US embassy cable - 05MAPUTO114

UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 000114 
 
SIPDIS 
AF/S FOR FSTEVENS; AF/RSA FOR RZUEHLKE AND GLACROIX; 
A/LM/AQM/IP FOR JSNEARLY 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM, EAID, KDEM, KWMN, ASEC, KCRM, SMIG, MZ, ESF, Trafficking in Persons 
SUBJECT: ESF ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROJECT PROPOSAL 
 
REF: 04 STATE 263156 
 
1. Overview of Request: Post is requesting ESF funding 
through G/TIP in the amount of $177,728 for a research and 
capacity building program. This project will have two key 
components: a) strengthening civil society efforts to combat 
trafficking in persons and b) identifying trafficking 
patterns in Central and Northern Mozambique. The project 
will be implemented by the International Organization for 
Migration (IOM), which has extensive experience in anti-TIP 
programs in the Southern African region, including 
Mozambique. IOM was the only organization to submit a 
proposal in response to Embassy requests. 
 
2. Below are responses to the eleven points in paragraph 
13 of reftel: 
A. Project Title: IOM Southern Africa Counter-Trafficking 
Assistance Program: Research and Capacity Building for 
Mozambique 
B. Name of Recipient Organization: International 
Organization for Migration/Southern Africa office. IOM is 
based in Pretoria but has received GRM authorization to open 
a branch office in Maputo in 2005, which will facilitate 
project activities. 
C. Project Duration: Project duration will be eight 
months, through the end of 2005. 
D. Project Description: IOM will expand its regional 
counter-trafficking assistance programs by: a) strengthening 
civil society groups working on anti-trafficking issues 
currently, and b) conducting anti-trafficking research in 
northern and central Mozambique. 
The research component will focus on identifying trafficking 
patterns in two major transportation corridors about which 
very little is known, Beira-Manica (central Mozambique) and 
Nacala-Lichinga (northern Mozambique). IOM will contract 
two researchers to carry out investigations for six months, 
and will produce a report in English and Portuguese 
detailing their findings. Upon completion of research, IOM 
will initiate its capacity building activities, including a 
series of training workshops designed to strengthen a 
network of largely uncoordinated Mozambican NGOs, government 
agencies, and others that work on anti-trafficking issues. 
Two-day training sessions will be held in each of 
Mozambique's ten provinces. The first day will focus on the 
basics of the trafficking problem. The second day will 
focus on coordination of activities, including assistance 
measures, data collection, and establishment/enforcement of 
anti-trafficking laws. 
E. Justification: Mozambique is a country of origin for 
internationally trafficked women and children. South Africa 
is the principal receiving country for trafficked persons; 
IOM reports that approximately 1,000 women per year are 
trafficked from Southern Mozambique to work as prostitutes 
in the Johannesburg area, generally near the mines. 
Anecdotal evidence suggests that trafficking to South Africa 
and Zimbabwe takes place in central and northern Mozambique 
also, but no credible studies exist to document patterns. 
Mozambique currently does not have an anti-trafficking law, 
but a law based on international norms was drafted in late 
2004 and may be introduced in the National Assembly in 2005. 
Interest in anti-trafficking issues among Mozambican civil 
society has risen in recent years, but advocacy, data 
collection and reintegration programs are still very much 
uncoordinated, and little technical support is available. 
F. Performance Indicators: IOM will provide a report on 
human trafficking in Mozambique will be published, offering 
profiles of victims and perpetrators, methods of 
recruitment, transportation, and exploitation, as well as an 
account of the existing assistance infrastructure. IOM will 
also provide a list of key counter-trafficking stakeholders 
identified in each province and establishment of a formal 
network of these stakeholders working on counter-trafficking 
issues. At the last seminar, held in Maputo, an anti- 
trafficking action plan will be drafted by the stakeholder 
network. 
G. Evaluation Plan: IOM will prepare three official 
reports on the project for donors and the GRM; two of these 
will be interim reports after the third and sixth month of 
implementation, focusing on research activities. The third 
and final report will include an evaluation of the final two 
months of project implementation during which the training 
seminars were conducted. IOM Maputo will follow up with 
stakeholders three months after the conclusion of the 
project to assess implementation of the plans of action, and 
offer a final evaluation of the impact of the project. 
H. Budget Breakout: 
Field Research $116,950 
Trafficking Seminars $44,650 
Staff and Office Costs $16,128 
I. Type and amount of host government contribution: None 
J. Proposed funding mechanism: Contribution letter 
K. Embassy point of contact: Jim Potts, Political-Economic 
Officer. ph (w): 258 1 49 27 97; ph (m): 258 82 305 899 
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