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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 Jordan
October 6, 2010
Announcement Type: New.
Applications.

Notice of Availability of Funds and Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement

Funding Opportunity Number: SGA 10-10.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number: Not applicable.
Key Dates: Deadline for Submission of Applications is November 24, 2010. Deadline for Submission of All
Technical Questions is October 20, 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 $4 million for a technical assistance project(s) to support efforts to eliminate exploitative child
labor, particularly the worst forms of child labor, in Jordan. Projects funded under this solicitation will seek to
combat child labor through an innovative, effective, and int
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access to quality education and promoting sustainable livelihoods for their households as a means of reducing
exploitative child labor, as well as increasing 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. Jordan: Background and Problem Statement ................................................................................................................... 4
C. International Legal Framework for Child Labor ILO Conventions 182 and 138 ............................................................ 6
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................................................................................................................................. 7
A. Scope of Work and Relationship to USDOL Five Goals................................................................................................. 7
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...................................................................................................................... 12
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 and Grantee and Contractor Responsibilities..................................... 12
c. Baseline Survey ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
d. Performance Monitoring ..................................................................................................................................................... 13
6. Promoting Long-Term Sustainability of Efforts to Combat Exploitative Child Labor and Improve Livelihoods..... 13
B. Target Population........................................................................................................................................................... 14
1. Beneficiaries............................................................................................................................................................... 14

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2. Sectors and Geographic Areas ................................................................................................................................... 14
C. Technical Proposal Requirements.................................................................................................................................. 15
D. Eligible Applicants ........................................................................................................................................................ 17
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............................................................................................... 26
H. Funding Restrictions, Unallowable Activities, and Specific Prohibitions ..................................................................... 28
1. Pre-award Costs ......................................................................................................................................................... 28
2. Direct Cash Transfers to Communities, Parents, or Children .................................................................................... 28
3. Construction ............................................................................................................................................................... 28
4. Housing and Personal Living Expenses ..................................................................................................................... 28
5. Subgrants and Subcontracts ....................................................................................................................................... 29
6. Lobbying and Fundraising ......................................................................................................................................... 29
7. Funds to Host Country Governments ......................................................................................................................... 29
8. Miscellaneous Prohibitions ........................................................................................................................................ 29
9. Prostitution and Trafficking ....................................................................................................................................... 30
10. Inherently Religious Activities................................................................................................................................. 30
11. Terrorism.................................................................................................................................................................. 30
12. Value Added Tax (VAT).......................................................................................................................................... 30
IV. APPLICATION REVIEW INFORMATION ................................................................................................................... 31
A. Application Evaluation Criteria ..................................................................................................................................... 31
1. Project Design and Budget (65 points)....................................................................................................................... 31
2. Strategy for Research on Child Labor (10 points)...................................................................................................... 31
3. Organizational Capacity (10 points)........................................................................................................................... 32
4. Personnel and Project Management Plan (15 points)................................................................................................. 32
B. Review and Selection Process........................................................................................................................................ 33
C. Anticipated Announcement and Award Dates ............................................................................................................... 33
V. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION............................................................................................................. 34
A. Award Notices ............................................................................................................................................................... 34
B. Administrative and National Policy Requirements ........................................................................................................ 34
1. General ....................................................................................................................................................................... 34
2. Project Audits and External Auditing Arrangements ................................................................................................. 34
3. Administrative Standards and Provisions................................................................................................................... 34
C. Reporting and Deliverables............................................................................................................................................ 35
1. Needs Assessment of Learning Environments and Action Plan ................................................................................ 35
2. Logical Framework and Sustainability Matrix........................................................................................................... 35
3. Technical Progress and Financial Reports ................................................................................................................. 36
4. Work Plan................................................................................................................................................................... 36
5. Final Report................................................................................................................................................................ 36
VI. AGENCY CONTACTS .................................................................................................................................................... 36
VII. OTHER INFORMATION ............................................................................................................................................... 36
A. Office of Management and Budget Information Collection .......................................................................................... 36
B. Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act................................................................................................................ 37

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Appendix A: Definitions ......................................................................................................................................................... 38
Appendix B: Cost Proposal Format......................................................................................................................................... 43
Appendix C: Technical Proposal Format ................................................................................................................................ 44

List of Acronyms
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Central Contractor Registration
Child Labor Monitoring System
Code of Federal Regulations
Cooperative Housing Foundation
Direct Beneficiary Monitoring System
Dun and Bradstreet Number
Eastern Standard Time
Second Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy 2009-2015
Frequently Asked Questions
Government Performance and Results Act
Bureau of International Labor Affairs
International Labor Organization
International Program on the Elimination of Child Labor
Management Procedures and Guidelines
Monitoring and Evaluation
Ministry of Planning and International Cooperation
National Plan of Action
Nongovernmental Organizations
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking
Office of Management and Budget
Standard Form
Statistical Information and Monitoring Program on Child Labor
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Department of Labor

