a
ls
e
r
v
i
c
e
s
”a
s
defined above (see defini
t
i
onof“
ot
he
rpr
oj
e
c
ti
n
t
e
r
v
e
nt
i
o
ns
”
)
.
“
Direct services”i
sag
e
n
e
r
a
lc
a
t
e
g
or
yofi
nt
e
r
v
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nt
i
onst
ha
ti
nc
l
ude
s“
di
r
e
c
te
duc
a
t
i
ona
ls
e
r
v
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e
s
”a
nd“
ot
he
r
di
r
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c
ts
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r
v
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c
e
s
”pr
ov
i
de
dbyt
hepr
oj
e
c
t
.
“Expl
o
i
t
at
i
v
ec
hi
l
dl
abo
ri
sc
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mpr
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s
e
doft
he“
wor
s
tf
or
msofc
hi
l
dl
a
bor
”a
sout
l
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ne
di
nI
LO Conve
nt
i
o
n
182 Article 3(a)-(d); all types of work by children in violation of national labor laws and international
standards, including ILO Conventions 182 and 138; and work that prevents a child from obtaining an
educ
a
t
i
onori
mp
e
de
sac
hi
l
d’
sa
bi
l
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t
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n,a
sout
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di
nI
LO Conv
e
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t
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on138.Ar
t
i
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e7.
1(
b
)ofI
LO
Convention 138 states that children within a particular age range shall not participate in work that will

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42

“
pr
e
j
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et
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e
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nda
n
c
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ts
c
hool
,t
he
i
rparticipation in vocational orientation or training programs
approved by the competent authority or their capacity to benefit from the instruction received.
“Haz
ar
douswor
k”. The worst forms of child labor referred to in Article 3(d) of Convention 182 are known
a
s“
hazardous work.
”Ac
c
or
d
i
ngt
oI
LO Conv
e
nt
i
on182,h
a
z
a
r
douswor
k“
s
ha
l
lbede
t
e
r
mi
ne
dbyna
t
i
on
a
l
laws or regulations or by the competent authority, after consultation with the organizations of employers and
workers concerned, taking into conside
r
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nti
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r
na
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…” Ast
hi
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or
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]ma
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. I
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Recommendation No. 190, which accompanies ILO Convention 182, gives additional guidance on identifying
“
ha
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da
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onNo. 19
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gt
he
types of work referred to under Article 3(d) of the Convention [ILO Convention 182], and in identifying
where they exist, consideration should be given, inter alia to:
a. work which exposes children to physical, psychological, or sexual abuse;
b. work underground, under water, at dangerous heights or in confined spaces;
c. work with dangerous machinery, equipment and tools, or which involves the manual handling or
transport of heavy loads;
d. work in an unhealthy environment which may, for example, expose children to hazardous substances,
agents or processes, or to temperatures, noise levels, or vibrations damaging to their health;
e. work under particularly difficult conditions such as work for long hours or during the night or work
whe
r
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l
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ne
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r
.
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ILO Recommendation No. 190g
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Article 3(d) of the Convention and Paragraph 3 above, national laws or regulations or the competent authority
c
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oy
me
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work as from the age of 16 on condition that the health, safety and morals of the children concerned are fully
protected, and that the children have received adequate specific instruction or vocational training in the
r
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Indirect beneficiaries”a
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ei
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l
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ne
f
i
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r
om “
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or“
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resources, such as, food, potable water, health facilities, educational opportunities, housing, and time for
participation in the community), and activities required for it. A livelihood encompasses income, as well as
social institutions, gender relations, and property rights required to support and sustain a certain standard of
living. It includes access to and benefits derived from social and public services provided by the state, such
as education, health services, and other infrastructure. Sustainable livelihood programs seek to create longlasting solutions to poverty by empowering their target population and addressing their overall well-being.
USDOL child labor elimination projects focus on ensuring that households can cope with and recover from
the stresses and shocks and maintain or enhance present and future capabilities and assets in a way that helps
them overcome the need to rely on the labor of their children to meet basic needs. (Sources: Chambers and
Conway, 1992, and Masanjala, 2006, see also http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNADR399.pdf)
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exploitation, child soldiering). Another example would be providing direct beneficiaries who meet minimum
age requirements for employment (particularly children 15-17 years) with occupational safety and/or health
interventions that promote safe, acceptable work (e.g., protective masks, goggles, gloves) or job placement
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include such activities as awareness raising and social mobilization campaigns to combat exploitative child
labor and promote education; alternative income-generating activities and business/skills training for parents;
teacher training; inclusion of child labor modules into teacher curriculum or other curricula improvements;
and/or infrastructure improvements to schools and other learning environments (including the construction of
latrines and digging of wells), which are seen as necessary for ensuring the long-term reduction of children in
exploitative labor because they increase access to basic education and/or improve its quality. Individuals who
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strategic vision of what key project components, contributions, or activities need to be sustained after the
project ends in order to have a long-term impact on efforts to combat exploitative child labor in the target
country. A sample sustainability matrix will be provided in the MPG.
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”are defined in Article 3 of ILO Convention 182 as:
a. all forms of slavery or practices similar to slavery, such as the sale and trafficking of children, debt
bondage and serfdom and forced or compulsory labor, including forced or compulsory recruitment of
children for use in armed conflict;
b. the use, procuring or offering of a child for prostitution, the production of pornography or for
pornographic performances;
c. the use, procuring or offering of a child for illicit activities, in particular for the production and
trafficking of drugs as defined in the relevant international treaties;
d. work which, by its nature or the circumstances in which it is carried out, is likely to harm the health,
safety or morals of children.

