Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project Proposals -- Guinea

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 CONAKRY 000483

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR G/TIP - AMY LEMAR-MEREDITH
ALSO FOR VERONICA ZEITLIN

E.O. 12598: N/A
TAGS: ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG GV
SUBJECT: Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project Proposals -- Guinea

REF: State 28157


1. Over the last several months, Guinea has been in a state of
upheaval as a grassroots social movement for change rocked the
country at the highest levels. In March, a consensus government was
appointed. Guinea's cabinet is now entirely comprised of new
ministers and thus new leadership on trafficking in persons (TIP)
issues. In this context, the government of Guinea, with the support
of its NGO partners, has committed to continuing progress on
combating TIP. By focusing on the issues surrounding prevention,
protection, and prosecution, Guinea strengthens inter-ministerial
collaboration and develops partnerships which have been used as the
basis to address some of the country's other pressing concerns.


2. Although many activities in Guinea have been delayed or derailed
by recent events, post received a significant number of proposals
and inquiries on the anti-trafficking in persons projects. In
particular, we were encouraged by the enthusiastic response by the
government and their national NGO partners. In April, an
interagency project selection committee met to review the ten
proposals that were submitted. Many organizations in Guinea have
not developed the experience in drafting proposals for funding by
international partners. While the format of some of the submissions
could be improved, we concluded that the ideas and initiatives at
the foundation of the projects are sound and would provide necessary
mechanisms for Guinea to continue its progress in combating TIP.
Through the selection process, the committee identified three of the
strongest proposals to submit for consideration by G/TIP.

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Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposal Summaries
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3. The following project summaries received the highest ranking
among all of the submissions. Post has forwarded via email the full
proposals listed in this cable to G/TIP Programs Coordinator for AF
Amy LeMar-Meredith.

-- Proposal One

A. Name of the Applicant: World Education

B. Requested Funding Amount: 345,000 USD

C. Project Title: Combating Exploitive Human Trafficking Through
Education and Civic Participation in Guinea (PROTEGE)

D. Project Duration: Two years

E. Proposal Abstract: The PROTEGE Project partners will pilot
education, awareness-raising, and capacity strengthening approaches
to promote application of existing laws to prevent human trafficking
and protect and recover victims. It will focus efforts in two
source, transit and/or destination prefectures: Forecariah and
Kindia. The project will test two models to expand delivery of
essential services through a) government-sponsored Local Child and
Family Protection Councils and b) community-driven Parents
Associations and Friends of the School. The project will emphasize
quality community-driven collection of data on human trafficking and
action research on the causes and consequences of trafficking and
child exploitation to support government efforts to establish a
national database on trafficking and anti-trafficking efforts. The
project will work with the US Department of State to ensure
standardized measures of performance, and it will make efforts to
encourage comparability of results with existing Government of
Guinea interventions in Maritime, Forest and Upper Guinea.

-- Proposal Two

A. Name of the Applicant: Ministry of Social Affairs and the
Condition of Women and Children, National Direction of Preschool
Education and Child Protection

B. Requested Funding Amount: Approximately 206,285 USD (722 million
GNF)

C. Project Title: Supporting the Combat Against Trafficking in
Children in Guinea

D. Project Duration: 18 months

E. Proposal Abstract: This project will build on an existing
network established to protect children in the Forest Region and in
Upper Guinea to enlarge its activities into the areas surrounding
Labe and Kindia in Middle Guinea. The project will facilitate the
care and protection of child victims by providing them basic
services and psychosocial rehabilitation. It will bring NGOs into
the process by training them to serve as plaintiffs on behalf of
trafficking victims in legal proceedings and focus on the
prosecution and punishment of traffickers. The lead implementer of
this project is the office within the Ministry of Social Affairs
that takes the lead on trafficking in persons issues for the
government of Guinea. Through collaboration with other ministries
and the members of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in
Persons, this project will establish 100 local protection committees
in the cities of Mamou, Labe, and Kindia. The members of each of
the local committees will be trained through a three part series
that will focus on 1) protection principles for trafficking victims,
2) national and international legal instruments, and 3) techniques
for psychosocial care. Through consciousness-raising at the most

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grassroots levels, the project will fully implicate communities and
existing social networks in the fight against trafficking.


-- Proposal Three


A. Name of the Applicant: Ministry of Security, Direction General
of Judicial Police, Division of Social Police

B. Requested Funding Amount: Approximately 8,356 USD (29,246,739
GNF)

C. Project Title: Legal Assistance for Child Victims and Minors in
Conflict with the Law

D. Project Duration: 4 months

E. Proposal Abstract: This project is designed as a crisis
intervention to target victims in the aftermath of the recent
violence and political upheaval in Guinea. The Division of the
Social Police, which takes the lead on trafficking issues within the
Ministry of Interior and Security would provide judicial assistance
to child victims of violence and minors in conflict with the law.
By focusing on this group, the project aims to identify potential
and active trafficking victims and provide them with the legal aid
necessary to resolve their individual situations. A key component
of the project is to build mixed teams comprised of representatives
from the police, Ministry of Justice, and NGO partners to
collaborate with interventions in each of Guinea's administrative
regions. By assembling these teams and providing the resources to
collect data and evidence for each case, the project would fill a
void caused by the large-scale destruction of case files and records
caused by looting and violence during the recent general strikes and
state of siege. By providing legal aid upcountry, the project would
provide protection services which do not exist in the current
environment.

MCDONALD