I. FUNDING OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION
The U.S. Department of Labor (USDOL), Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) announces its intent to
award up to $4 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 Jordan. Projects funded under this
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sustainable livelihoods for their households as a means of reducing exploitative child labor, as well as increasing
access to national social protection programs that help households overcome dependence on children working to
meet basic needs.
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 solicitation will be
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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 hazardous work.
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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 Jordan.
B. Jordan: Background and Problem Statement
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cultural norms, gender issues, the status of refugees, school fees, and a lack of access to and quality of early
childhood, basic, and vocational education programs for disadvantaged families in Jordan.
Child labor in Jordan is more common among disadvantaged children and youth and their families, who often lack
access to mainstream social services. Children of migrants are more likely to become child laborers, and girls from
migrant households are more likely to drop out of school. Similarly, refugee children are more likely to work in
exploitative labor, and Iraqi refugee girls are reported to be particularly vulnerable to sexual exploitation.
According to the Jordanian National Child Labor Household Survey Report, households rely on child labor to
meet basic needs. Earnings of children employed as wage workers were estimated to account for nearly a quarter
of total household earnings, and more than half of all children earning wages hand over their earnings to their
parents. The survey indicates that a majority of working children, approximately 90 percent, are boys. This figure,
however, may underestimate the involvement of children, including girls, in sectors that are not generally captured
by such surveys, including street work and some of the worst forms of child labor. Employment is most common
among older children (15-17) in Jordan, particularly boys. While the minimum work age in Jordan is 16 years,
many of these older children work under exploitative conditions, for long hours, or face occupational safety
hazards.
Children perform a variety of activities such as automotive maintenance and repair; vocational trades (blacksmiths,
metalsmiths, electricians, battery technicians, plumbers); manufacturing; gas, and water sectors; hotels and
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ILO, Accelerating Action against Child Labor Global Report under the Follow-up to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental
Principles and Rights at Work 2010 available from http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---dgreports/--dcomm/documents/publication/wcms_126752.pdf.
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restaurants; transport and storage; street work; and begging. Children, particularly girls, are involved in
agricultural activities that may involve the use of potentially dangerous machinery and tools, the carrying of heavy
loads, and the application of harmful pesticides. Children are also engaged in mining and fishing. Some children
also engage in exploitative work in the tourism industry in Petra and the Dead Sea regions. According to the
Jordanian National Child Labor Household Survey Report, most boys work in the wholesale and retail trades (36.3
percent) or the agriculture (27.5 percent) and manufacturing (15.8 percent) sectors. Most girls, meanwhile, work
in the agriculture (77 percent) sector.
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Unemployment stands at 14 percent, with a third of those unemployed being under the age of 24 years. Of those
who work, 30 percent are employed by the government and five percent are employed by micro enterprises (made
up of fewer than 4 persons). While the government is making great efforts to create more jobs for Jordanians and
to increase productivity to support the diversification and growth of the economy, migrant and foreign workers still
make up an overwhelming 20-30 percent of the total labor force. Of the total 1.4 million officially employed in
Jordan, between 300,000 and 700,000 are migrants or foreign workers.4 Moreover, as more women are entering
the paid labor force, especially in seasonal agriculture and the manufacturing sector, more training programs are
needed to target their specific needs and prepare them for entry into the formal workforce. Poverty reduction and
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The population of Jordan is 80 percent urban, with a majority of the population concentrated in the urban densely
populated areas of Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid. Poverty rates are generally higher in rural areas (19 percent) than in
urban areas (12 percent), and an increasing number of poor rural households are abandoning agriculture and
livestock as a livelihood strategy and moving to urban areas.7
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population is under the age of 30, with 42 percent under the age of 14. According to the Jordanian National
Child Labor Household Survey Report, 97 percent of school-aged children (6-15 years) attend school, although the
rate of attendance among older children is significantly lower at 83 percent. Less than one percent of children
between the ages of 10-17 years have attended skills training programs, and the enrollment of students in
secondary vocational education declined from 18 percent in 2000 to 12 percent in 2005.
The Government of Jordan has made efforts over the last thirty years to improve human development indicators
and reform its education system to produce and sustain a more modern, globalized economy. The Government has
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World Bank, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Poverty Update, 2009, Volume I, page 1; available from http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/11/19/000333038_20091119234547/Rendered/PDF/
479510ESW0v10P1C0disclosed011118191.pdf.
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World Bank, Project Appraisal Document on a Proposed Loan in the Amount of US$60 Million to the Hashemite Kingdom
of Jordan for a Second Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy Project, April 2009, page 1; available from
http://wwwwds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2009/05/04/000333038_20090504003729/Rendered/PDF/
468240PAD0P105101Official0Use0Only1.pdf.
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Higher Council for Youth, National Youth Strategy for Jordan 2005- 2009, December
2004, page 6; available from
http://www.jedco.gov.jo/joomla/images/international_reports/Jordan%20National%20Youth%20Strategy%202005-2009.pdf.
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The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Higher Council for Youth, National Youth Strategy for Jordan 2005- 2009, December
2004, page 6; available from
http://www.jedco.gov.jo/joomla/images/international_reports/Jordan%20National%20Youth%20Strategy%202005-2009.pdf.
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January 22 2010, page 3; available from http://www.equip123.net/docs/E1-ActiveLearningPedagogy-Jordan.pdf.