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Appendix B: Cost Proposal Format
I. Cost Proposal
A. Required Standard Forms
1. SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information
2. SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance, including all applicable DUNS Numbers in
Block 8 (and as an attachment for each subgrantee or subcontractor, as applicable)
3. SF-424A Budget Information (Non-Construction Programs)
B. Outputs-Based Budget
C. Budget Narrative
D. Indirect Cost Information
1. Indirect Cost Form for the Applicant (including one for each subgrantee and subcontractor,
as applicable);
2. One of the following for the Applicant (including one for each subgrantee and
subcontractor, as
applicable): 1) A current, approved Negotiated Indirect Cost Rate Agreement (NICRA) or
2) A
Certificate of Direct Costs.
E. Cost Sharing (Optional)
F. Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants (Optional)

Note: The SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information Form, SF-424 Application for Federal
Assistance, SF-424A Budget Information, Indirect Cost Information Form, Survey on Ensuring Equal
Opportunity for Applicants, and a Sample Outputs-Ba
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dBu
dg
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ta
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site at http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/bkgrd.htm. All forms in the SF-424 family of forms are also available
on Grants.gov.

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Appendix C: Technical Proposal Format

I. Technical Proposal
A. Executive Summary
(Maximum 2 single-s
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de
d
,81/
2
”x11”pa
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e
swith 1-inch margins and font size no less than 11
point)
B. Table of Contents
C. Project Design Narrative
(Maximum 50 single-sided, double-s
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2”x11”pa
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h1-inch margins and font size
no less than 11-point)
1. Background and Justification
2. Project Design and Strategy
3. Organizational Capacity
a. International and U.S. Government Grant and/or Contract Experience
b. Country Presence and Host Government Support
c. Fiscal Oversight
6. Personnel and Project Management Plan
a. Key Personnel
b. Other Professional Personnel
c. Project Management Plan

II. Annexes to the Technical Proposal
(These do not count towards the 50-page maximum for the Project Design Narrative)
Annex A: Logic Model
Annex B: Work Plan
Annex C: Past Performance Table(s)
Annex D: Project Management Organization Chart
Annex E: Personnel Descriptions, Résumés, and Letters of Commitment
Annex F: Documentation of Country Presence and Host Government Support
Annex G: Audit Report(s) and Cover Sheet for all Subgrantees and Subcontractors, as
applicable