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05DHAKA279
2005-01-24 08:35:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Dhaka
Cable title:  

GTIP ESF PROPOSAL

Tags:  PHUM KCRM BG 
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 DHAKA 000279

SIPDIS

INL/CTR

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PHUM KCRM BG
SUBJECT: GTIP ESF PROPOSAL

REF: 04 SECSTATE 264633

Embassy Dhaka is pleased to propose the following project:

A) Title: SOUTH ASIAN REGIONAL COUNTER-TRAFFICKING CAPACITY
BUILDING: A PROPOSAL TO CREATE THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN
SECURITY RESOURCE CENTER (WCSRC)-DHAKA.

B)POSSIBLE RECIPIENT ORGANIZATIONS:The Daywalka Foundation
(Daywalka) and The International Organization for Migration
(IOM)

C)DURATION OF PROJECT: Two Years

D)DESCRIPTION:

The creation of a Women and Children Security Resource Center
(WCSRC) to provide reintegration training for victims and as
well as training for local NGO's; training of specialized law
enforcement units in psycho-social services and victim care;
development of a survivors datatbase.

WCSRC- Dhaka
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In partnership with IOM, Daywalka would build on its networks
across South Asia to combat trafficking in persons. A WCSRC
is a key information hub in a regional network to increase
cooperation across South Asia. In Nepal, WCSRC Kathmandu has
created a neutral space for coordination between local and
international NGO,s, Nepali law enforcement and other Nepali
ministries. Based on WCSRC-Kathmandu,s track record in
fiscal 2003-2004, Daywalka partners support broadening their
South Asian regional counter-trafficking network to Kolkata
and Dhaka. Requested funds include capacity building and
operations costs for the center, as well as computer,
literacy and legal rights training of survivors, and library
and information outreach and development.

Also included are computer and legal training for local NGOs.
In cooperation with local IOM staff and other NGOs in
Bangladesh, the new center would encourage victim re-training
and reintegration programs. Small business training
facilities in combination with microfinance would allow
survivors to successfully open their own small businesses in
Bangladesh.

Daywalka would work in partnership with IOM to improve
outreach to victims of trafficking and to raise awareness of
the dangers of trafficking in communities historically
victimized by traffickers.

Bangladesh Women,s Police Outreach
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The BDG has made important but limited strides in the area of
victim protection. Gaps in victim services include limited
legal aid and inadequate psycho-social treatment. In
general, there is insufficient training of police officers
regarding trafficking victim sensitization and support
reaching to all levels of the police. IOM has the expertise

of developing legal enforcement agency training manuals in
use in Bangladesh. IOM and Daywalka would cooperate on
victim reintegration plans and monitoring with both the
police and NGOs. With the development of this office in
Dhaka, anti-trafficking groups could work together to create
additional safe and secure spaces for victims of trafficking.


Survivor Database
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Daywalka and its private full-time attorneys and
investigators have already collected trafficking data, so the
development of an efficient powerful database has begun.
Additional development of communication and information
networking resources is required to realize the full
potential of this project. Daywalka is developing a survivor
database to assess the scope of the problem and centralize
survivor assistance information.

SUSTAINABILITY:
The main method to ensure sustainability is close
collaboration and partnerships with local NGO's already doing
work on anti-trafficking in Bangladesh. Since these projects
intend to work with the already established NGO networks and
focus attention on building up NGO collaboration, knowledge
of local NGO efforts on anti-trafficking would allow the
projects to become integrated and embedded in the established
anti-trafficking infrastructure. Daywalka and IOM personnel
would review the progress of anti-trafficking programs in
consultation with local NGO partners through regular progress
reports, field visits which identify objectives and timelines
for project completion.

IOM Dhaka office can provide support by monitoring the victim
assistance program and training police officials on
psycho-social protection. Programmatic and fiscal monitoring
of this proposed Bangladesh-based WCSRC and its constituent
programs, will be undertaken by IOM. Daywalka would provide
IOM with updates and keep in close contact with its field
officers.

All MOUs Daywalka is expected to enter into with local NGO
partners would require timely submission of local program
reporting and auditing of all expenditures of program funds.
Further, all Daywalka and local sub-grantee activities would
be monitored in-country by Daywalka,s country program
director, whose efforts will be reviewed on a quarterly basis
by their Chief Operations Officer. Daywalka and IOM would
continue to establish and facilitate best practices
trainings, manuals and national and regional workshops to
address trafficking concerns in Bangladesh, with a special
emphasis on victim care and reintegration.


E. JUSTIFICATION:
After consulting with local stakeholders and organizations
invovled in anti-TIP efforts in Bangladesh, it is clear the
biggest gap in current anti-TIP efforts is the area of
protection--specifically, victim care and rehabilitation.
Daywalka's experience and expertise in providing victim
re-training and reintegration programs in their WCSRC's and
pyscho-social counseling and victim support training for
specialized police units would help address this need. Since
the WCSRC's are intended to help coordinate local NGO work
on victim care they will be able to address one of the points
from the TIP long term action plan for Bangladesh: a
mechanism for the BDG to facilitate the utilization and
formal involvement of NGO's that provide legal, medical, and
psychological services to trafficking victims. Daywalka's
work on a survivor datatbase to track and store information
on victims also aligns with another point in the protection
section of TIP long term action plan for Bangladesh: track
and provide information on the number of victims assisted and
the types of assistance they receive.


F. PERFORMANCE INDICATORS:
Performance would be measured in part by further evidence of
collaboration between local groups, and by joint projects and
policy development. Increase in support services would be
qualitatively recorded by interviewing service providers and
recipients. A complete performance monitoring plan would be
submitted by Daywalka and IOM once funding is awarded.


G. EVALUATION PLAN:
Assessment is central to maximize the relevance and benefits
of the WCSRC model. These programs are built around counsel
from prominent research institutions and results-driven
philanthropists to measure impact. IOM's Dhaka office and
Washington would be monitoring the project activities. These
evaluations ensure that the overall program would remain on
schedule and that all of the participating stakeholders know
what to expect and how to best participate to maximize the
Center,s demand and supply-side anti-trafficking responses.


H. BUDGET BREAKOUT:

WCSRC-Dhaka: $158,000.00 (including funding for local
partners ($47,000))
Survivor's Database: $27,000
Bangladesh Women's Police Outreach: $20,000
Monitoring and Assessment: $30,000
Indirect Costs: $63,800
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Total: $299,800
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I. TYPE AND AMOUNT OF HOST GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION:
Daywalka and IOM have worked closely with the Bangladeshi
government and local NGO,s on various counter-trafficking
activities. Host country contribution is expected to be
approximately 25% of the cost of this project or about
$75,000, measured by in kind contributions of staff time,
providing appropriate personnel for training, providing space
and logistical support for meetings, transportation support
for meetings, as well as other types of logistical and
administrative support.


J. PROPOSED FUNDING MECHANISM:
Grant to IOM (ESF Funds)


K. EMBASSY POINT OF CONTACT: Charlene Wang, Human Rights
Officer

THOMAS