Showing posts with label TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. Show all posts

Thursday, January 2, 2014

LABOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCES AWARD TO PROMOTE GENDER EQUALITY IN MOROCCO

FROM:  LABOR DEPARTMENT 

Nearly $1M awarded by US Labor Department to promote workplace gender equality in the Kingdom of Morocco

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs today announced a $998,384 grant award to promote gender equality in the workplace in the Kingdom of Morocco. The grant provides funding for a project that will be implemented through a cooperative agreement between the department and Management Systems International.

The project will be implemented in collaboration with the private sector, civil society organizations and the Government of Morocco to empower women through increased recognition, promotion and enforcement of their labor rights.

"Respecting the labor rights of working women and promoting gender equality in the workplace supports sustainable and inclusive economic growth and development," said Deputy Undersecretary of Labor for International Affairs Carol Pier. "This grant will provide technical assistance to support stakeholders' efforts on these critically important issues."

Since 1995, ILAB has funded technical assistance projects to improve worker rights, livelihoods and labor law compliance. ILAB's Office of Trade and Labor Affairs currently oversees approximately $76 million in active programming to provide such technical assistance in more than 72 countries.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

DOE ANNOUNCES $4.6 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR RESEARCH TO MAKES LIVES BETTER FOR DISABLED

FROM:  U.S. EDUCATION DEPARTMENT 
$4.6 Million in Grants Awarded for Research Projects Aimed at Helping Improve Lives of People with Disabilities

OCTOBER 21, 2013

The U.S. Department of Education announced today the award of more than $4.6 million in grants to five institutions for research projects aimed at helping improve the lives of people with disabilities. The grant money was disbursed before the recent government shutdown and was not affected by the temporary lapse in funding.

"Through these projects, we hope to conduct research, develop projects and provide technical assistance and training – all aimed at helping better the lives of individuals with disabilities," said U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan. "All of these efforts are intended to fulfill the goal of inclusion, integration, employment and self-sufficiency for people with disabilities."

The grants are being awarded under the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers (RERC) Program. The recipients will conduct programs of advanced research of an engineering or technical nature designed to apply technology, scientific achievement and psychological and social knowledge to solve rehabilitation problems and remove environmental barriers.

The grants include:

The Board of Regents of the University of Wisconsin System (CFDA 81.133E-4) -- $925,000.

Regents of the University of Michigan (CFDA 81.133E-5) -- $923,442
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) - (CFDA 81.133E-5) -- $924,937
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago (RIC) - (CFDA 81.133E-7) -- $924,939
Carnegie Mellon University - (CFDA 81.133E-8) -- $923,878
In recent years, a variety of products have been created through the RERC program to help people with disabilities, including accessible kiosks, voting booths and ATM machines. The program has also help fund "talking signs" for the blind community and hand-held hearing screening devices to screen for hearing loss in newborns, infants, young children and other difficult to test people.

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