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spent more than 25 percent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on education, health, pensions and social safety
nets, and has incorporated the elimination of child labor as part of its broader aim to create a modern workforce. 9
Jordan has achieved 90 percent gender parity in literacy and full parity in primary and secondary enrollment,
boasting the highest rates for literacy in the Arab World.10 However, a gender gap remains, two-thirds of all
illiterate Jordanians are women.11
To combat child labor, the Government of Jordan has developed a policy framework that includes the National
Policy and Programme Framework for the Elimination of Child Labour in Jordan (2006-2015). This document,
drafted by the Ministry of Labor in consultation with ILO and other stakeholders, is the main policy framework for
actions to eliminate the worst forms of child labor. The Government of Jordan has begun to take steps to
operationalize this framework.
The Jordanian National Plan of Action (NPA) for Children 2004-2013 includes objectives to rehabilitate and
reintegrate working children; conduct research studies, particularly on the worst forms of child labor; offer
alternatives for increasing the income of families whose children work; develop national legislation in harmony
with international conventions on combating child labor; and raise awareness of child labor issues.12 While NPA
includes child labor, it focuses on children in general and its main emphasis is to promote the drafting and approval
of a law to protect the rights of children. To date, NPA has had limited progress towards completing its intended
objectives.
The Government of Jordan's National Agenda is the country's 2006-2015 plan to guarantee social welfare, the
creation of income generating opportunities, and the improvement of standards of living for all Jordanians. The
Agenda specifically addresses issues related to child labor such as education and training and employment
promotion.13
To guide actions on education, the government drafted the Second Education Reform for the Knowledge Economy
2009-2015 (ERfKE) II, a World Bank-supported program that is the second phase of a 10-year education reform
program.14 Relevant areas of focus in this program include early childhood education (in poor rural and urban
areas), vocational education, and the improvement of physical learning environments. The vocational education
component focuses on the restructuring of the vocational education system in Jordan, such as the Ministry of
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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
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the following terms: exploitative child labor, worst forms of child labor, and hazardous work for children. A visual
presentation of the categories of child labor is available at http://www.dol.gov/ilab/grants/bkgrd.htm.

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National Plan of Action for Children (2004-2013), 2004; available from http://www.unicef.org/jordan/resources_809.html.
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2006-2015, National Agenda: The Jordan We Strive For. See National
http://www.nationalagenda.jo/Portals/0/EnglishBooklet.pdf
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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.
In Jordan, USDOL funds a 4- year, $4 million project, which operates in 39 formal public schools in eight
governorates. The project provides non-formal educational services to working and at-risk children, trains teachers
and labor inspectors, and works closely with community based organizations. In addition, USDOL funded a linked
data collection survey to the Jordanian Department of Statistics to support effective interventions against child
labor. Between 2002 and 2007, USDOL funded an initiative that provided technical assistance to the Government
of Jordan in developing its policy framework to combat child labor. More information on technical cooperation in
Jordan is available at: http://www.dol.gov/ilab/map/countries/Jordan.htm.
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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 Jordan 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;
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 extent of understanding of the
Scope of Work and its Relationsh
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A. Scope of Work and Relationship to USDOL Five Goals
Applicants must present a strategy to eliminate exploitative child labor, targeting children working in sectors and
geographic areas where the highest prevalence of exploitative child labor exists. This will include sectors such as
agriculture, trades, domestic work, construction, and commercial sexual exploitation, and geographic areas
identified through the MoPIC’
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other credible sources, including the governorates of Maan, Mafraq, Tafiela, and Ajlun, and the more densely

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populated areas of Amman, Zarqa, and Irbid. Applicants 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 child labor in selected 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 Jordan and the communities where project interventions would be carried out, as well
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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 objective. In addressing USDOL’
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of Jordan, Applicants should give priority to supporting the Government of Jordan’
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quality of vocational training and employment linkage services, making them more accessible to disadvantaged
children of legal working age and adults. Applicants should also focus on strengthening the capacity of national
institutions to identify needs of target populations and provide them with the necessary social services to improve
their livelihoods.
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 Jordan as part of an overall strategy to significantly reduce the prevalence of exploitative
child labor in rural and urban areas in Jordan. When designing the project strategy, Applicants must identify 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 that supports c
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access to education and training opportunities and that promote improved livelihoods of their households, in order
to:
1. Reduce from exploitative child labor (as defined by Jordan and ILO standards and related
recommendations) and other work that violates minimum age laws and/or other child labor laws in Jordan;
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
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education, vocational or skills training, formal education, or transitioning children from nonformal education into
the formal education system, for more information see Appendix A.
Applicants, in consultation with the Government of Jordan, must propose a strategy that complements ongoing
efforts to promote education in Jordan as part of an overall strategy aimed at eliminating exploitative child labor in
Jordan. Efforts may include strengthening existing education and/or other training programs. Where appropriate,
applicants should consider replicating, enhancing or extending successful models to serve a greater number of
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policies and programs addressing the root causes of child labor, including poverty reduction, especially those
specific to the geographic area(s) to be targeted by the project.

