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UNCLAS COLOMBO 000219 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PHUM PREL KWMN CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: PROPOSAL FOR INCLE FUNDS 
 
REF: 2005 STATE 221416 
 
¶1. Summary:  Per Reftel request, this message contains 
Post's endorsement for the International Organization of 
Migration (IOM)'s proposal to combat trafficking in 
persons.  IOM representatives informed us they have 
forwarded the proposal directly to G/TIP.  IOM 
has a proven track record within Sri Lanka and has 
worked closely with the Attorney General's office 
to strengthen anti-trafficking legislation as well 
as with local NGOs to assist victims of 
trafficking.  IOM's proposed project, budgeted for 
299,985 USD, addresses improved prosecution, 
legislation, and protection for victims.  Post 
fully endorses IOM's proposal.  End summary. 
 
¶2. Project Description: 
 
IOM will focus on the following areas to support 
the Sri Lankan authorities to combat trafficking: 
-Prosecution and Criminalization Assistance 
(64,200 USD) 
-Legislation and Advocacy (29,866 USD) 
-Protection and Reintegration (in partnership with 
the NGO Women in Need (WiN)) (145,249 USD) 
 
Prosecution and Criminalization Assistance 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
KAP (Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices) survey: 
-IOM will do a KAP survey on TiP of law 
enforcement, border control and 
lawmakers. 
 
Skills-building and materials: 
-On the basis of the survey results, IOM will 
develop multi-media publications based on existing 
IOM training materials (IOM Counter-Trafficking 
Training Module on capacity-building; law- 
enforcement manuals originally developed for IOM 
Ukraine, manuals for Sri Lankan border control, etc. 
-IOM will hold practical skills-building workshops 
to assist police officers, border control 
officials, SLBFE staff, prosecutors and judges to 
accurately recognize and process VoTs and refer 
them to appropriate services. 
-Materials will present past Sri Lankan cases and 
review investigative and prosecuting options and 
techniques through hypothetical case scenarios. 
-Workshops will familiarize participants with 
changes to TiP-related laws resulting from the new 
Act, including the concept of abuse of a position 
of vulnerability. 
-Senior Government of Sri Lanka GSL, NGO, IOM, 
and foreign consular personnel, will assist as 
facilitators or speakers. 
-GSL participants will give their time, input and 
feedback. 
 
Case management database software development: 
-IOM will support the development for key 
personnel (in the AG's Department and the Police) 
of case management database software 
-IOM will provide a data entry operator (within 
the AG's Department, which will provide office 
space) to input existing and new TiP-related 
cases, and to train key personnel to use the 
software to access and manage cases. 
-IOM and relevant GOSL agencies will ensure that 
adequate data security is built into the software 
and the system and that users respect this. 
 
Technical equipment and training: 
-To support the use of the tools, IOM will 
provide, in the framework of law enforcement 
trainings, internet-linked IT equipment, and train 
key staff in their use to allow them to research 
and access case data. 
-The GOSL will identify personnel to access the 
tools and undergo training and will give their 
time for training. 
 
Technical assistance to Central Authority: 
-IOM will provide technical assistance to support 
the Central Authority in executing its judicial 
cooperation functions under the terms of the 
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act of 2002. 
-The Authority will assist the Central Investigative 
Division (CID) to collect evidence and share 
information with appropriate foreign investigative 
authorities, inform IOM of TiP-related enforcement 
measures, and seek advice and support in case of 
repatriation measures for VoTs. 
 
Institutions established/Coordination: 
-IOM will advocate for the GOSL to assign an anti- 
trafficking focal point - a key staff person in 
the police department - and an anti-trafficking 
working group in parallel with the anti-smuggling 
focal point and working group. 
-The focal point will receive training as part of 
this project. 
 
Networking and study visits: 
-IOM has previously organized networking and study 
visits for key GOSL migration management officials 
to the USA, Europe (including Interpol) and in the 
region. Consequently, GOSL law enforcement 
personnel have relationships with their 
counterparts in the FBI, ICE, and European 
immigration authorities. 
-This project will develop this cooperation 
through study tours of personnel working to 
counter TiP. The visits will allow decision-making 
law enforcement and SLBFE personnel to observe how 
law enforcement systems function in relation to 
TiP and to encourage networking with U.S. 
counterparts. 
-The visit will include a workshop to adapt 
lessons learned to the Sri Lankan system.  GOSL 
participants will develop work plans and commit to 
working towards implementation of planned 
activities. 
-IOM will facilitate, and law enforcement 
personnel, Women in Need (WiN) staff, and 
legislators will participate in meetings and 
visits to improve mutual understanding, share 
practical ideas, identify resources, and network. 
 
Legislation and Advocacy 
-------------------------------------------- 
 
Skills-building and materials: 
-To follow up on the (EC-funded) IOM TiP awareness 
seminar due in March 2006 for parliamentarians, 
IOM will organize a half-day seminar to evaluate 
how to amend Sri Lankan law to comply with other 
UN Protocol requirements. 
-Ministry of Justice (MoJ) staff will nominate 
participants. 
 
