WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) - ANNEXURES

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 PRETORIA 002395 SIPDIS PASS TO STATE/INL FOR DISSELKOEN, SNYDER; G/WID FOR KNOX; AID/AFR FOR ISRALOW, DOBBINS; AID/DCHA FOR AKUMU E.O. 12958: N/A TAGS: PREL PGOV PHUM SF SUBJECT: WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA (2) - ANNEXURES REF: PRETORIA 2378 ¶1. This cable provides annexures to reftel cable, "WJEI IN SOUTH AFRICA: BUILDING ON SUCCESS." -------------- -------------- IV. "FINAL PROGRAM DESIGN" -------------- -------------- ¶2. Per the format requested by the Department, the following sections summarize our conception of the South African WJEI program elements and activities going forward. - Strategic Priorities: assist women victims of sexual offenses; improve SAG capacity to curb violence against women; and build strong relationships with our South African partners in health and social services, law enforcement and the judiciary, and policymaking, leaving them with self-sustaining capabilities. - Potential Challenges: exceedingly high rates of crime, particularly but not only sexual offenses, taxing the capacity of all responders from medical and social workers to police, prosecutors, and judges; very high rates of HIV/AIDS, straining the social fabric and increasing the vulnerability of women and children to rape and sexual assault; limited institutional capacity of a 14-year-old democracy still transitioning from the apartheid era coping with shortages of skills and human capital; and competing funding priorities in a nation seeking to redress vast economic and social inequalities. -------------- Links to PEPFAR -------------- ¶3. Since there is a high correlation between HIV infection and sexual violence including rape, the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) supports Thuthuzela Care Centers (TCCs) with funding. In FY'06, PEPFAR provided assistance to SOCA to undertake an audit of the ten existing TCCs to ensure that in providing treatment to rape victims they comply with protocols, guidelines and regulations of the National Department of Health. With FY'07 funding, PEPFAR provided support to establish seven additional TCCs. PEPFAR will provide $2,085,000 in FY'08 and $2,085,000 again in FY'09 to the new contract to implement WJEI activities from FY'09-11. In addition, the PEPFAR initiative on Sexual and Gender Based Violence (SGBV) shares with the WJEI the goal of "developing and implementing sexual violence service delivery models." Consequently, $166,000 will be obligated to the new WJEI contract from the PEPFAR SGBV fund. -------------- Program Element 1: Victims' Support -------------- ¶4. This element involves assistance to victims of sexual violence, at the SAG's rape crisis centers. - Objective: to address the full range of medical, justice, and social needs of women victims of sexual violence. - Outputs to be measured: - number of TCCs - number of victims assisted - number of TCC core staff trained - Desired outcome: - end to secondary victimization - reduced lead time to finalize cases - higher conviction rates of perpetrators - Expected long term impact: increased number, improved quality, and expanded geographic scope of victims' assistance. -------------- -------------- Program Element 2: Justice / Police Capacity Building -------------- -------------- ¶5. This element involves nationwide week-long training courses for SAPS detectives and first responders. - Objective: to improve police knowledge of legislation pertaining to sexual offenses; to impart effective techniques Qpertaining to sexual offenses; to impart effective techniques of securing crime scenes, collecting evidence, and PRETORIA 00002395 002 OF 005 investigating cases; and to increase effectiveness and sensitivity in the interviewing of witnesses and victims. - Outputs to be measured: - number of police detectives and first responders trained - test score improvements vis-a-vis knowledge of sexual offenses - higher rates of cases taken to court (not dismissed for poor evidence) - higher conviction rates, in part due to strong case management - Desired outcomes: - demonstrably enhanced capacity of South African law enforcement to investigate sexual violence, building solid and irrefutable case evidence for prosecution. - improved coordination among ministries, in an integrated response to victims and violators. - Expected long term impact: - improved crime scene management and evidence collection, enabling stronger prosecution potential (below), with its follow-on ripple effects on society -------------- -------------- Program Element 3: Justice / Prosecutors and Judges -------------- -------------- ¶6. This element entails national colloquia for judges and training courses for NPA prosecutors. - Objective: to improve knowledge among magistrates, judges, and prosecutors of new legislation pertaining to sexual offenses; to inform prosecutors on the particular nature of evidence in such cases, to assist their efficacy in the courtroom; and to encourage a very specialized sensitivity to rape victims' emotional states and distinctive behaviors, in order to elicit effective testimony without subjecting victims to a second traumatization. - Outputs to be measured: - number of judge and prosecutor participants - test score improvements vis-a-vis knowledge of sexual offenses - percentage of cases resulting in conviction - Desired outcomes: - demonstrably enhanced capacity of South African criminal justice to prosecute cases of sexual violence. - higher conviction rates - Expected long term impact: - more sensitive treatment of victims, and improved prosecution of perpetrators - greater confidence of victims to press charges - end to assumption of impunity among perpetrators - long-term deterrence of sexual criminality - greater security