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In addition, Applicants should also address issues such as the cause(s) of lower rates of school enrollment or dropouts, particularly at the secondary education-level; and the availability of and access to: existing education and
training programs in the target geographic area(s), social protection programs and services, and the quality of such
programs. Applicants may propose other project interventions, such as working with the appropriate provincial
government offices, in support of the Go
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quality of basic education is improved in both formal and non-formal school curricula to possibly include:
 Child-friendly, gender-sensitive, and child labor training for teachers to ensure that they are
responsive to the needs of current and former child laborers entering/returning to school;
 Measures geared towards reducing indirect school expenses;
 The promotion of critical thinking, problem-solving and other knowledge economy skills;
 The integration of life skills-based education and resources;
 Modules on entrepreneurism, productivity, and rights and responsibilities;
 Accredited non-formal education programs that ensure enrollment in formal schools;
 Vocational and skills training programs; and
 Links with the private sector in which companies drive vocational training programs and absorb
trainees of legal working age.
Applicants should develop strategies to increase the perceived relevance among children, their families, and their
communities of education and/or training programs for children engaged in, or at risk of entering, exploitative
child labor. To the extent that cultural traditions and norms impact decisions about schooling, Applicants must
show how their programs would be sensitive and responsive to these traditions, particularly as 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 will be affected by the project design and how it relates to the school calendar
of Jordan. However, USDOL encourage Applicants to provide, including direct educational services and training,
to as many beneficiaries as possible, within the first year of the project. Applicants are encouraged to propose the
use of e-learning to assist children, especially in urban areas.
Applicants targeting older children or youth of legal working age, particularly children ages 16 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, latrines, and
wells), which will be sponsored by and/or associated with the Applicant, its subgrantees and/or its subcontractors,
are safe and pose no threat to the mental or physical well-be
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should assess learning environments in target areas and propose to allocate appropriate resources in their budgets
to ensure safe and healthy learning environments at sites where direct beneficiaries will receive project services.
Improvements to the infrastructure of schools and other project service provision centers may include the
construction of latrines and the digging of wells. 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 school 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.

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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
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nexploitative labor. Some examples of such interventions might include
improvements to the productivity and profitability of small businesses and family farms, including through
activities improving the relevance of education, providing technical skills, organizing cooperatives, associations,
and/or circles), alternative and additional livelihood opportunities for 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.
Applicants must propose services that address household sustainable livelihoods, including those that provide an
extra incentive to choose schooling over child labor, and that are expected to help eliminate exploitative child
labor. Some examples of household interventions might be increased access to:
 Nonformal education, particularly access to functional literacy programs such as: ERfKE I and II and
microfinance organizations for the creation of small enterprises and microcredit opportunities for the
working poor through organizations including: Ahli Microfinance Company, the Microfund for Women,
Community Housing Fund (CHF International), the Jordan Micro Credit Company;
 Community-owned co-op enterprises;
 Vocational and skills development and training for better employment opportunities, such as those offered
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 National social protection and cash assistance programs, such as: financial support from the National
Assistance Fund (including cash transfers conditional upon school attendance and health checks); the
school feeding program, the food rations program, and free health care.
Examples of additional national strategies that address issues of poverty alleviation and sustainable livelihoods in
Jordan are:
 The Jordan Poverty Alleviation Strategy, created in 2002, which develops a framework to improve
education, health, and employment opportunities for the poor with a special focus on expanding the
National Assistance Fund to extend its reach to greater numbers of vulnerable households, encourage work
and support working families;
 The National Strategy for Microfinance (2005), which out
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private sector's role as the main provider of microfinance services;
 The National Strategy for Agricultural Development 2002-2010, which aims to diversify and improve rural
livelihoods by strengthening the rural population's access to technology and resources;
 The Development Employment Fund (DEF), which is a government lending institution that offers credit as
well as insurance, capacity building, and technical training to entrepreneurs and microfinance institutions
(MFIs). Thirty percent of the DEF's funds go to borrowers in rural areas. The DEF also provides direct
loans to individuals, a maximum of $2100 per borrower, as well as group loans;
 The Higher Council for Youth, which is responsible for setting the national policy for youth and setting
plans and programs, such as licensing youth clubs, establishing youth centers, proposing youth-related
legislation for youth ages 12-24 years. The Council operates through local directorates for youth and
youth centers; and
 The Enhanced Productivity Program, which is a Government initiative to enhance productivity and
alleviate poverty and unemployment for rural and disadvantaged persons and to increase access to
opportunities in the governorates for sustainable enterprise development and community and infrastructure
development.
Applicants proposing to create new service programs must describe their strategy for securing the government
commitment and ownership to ensure that such services will continue beyond the life of the project.

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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 after award in
coordination with the USDOL-funded external evaluation contractor (See Section III A).
2. Strengthening Policies and Capacity on Child Labor, Education, and Sustainable Livelihoods
USDOL considers strengthening country capacity to combat exploitative child labor and promote quality education
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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 Jordanian
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 children formerly
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performance; and promoting sustainable livelihoods. To the extent feasible, projects should work with the
Government of Jordan towards the elimination of the costs associated with schooling, which often create a barrier
to education in Jordan. 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. Applicants are encouraged to partner with business to create new
jobs, provide seed capital for youth to start their own business, including working with religious organizations to
do so.
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education laws and propose creative ideas that address the nexus between better law enforcement, the reduction of
exploitative child labor, and the improvement of educational opportunities and the promotion of sustainable
livelihoods for children and households. Improved country capacity in Jordan may be demonstrated through
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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, 4) establishment or improvement of a child labor monitoring system (CLMS).
Projects funded under this solicitation must also strengthen the capacity of local and national institutions to combat
child labor, promote access to and improve quality of basic education, ensure that the national education system is
responsive to the needs of children formerly engaged in exploitative child labor and actively supports their school
entry/return, and regular attendance, and support. Where applicable, and to the extent feasible, Applicants should
also consider proposing to work with the Jordanian Government to:
 Streamline and coordinate multiple strategies and action plans that have objectives to combat
exploitative child labor;
 Eliminate direct or indirect school fees that create a barrier to education; and
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 selected areas
in Jordan, 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 sustained impact on key
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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.

