US embassy cable - 05DHAKA279

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