for women, empowering them through greater physical mobility -------------- -------------- ¶V. FINANCIALS TO DATE -------------- -------------- -------------- USAID Receipts and Expenditures -------------- ¶7. The table below summarizes funds received and spent by USAID in South Africa for WJEI initiatives over FY'06-09. Remaining funds total $11.7 million, awarded in the contract to RTI to be spent FY'09-'11. Sources of funding are PEPFAR; INL's Economic Support Fund (ESF) Carry-over; USAID Development Assistance (DA),both newly obligated funds and DA recoveries; and the Gender Based Violence (GBV) Initiative. -------------- -------------- ($ Thousands) FY'06 FY'07 FY'08 FY'09 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Funds Received: - From PEPFAR 280 1,400 2,086 2,086 - ESF Carryover 1,000 - - PRETORIA 00002395 003 OF 005 - NOA ESF (Sept.'08) - - 4,780 - - Devt. Assistance - 772 - - - " " Recoveries - 500 - - - GBV Initiative - - 167 - -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Total received 1,280 2,672 7,033 2,086 Funds Spent: - 4 TCCs refurbished 280 386 - - - To be spent by 12/08 - 1,014 - - -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Total spent 280 1,400 - - >> Funds Remaining: 1,000 1,272 7,033 2,086 >>> TOTAL Available Funds (All Years): $ 11,689,666 -------------- -------------- -------------- INL/POL Receipts and Expenditures -------------- ¶8. The table below summarizes funds received and spent by INL's NLEA (Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs) section in South Africa over FY'04-08, and by the Political Section since assuming responsibility for WJEI as of mid-2008. Sources of funding are INL, ICITAP, and OPDAT. According to post's Budget and Finance (B&F) section, funds in past years were spent on Financial Crimes Investigation (FCI),Resident Legal Advisor (RLA) and Intermittent Legal Advisor to NPA, Immigration and Border Security (IBS),Sartije Bartman Centre for Women and Children (SBC),Cyberism, Anti Trafficking Project (ATP),and Dimension Data (DD). Remaining funds total about $1.05 million, of which all but FY'08 moneys are obligated to these listed initiatives with which the Political Section is unfamiliar. The Political Section's spending to date on WJEI initiatives is limited to FY'08 funds totaling approximately $244,400. -------------- -------------- ($ Thousands) FY'04 FY'05 FY'06 FY'07 FY'08 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Funds Received: - From INL 189.8 322.4 66.0 33.0 136.0 - From ICITAP - - - - 299.0 - From OPDAT 555.1 467.0 - - 41.0 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Total received 744.9 789.4 66.0 33.0 476.0 Funds Spent: - FCI 69.3 62.2 - - - - RLA/ILA NPA 219.3 162.2 - - - - IBS 54.6 - - - - - SBC - 12.0 - - - - Cyberism - - 66.0 33.0 - - ATP - - - - 36.0 - DD - - - - 100.0 - WJEI - - - - 232.7 - ILA - - - - 11.7 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Total spent 343.2 236.4 66.0 33.0 380.4 >> Funds Remaining: 401.7 553.0 - - 95.6 >>> TOTAL Available Funds (All Years): $1,050,300 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- VI. FINANCIALS - FORECAST -------------- -------------- ¶9. USAID forecast expenditures, per the contract with RTI, are estimated below. -------------- -------------- Q -------------- -------------- PRETORIA 00002395 004 OF 005 ($ Thousands) Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Total -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- Direct Costs - Labor 958 1,310 706 2,974 - Subcontractor 566 566 566 1,698 - Grants 377 377 188 942 - Equipment 329 253 183 765 - Consultants 164 145 107 416 - Materials 34 35 38 107 - Other Direct 450 517 348 1,314 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Subtotal 2,877 3,204 2,136 8,217 Indirect Costs - General/Admin 434 570 322 1,326 - Materials, Supplies, Expenses 59 55 43 157 - Other Indirect 400 550 289 1,238 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- > Subtotal 892 1,175 654 2,722 Fee 264 307 195 766 -------------- -------------- -------------- -------------- >> Total 4,033 4,686 2,986 11,705 -------------- -------------- ¶10. On the INL/POL side, the Political Section estimates a need for FY'09 funding of $1.0 million from INL. This figure is based on the aforementioned $244,400 spent this year to support about four months of recent training, plus the projected expansion in the number of students going forward. Funds of this amount are already at post, as described above, but they must be "unlocked" or re-obligated by INL to be applied to WJEI training. The Political Counselor is meanwhile working to find economies by seeking a meeting with the SAG's new Minister of Safety and Security, Mr. Nathi Mthethwa, to negotiate the shifting of a greater share of the costs to the South African partners. Post requests Department guidance on establishing a sustainable funding stream for INL-sponsored WJEI activities. -------------- -------------- VII. HOST NATION CONTACTS -------------- -------------- ¶11. As requested, key contacts at partner agencies are listed below. USAID Implementing Contractor -------------- - Peter Vaz Chief of Party, RTI International 27-12-346-4060 National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) -------------- - Advocate Thoko Majokweni Director, National Prosecutor Authority/Sexual Offences and Community Affairs 27-12-845-6136 South African Police Service (SAPS) -------------- - Raymin Lalla Divisional Commissioner, Detective Services Division 27-12-393-2194 - Gary Kruser PRETORIA 00002395 005 OF 005 Commissioner, Training Division 27-12-334-3747 - Vineshkumar Moonoo Asst. Divisional Commissioner, General Investigations 27-12-393-1826 - Susan Pienaar Asst. Commissioner, Violence and Crime Prevention Division 27-12-421-8007 - Mulder Van Eyk Asst. Commissioner, Training Division 27-12-334-3750 LA LIME