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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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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; 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 Jordan. Small-scale research studies should be conducted to increase the
knowledge base on child la
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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 Jordan. Applicants should consider
engaging local research organizations, especially universities and think tanks to design and conduct the proposed
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including data sets and reports, endure beyond the life of the project.
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Applicants should consider conducting small-scale research studies on specific aspects of exploitative child labor
in Jordan, but also on the unconditional worst forms of child labor if relevant, considering the dearth of systematic
and reliable data available on these forms. If small-scale research studies are conducted during the period of
performance, USDOL expects Applicants to use innovative ways of disseminating the findings and use this
information to raise awareness, enhance the quality of services provided to direct beneficiaries, and formulate
targeted and coordinated responses to exploitative child labor in Jordan.
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. Independent of this solicitation, USDOL
will award a contract to a private entity to work with the grantee to carry out a baseline survey and evaluation
services. Applicants should note that, post-award, they will be required to work in collaboration with the USDOLfunded external contractor to develop a monitoring and evaluation plan, which will be based on the outcomes of a
needs assessment and baseline survey. Applicants must include a line item in their budgets for Monitoring and
Evaluation and Data Collection of at least five percent of their total budget (See Section III.F. for information
about budget requirements.)
b. Development of a Monitoring and Evaluation Plan and Grantee and Contractor Responsibilities
During the first six months of the project, Applicants are expected to collaborate with a USDOL-funded 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 and how baseline data will be collected. The
M&E Plan will clearly outline the roles and responsibilities of the Grantee and the USDOL-funded external
contractor in creating monitoring systems and the design and implementation of evaluations. Additionally, the
M&E Plan will describe methods for data storage, processing, analysis, and reporting.

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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 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.
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 c
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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 assure continuous quality
improvements.
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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 track the educational and livelihood services that project beneficiaries are
receiving. Applicants will be expected to 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) within the M&E plan. 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. Please also see section III.F.1.b. for more information
on the allocation of funds for monitoring.
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, projects 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 Jordan. Issues of sustainability should be incorporated at all stages of a
project; including design, staffing, implementation, and evaluation. For USDOL, sustainability in Jordan 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 Jordan as a means to promote
the sustainability efforts to combat exploitative child labor beyond the life of the project. Appl
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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 Jordan, including national and/or local government
ministries, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based, faith-based, rural, refugee, and/or
urban 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 Jordan, 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 CHF International.
If appropriate, Applicants should consider working with local stakeholders to develop a sustainable CLMS,
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1. Beneficiaries
Based on a needs assessment, Applicants must present a clear indication of the defining characteristics and specific
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entering exploitative child labor; and 3) households to receive livelihood services that will help make them less
reliant on child labor to meet basic needs. The target populations must be classified in two ways, children and
households. Children receiving project services must be under the age of 18 years, and either engaged in
exploitative labor or at high-risk of becoming engaged in such activities. An overall assessment of each child will
determine the most appropriate type of educational service to be provided. Applicants must provide an initial set
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Applicants targeting children 12 to 15 or younger should propose strategies for withdrawal or prevention of
children from exploitative labor. In addition to such withdrawal and prevention strategies, Applicants targeting
older children or youth, particularly children ages 16 to 17 years, should also consider occupational safety and
health interventions, as a means for reducing exploitative child labor and transitioning children into safe,
acceptable work.
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

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exposure to other risks, such as food insecurity, inability to meet basic needs, poor health and limited access to
healthcare. In addition, Applicants must propose to target children and households in one or more of the following
geographic areas where exploitative child labor or extreme poverty that puts children at high-risk of becoming
engaged in exploitative labor is most prevalent. These areas include rural and urban or semi-urban areas, the
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described in findings from the National Child Labor Survey and information from other USDOL-funded projects,
including projects with ILO-IPEC and CHF International. Such areas may include, but are not limited to, areas of
the poorest governorates such as Maan, Mafraq, Tafiela and Ajlun and areas in highly-populated areas such as
Amman, Zarqa and Irbid.
Where relevant, applicants should make special efforts to include:
 Poor/marginalized populations, including migrant families;
 Children, particularly girls, whose work may not have been captured in the National Child Labor Survey
given its hidden nature (i.e., domestic work, commercial sexual exploitation, and seasonal agriculture);
and
 Children working in tourist areas.

C. Technical Proposal Requirements
All proposals in response to this solicitation must: (1) demonstrate an understanding of the context for exploitative
child labor in Jordan; (2) 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; (3) define the target
populations for the project and livelihood strategies to support their households; and (4) demonstrate specifically
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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 geographic areas of intervention. Applicants should
make a clear and logical link between the gaps and realities that exist in the targeted geographic areas. Applicants
must also demonstrate a solid understanding of child labor in Jordan, including:
 The root causes of exploitative child labor in Jordan and how they may vary by proposed target geographic
areas (i.e., rural, urban, semi-urban) and by work sectors (i.e., small and informal business, trades,
agriculture, construction, street work, etc.);
 The existing national and ILO definitions of child labor in targeted sectors, including existing gaps and
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hours worked, working conditions/environment, school attendance or lack thereof, etc.;
 General demographic details of family, including size, social/economic status, social, economic and other
services available or received (such as cash or other forms of assistance/subsidies from government or
non-governmental programs), work performed by other family members, etc.;
 Alternative/sustainable livelihood gaps and opportunities available to children (of legal working age) and
their families (households) in targeted geographic areas;
 The accessibility of basic education (primary, secondary and vocational/skills training) for targeted
children in specified geographic areas, including for children who have been out of school for more than 3
years;
 The quality (including relevance) of the education available to targeted children (and gaps) in specified
geographic areas; and
 Existing and operational programs and services, provided either by national or local governments, or in
collaboration with other entities, aimed to help vulnerable children and their families in targeted areas, or,
remaining gaps/needs in service provision.
In order to enhance sustainability, Applicants must design projects that will complement existing efforts to combat
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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 required 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 to consult and collaborate with entities including:
 The Ministry of Labor and its:

