Consolidating and Disseminating Efforts to Combat Forced Labour in Brazil and Peru

The overall purpose of this USDOL Cooperative Agreement is to strengthen efforts to combat forced labor, including forced child labor, in Brazil, and to disseminate and share good practices learned in Brazil with Peru. In Brazil, the Grantee will (1) increase knowledge on forced labor (including national level data on forced labor), (2) strengthen the capacity of selected states and municipalities to implement Brazil’s Second National Plan to Combat Forced Labor and complementary state plans and selected State Level Decent Work Agendas, which address forced labor; (3) build the capacity of Brazil’s National Pact Against Forced Labor to develop and implement sustainable strategies to expand its reach to states and sectors where forced labor is prominent; (4) link victims of forced labor and their households to social and livelihood programs; and (5) develop innovative livelihood interventions for victims of forced labor and those at risk of entering it, including forced child laborers, through public-private partnerships. The Grantee will also support a trilateral partnership involving the governments of the United States, Brazil, and Peru to replicate in Peru some components of Brazil’s comprehensive approach to combat forced labor. Accordingly, the Grantee must implement a project in Brazil and specific activities in Peru, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Activities in Peru will be further delineated after award based on additional consultations between the Grantor and Grantee.

Project symbol

RLA/12/09/USA

Admin unit

CO-Brasilia

Start date

27/12/2012

End date

31/12/2018

Total allocation

6165865

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

6020150

Development Partners

USA, Department of Labor, Bureau for International Labor Affairs

Country/Countries

Brazil

Outcomes

Protection of workers from unacceptable forms of work