Institutions established/Coordination/Advocacy: 
-IOM will provide technical assistance to the MoJ 
in establishing a Criminal Justice Advisory Board 
(CJAB). 
-The Board will provide a forum for dialogue 
between the criminal justice system and civil 
society. 
-IOM will provide reference materials on 
international criminal law to the CJAB, who will 
make it available to appropriate GOSL and other 
personnel. 
-IOM, as a CJAB member, will coordinate inter- 
agency technical input on issues to assist the 
Board to research developments in international 
criminal law and potential influences on the 
national legal system (e.g., victim and witness 
support provisions, freezing of trafficking 
assets, and advocacy for victim compensation, 
etc.) and to draft legislation in line with the UN 
Protocol. 
-Civil society interlocutors will likely include 
the Human Rights Commission desk in the Parliament 
complex, the Centre for Policy Alternatives, 
Lawyers for Human Rights and Development, WiN 
legal staff and the Weeramantry Centre for Peace, 
Education and Research (Legislation/Advocacy), as 
well as the Sri Lankan Law Commission and legal 
academicians at the University of Colombo, and the 
Sri Lankan Open University. 
 
Press conference: 
-IOM will organize a press conference to educate 
the media, highlight project activities and 
provide visibility. 
 
Protection and Reintegration 
----------------------------- 
 
Women in Need (WiN) staff training: 
-IOM will ensure that all WiN staff are trained in 
sensitivity, safety, and confidentiality 
requirements and that all project staff receive 
training in trafficking issues and national and 
international efforts to combat trafficking. 
-Under the supervision of the IOM psychosocial 
officer, and in close collaboration with WiN, the 
project will develop/adapt educational materials 
including IOM's "Direct Assistance to Victims of 
Trafficking Manual." 
-Existing materials, particularly multi-media 
(DVDs, CD-ROMs), will be used as appropriate and 
shared with NGO partners for their own training 
purposes. 
-NGO counseling staff will be trained to identify 
and counsel victims of trafficking and receive 
advanced training in treatment and referral of 
associated psychological disorders. 
-They will also advance skills in counseling on 
sexually transmitted diseases and HIV, as well as 
collection of medical evidence, and vocational 
counseling and in linking victims to other capable 
resources. 
 
Training of WiN lawyers: 
-IOM will provide specific training on trafficking 
victims' legal needs for WiN legal staff and 
personnel of other NGOs and GOSL bodies who 
provide legal aid services. 
-IOM-facilitated meetings between WiN lawyers and 
GSL personnel will establish the base for a 
government-run support structure, to include legal 
assistance for trafficking victims willing to 
testify against their perpetrators, offer victim 
protection, compensation, and other related legal 
assistance. 
 
Study visits: 
-IOM will organize a study tour for WiN project 
staff to another IOM project to observe 
activities, learn from more experienced IOM and 
NGO partner staff, and network with peers abroad. 
-The visit will include a workshop focusing on how 
to implement lessons learned into the Sri Lankan 
project. 
 
WiN capacity-building: 
-IOM will provide additional office tools such as 
computers and an additional phone line to enhance 
effectiveness and will support running costs of 
shelters and crisis centers with a full range of 
services in Colombo, Kandy, Matara, Jaffna, 
Puttalam, Anuradhapura and Badulla to provide 
protection services for trafficking victims. 
-IOM will also support the capacity-building and 
sustainability of the WiN shelters and crisis 
centers by training key finance and administrative 
staff to write winning proposals and to manage 
grants. 
 
¶3. Performance Indicators: 
 
Prosecution and Criminalization: 
-60 percent of workshop participants have increase 
in knowledge (KAP surveys and evaluations) 
-60 percent increase in number of cases identified 
as trafficking crimes (Police data and case 
database) 
-Study tour participants devise and implement ten 
percent of their action plan within the project 
duration 
-Custom case database management software for TiP- 
related cases updated at least monthly 
-75 percent of trained law enforcement personnel 
have managed and researched TiP-related cases via 
case management database software at least twice 
since training 
-50 percent increase in number of VoTs referred to 
appropriate protection service providers (NGO/IOM 
records) 
-Type of action taken by Anti-Trafficking work 
group/focal point; and level of attendance 
(meeting minutes) 
-50 percent increase in number of victims referred 
to protection service providers (NGO/IOM records) 
 
Legislation and Advocacy: 
-Amount of trafficking-related legislation 
introduced in Parliament 
-60 percent of Attorney General's Department and 
police workshop participants have increased 
knowledge of new Sri Lankan laws related to 
trafficking (KAP surveys and evaluations) 
-35 percent increase in prosecutors and judges 
accessing textual and electronic information on 
TiP-related  crimes in Sri Lanka and abroad (pre- 
and post-survey) 
-Number and quality of recommendations by CJAB on 
TiP-related legislation to Parliament 
-Number of TiP-related articles appearing within 
10 weeks after press conference 
 
Protection and Reintegration: 
-Number of international VoTs NGO reports to IOM 
within 2 days (NGO and IOM records) 
-100 percent of trained crisis center/shelter 
staff comply with confidentiality requirements 
(survey) 
-70 percent of reintegrated VoTs employed or in 
school at project end (follow-up by NGO staff) 
-Amount of funding/Number of partner NGO projects 
funded. 
 
COMMENT AND POC 
---------------- 
 
¶4. Comment:  IOM's work to date, along with that 
of proposed partner WiN, proved successful in 
limiting trafficking and assisting victims 
following the December 2004 tsunami.  IOM's 
proposal is a three-pronged approach that will 
assist the GSL's capacity as well as provide much- 
needed assistance to trafficking victims. 
Considering the scope of the work to be done, 
granting 299,985 USD to IOM will provide excellent 
value for investment.  End comment. 
 
 
¶5. Post point of contact is Anamika Chakravorty. 
Phone 94-11-244-8007 ext. 2425, e-mail 
ChakravortyA@state.gov 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LUNSTEAD