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 Child Labor Unit, which heads the National Committee to Combat Child Labor
responsible for coordinating 13 governmental agencies and NGOs to combat child labor;
 Labor inspectorate, with its 10 labor inspectors appointed as regional leads, which
monitors and enforces child labor; and
 Public/private partnerships, which includes a child labor surveillance team that consists of
a union of inspectors and local organizations that work together in 8 governorates to
identify child labor violations.
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The Ministerial Committee on Trafficking, which coordinates all government anti-trafficking efforts
The Higher Council of Youth, (which replaced the Ministry of Youth), which has organized a
technical committee that represents all Governmental and non-Governmental sectors and relevant
international organizations.
ILO Project to Combat Forced Labor and Trafficking, which ended in August 2010. This initiative
sought to strengthen law enforcement in Jordan including identifying, investigating and prosecuting
human trafficking and forced labor offences and raising awareness about trafficking.
Better Work Jordan, which includes the promotion of core ILO Fundamental principles; social
dialogue amongst all relevant stakeholders; and training and assistance to strengthen the capacity of
the labor inspectorate.

Applicants are also expected to work with other key stakeholders and organizations working to address child labor
and its root causes including international organizations; NGOs; universities and think tanks, national
steering/advisory committees on child labor and education; faith and community development associations; trade
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their 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
CHF International child labor elimination project to combat exploitative child labor. Applicants must seek to
connect the poorest families with available pension benefits and services from governmental and nongovernmental
sources in their communities and appropriate apprenticeship opportunities, and support other recommendations
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relevant U.S. Government agencies, such the U.S. Department of State (USDOS) and the U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID), and relevant activities such as support for family-centered social services,
water, education, health services, and support to youth.

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D. Eligible Applicants
Any commercial, international, educational, or non-profit organization(s), including any faith-based, communitybased, or public international organization(s) capable of successfully combating 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 is not a bar to eligibility or
selection under this solicitation.
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 Jordan— 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-e
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terminate the award if deemed appropriate. The Government of Jordan must 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 (See Section V.C.); 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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digit numbers used to identify businesses. Applicants must include their unexpired Dun and Bradstreet/ 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
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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 1-888-227-2423.
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.
2. Requirements for Application Responsiveness
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considered non-responsive and will be rejected for any one of the following reasons:
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, $ 4 million for Jordan;
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 10-10. In order to view the application
package and submit applications on Grants.gov, Applicants will need Pure Edge Viewer software, which can be
downloaded free 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 accessed on
Grants.gov a
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submitted by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) on November 5, 2010 via Grants.gov or hardcopy.
Submission instructions can be found in section III.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 application to
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in cases where Applicants, 1) propose Cost Sharing (See III.F.1.e.); 2) are proposing to use subgrantees or
subcontractors. Applicants should pay close attention to instructions concerning these documents, in order to
ensure that their application package contains all the documents required for their particular situation.
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Applicants should number all pages of the application. All parts of the application must be written in English.
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not be considered. Any required or additional supporting documents submitted in languages other than English
may not be considered.
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the proposed project in accordance with the provisions of this solicitation. The cost proposal must contain the SF424 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 A. 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 sample Outputs-Based Budget are
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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
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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

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pertinent to project implementation and monitor, report on, and evaluate programs and activities; and 3) to finance
appropriate in-country and international travel, including required meetings with USDOL.
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. 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.2.
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or foreign government-mandated salary scale or benefits revisions; and 3) exchange rate fluctuations. However,
USDOL also recognizes that certain extraordinary and unforeseen circumstances may arise and result in a need for
exceptions to these uses of contingency provision funds and a need for budget modifications or time extensions.
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expenses in their Budget Narrative. Housing costs, housing allowances, and/or personal living expenses (e.g.,
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submitted with the application must include all necessary and sufficient funds, without reliance on 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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(NICRA) or 2) a Certificate of Direct Costs, if no indirect costs are claimed.

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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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costs in the amount of the committed in-kind contributions.
f. Equal Opportunity Survey (optional)
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must respond to all of the requirements outlined in the section III, including the scope of work and relationship to
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sfive goals, target population, and Technical Proposal requirements sections. Applicants must note that
following award, selected organizations will be required to work with the USDOL-funded external evaluation
contractor.
The Technical Proposal must contain all of the documents outlined below in section III.C. (as well as in Appendix
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a. Executive Summary
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 Project title;
 Name of the Applicant;
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 Summary of the proposed project design and key project activities;
 Funding amount requested from USDOL (up to $ 4 million); and
 Total dollar value of matching funds, in-kind contributions, and other forms of cost sharing being proposed
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1. Background and Justification
This section must identify the geographic area(s) and sector(s) of work being targeted by the Applicant and provide
a justification for these choice
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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.
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)
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,

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employment generation, alternative/additional income generation, and 5) promote sustainability. Annex C of the
Technical Proposal must include information on the Applicants, subgrantees, and subcontractors, if applicable,
previous and current grants, cooperative agreements, and/or contracts funded by USDOL, other Federal agencies,
and other donors, including the Government of Jordan.
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activities in Jordan prior to signing a cooperative agreement. Applicants should also discuss their ability to work
directly with government and NGOs, including local organizations and community-based organizations (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 Jordan.
Fiscal Oversight
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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.
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

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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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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, and knowledge of GPRA. 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 Jordan. 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 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 for the project. With the
goals of utilizing existing expertise and enhancing local capacity in Jordan 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 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, résumés and personn
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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.

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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
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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

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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;
 Salary information for at least the last 5 years of employment to the present;
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Applicant and the host government and/or letters of support for the proposed project from the national and/or local
government of Jordan.
Annex G: Audit Report(s)
Annex G must contain the audit report(s) of the Applicant and any proposed subgrantees and/or subcontractors (as
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3) the most recent single audit report for all proposed 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 for-profit 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.
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 24, 2010. Applicants electing to submit hard copies must submit one (1) blue inksigned 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 10-10. 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
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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 postal clerk place a
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The only acceptable evidence to establish the time of receipt at USDOL is the date/time stamp of the 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.
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
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event of issues with opening. In such cases, the non-conforming application will not be considered for funding.
To avoid unexpected delays that could result in the rejection of an application, Applicants should immediately
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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 applicat
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event of issues with opening. In such cases, the nonconforming application will not be considered for funding.

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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. The
Contact Center is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. 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 USDOL-funded
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accordance with the provisions outlined below in sections III.H.1. through III.H.2. If any 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.
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 ensure direct
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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
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contributions, or other forms of cost sharing from communities and local organizations when proposing
construction activities.
4. Housing and Personal Living Expenses
USDOL funds may only be used to pay for housing costs, housing allowances, and personal living expenses (e.g.,
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necessary for the performance of the project and 2) receive prior approval from USDOL. In accordance with
federal cost principles, housing and personal living expenses may not be counted as fringe benefits or indirect
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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
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, State, or
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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 Federallysponsored 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;
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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
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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 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 and 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 consequences to, their project standing. For
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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 by USDOL under this
solicitation must check 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.

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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 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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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 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
Jordan.
 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 outlined in the
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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 Jordan. 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 urban and rural areas.
Proposals that engage partnerships with local research organizations, especially universities and think tanks to

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design,c
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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 Jordan 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)
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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 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, microsavings, 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 Jordan 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 Capacity
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improved country capacity;
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
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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
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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 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 Jordan.
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
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proposal and/or award of Federal funds does not waive any cooperative agreement requirements and/or procedures.

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V. AWARD ADMINISTRATION INFORMATION
A. Award Notices
The Grant Officer will notify Applicants of designation results as follows:
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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 conduct
project-s
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audits/engagements that Grantees are required to arrange. Grantees schedule
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contractor will be notified approximately 2 to 4 weeks prior to the start of the engagement.
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 timeframe of the USDOL-funded
project to their assigned USDOL Grant Of
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submitted to the Federal Audit Clearinghouse.
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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1) compliance with USDOL regulations and the provisions of the cooperative agreement and 2) the
accuracy and reliability of the Gr
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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:

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 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,
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 (Non-procurement).
 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.
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.d. 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 Logical Framework and Sustainability Matrix and Work
Plan (see Appendix A for more information on these deliverables). If the Grantee proposes to issue subgrants or

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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
nnua
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Report that provides information on total allocations, expenditures, commitment of 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. 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 standalone 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 10-10) must be sent in writing to Georgiette Nkpa, U.S.
De
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-mail (e-mail address: [email protected]) no
later than October 20, 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 received by e-mail will be posted on
USDOL/
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publication. A general list of frequently asked quest
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FAQs
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http://www.dol.gov/ILAB/grants/bkgrd.htm.

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

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in hard copy by mail or via Grants.gov in accordance with the instructions outlined in section IV.C 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, information submitted in the
r
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po
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sa
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dto be confidential.
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 6 of October, 2010.

James Kinslow
Grant Officer

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Appendix A: Definitions
“
Acceptable work,
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who are of legal working age, in accordance with national legislation and international standards, namely ILO
Conventions 182 and 138; non-hazardous; non-exploitative; and does not prevent a child from receiving the full
be
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htwor
k that is compatible
with national minimum age legislation and education laws.
“A hi
gh-r
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k”refers to a set of conditions and/or circumstances under which a child lives or to which s/he is
e
xpos
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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 child-headed 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
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.
“Chi
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abor
”should, for the purposes of this solicitation, be considered synonymous with the term “e
x
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”
“Chi
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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
exploitative work;
o It verifies whether the children have actually been removed and/or shifted from exploitative 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
ome
t
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sa
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s
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)a
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children prevented from entering exploitative child labor”(
s
ome
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p
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)a
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e mut
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or
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s
—the project can consider a child as either
“
wi
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”or“
pr
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”f
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a
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In order for children to bec
oun
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withdrawn from exploitative child labor,
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c
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,t
hr
ough its DBMS, that:

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1. The child was found to be working in one of the unconditional worst forms of child labor (as outlined in
Article 3(a)–(
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removed from that work, which is required under ILO Convention 182; OR
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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 190) or exploitative labor that impeded his/her education (ILO Convention 138)
but
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(i.e., acceptable work); AND
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Note: USDOL would like to stress to Applicants the importance of understanding the two-fold nature of the term
“
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wi
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”whe
n
s/he is fully removed from that work. In other words, no improvements in the working 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 children who are engaged in
“
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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 Jordan. 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 c
hi
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df
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hi
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xa
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,a child who attends a USDOL-supported non-formal education program in
the morning and works under hazardous conditions in mining during the afternoon and evening may not be
c
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r
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om e
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intervention, the child is now enrolled in school but continues to work in a worst form of child labor, then that
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Children prevented from entering exploitative child labor”a
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hlabor. Children may only be counted
a
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”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 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.
“
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r
echildren who, as a result of a USDOL-f
unde
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tAND pr
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with a direct educational service. For the purposes of this solicitation, direct beneficiaries may only include
i
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a
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swhoa
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meofe
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s
”
)
.

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“Di
r
e
c
tbe
ne
f
i
c
i
ar
ymoni
t
or
i
ngs
ys
t
e
m”[see section III.A. e. 4]
“
Direct educational services”ma
yi
nv
ol
v
ee
i
t
he
roft
h
ef
o
l
l
owi
ng
:
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
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i
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s
’s
p
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c
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f
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cne
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s
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si
nt
he
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re
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lment in at least one of the four categories of
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 Jordan; 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 curriculum, or the provision of
classroom cha
l
k
boa
r
dsa
r
enotc
on
s
i
d
e
r
e
d“
di
r
e
c
te
d
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a
t
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ona
ls
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v
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s
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sd
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f
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ne
da
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see d
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pr
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)
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a
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s
”a
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direct service
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c
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.
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abor
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sc
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s
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s
tf
or
msofc
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i
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dl
a
b
or
”a
sout
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ne
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nI
LO Conv
e
nt
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o
n182
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 education or impedes a
c
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LO Conv
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t
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children within a particular age rang
es
ha
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pa
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udi
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hool
,
their participation in vocational orientation or training programs approved by the competent authority or their
capacity to benefit from the instruction received.
“Ha
z
ar
douswor
k”.The worst forms of child labor referred to in Article 3(d) of Convention 182 are known as
“
hazardous work.
”Ac
c
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di
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LOConv
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on18
2,ha
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regulations or by the competent authority, after consultation with the organizations of employers and workers
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onc
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d,t
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k
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r
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ds
.…” Ast
hi
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t
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.ILO Recommendation 190,
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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 where
t
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di
sun
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mi
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on190g
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,“
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3(d) of the Convention and Paragraph 3 above, national laws or regulations or the competent authority could, after
c
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onwi
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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 voca
t
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on
a
lt
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a
i
n
i
ngi
nt
her
e
l
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v
a
ntbr
a
nc
ho
fa
c
t
i
v
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y
.
”
“
Indirect beneficiaries”a
r
ei
n
di
v
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dua
l
swhoma
ybe
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f
i
tf
r
om “
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s
”a
n
d/
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rpr
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dbyt
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ona
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.
” Suc
hi
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di
v
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dua
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s
would not qualify as direct beneficiaries.
“
Key stakeholders”c
a
ni
nc
l
ud
e
,buta
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eno
tl
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mi
t
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dt
o:pa
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,c
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mmuni
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s
,na
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y
makers, and key opinion leaders.
“Li
ve
l
i
hoo
d”is defined as a means of living, and the capabilities, assets (including both material and social
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 long-lasting 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)
“
Other direct services”a
r
es
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c
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s
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t
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n
a
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r
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s
,
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c
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on o
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d di
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c
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’
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r
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c
t
be
ne
f
i
c
i
a
r
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s
. Somee
xa
mpl
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sof“
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rdi
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c
ts
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r
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s
”wo
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r
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c
hoo
l
breaks; and psychosocial counseling or medical care (e.g., for children withdrawn from commercial sexual
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 services
t
of
a
c
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st
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a
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ngpr
ogram into acceptable work. If the project
pr
ov
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de
sc
hi
l
dr
e
nwi
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honeormor
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ot
h
e
rd
i
r
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c
ts
e
r
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i
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s
”bu
tdoe
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r
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i
det
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m wi
t
ha“
d
i
r
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c
te
duc
a
t
i
on
a
l
s
e
r
v
i
c
e
,
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nt
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tc
a
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dr
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na
s“
di
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tb
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ne
f
i
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i
a
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s
.
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v
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r
,s
uc
hc
h
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ldren may be
c
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r
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d“
i
nd
i
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c
tbe
ne
f
i
c
i
a
r
i
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s
.
”
“
Other project interventions”a
r
es
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r
v
i
c
e
st
ha
tbe
n
e
f
i
tc
hi
l
dr
e
na
ndt
he
i
rf
a
mi
l
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s
,bu
tdono
tqu
a
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se
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t
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r
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di
r
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c
te
du
c
a
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a
ls
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r
v
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s
”or“
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e
rd
i
r
e
c
ts
e
r
v
i
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e
s
.
” Exa
mpl
e
sof“
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rp
r
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c
ti
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t
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r
v
e
nt
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ns
”i
nc
l
udes
uc
h
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

SGA 10-10

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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
t
he
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,
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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
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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. Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants (Optional)
Note: The SF-424 Supplemental Key Contacts Information Form, SF-424 Application for Federal Assistance, SF424A Budget Information, Indirect Cost Information Form, Survey on Ensuring Equal Opportunity for Applicants,
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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
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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
7. Cost Sharing (Optional)

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