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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 03 ADDIS ABABA 001281 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/E, AF/RSA AND G/TIP:A. LEMAR-MEREDITH 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG ET
SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR 
G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2007 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS 
 
REF: STATE 28157 
 
¶1. Per reftel, Post submits the following anti-trafficking in 
persons project proposals for consideration of funding from FY 2007 
INCLE and ESF appropriations.  As a Tier Two country, Ethiopia is 
trying to combat a significant trafficking challenge, especially of 
women and children; ESF and INCLE funds would help build the 
capacity of governments, NGOs, and communities, fighting TIP. 
 
¶2. Responses are keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of 
reftel.  Full proposals will be sent via e-mail.  Post solicited 
proposals using format specified in reftel, and has identified five 
for consideration.  Summaries below include: name of the applicant; 
requested funding amount; project title; project duration; proposal 
abstract. 
 
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PROPOSAL SUMMARIES 
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¶3. International Organization for Migration (IOM) 
Requested funding amount: USD 294,830, overhead USD 14,133.  Project 
title: Stop Trafficking Now 
Project duration: 1 year 
 
--Proposal abstract: To facilitate the prosecution of traffickers, 
the project will form task forces within Ethiopia's regional states 
and strengthen the institutional capacity of relevant government 
bodies.  IOM will continue to assist the Ethiopian Government in 
developing a database at federal and regional levels to collect, 
analyze, and manage data on prosecution of trafficked cases.  The 
project calls for organizing refresher courses to strengthen the 
GOE's institutional capacity to combat trafficking, and protecting 
trafficking victims through reintegration assistance.  IOM will 
network with relevant government bodies, regional and local NGOs, 
and police Child Protection Units (CPUs).  Protection support will 
include vocational and life-skills training in various disciplines, 
such as sewing, hair-dressing, handicrafts, micro-finance, as well 
as family reunification.  This program responds to the GOE's 
expressed interest and request for IOM to provide assistance in 
trafficking prevention, protection, and prosecution. 
 
¶4. Project Concern International 
Requested funding amount: USD 298,710.  (Of this, USD 77,326 will be 
spent on personnel; USD 32,790 on fringe benefits; USD 16,100 on 
travel; USD 0 on equipment; USD 11,900 on supplies; USD 14,000 on 
consultants/contracts; USD 92,728 on other direct costs; and USD 
53,866 on indirect costs.) 
Project title: Addressing Identified Trafficking Problems  Project 
duration: 2 years 
 
--Proposal abstract: PCI's project is designed to strengthen 
cooperation between the GOE and civil society organizations (CSOs) 
and to develop systems for a sustainable response.  PCI aims to (1) 
improve the delivery of victim protection and assistance services 
for both children and adults, and (2) increase prosecution of human 
trafficking perpetrators. 
 
--PCI will increase identification and interception of victims by 
helping government ministries develop sector-specific action plans 
and significantly expanding the number of CSOs able to intervene. 
PCI will provide resources to selected CSOs to hire outreach workers 
to proactively intercept TIP victims and refer them to organizations 
specialized in the provision of temporary housing and other 
services.  PCI will strengthen cooperation between and among Police 
Victim Support Units (VSUs) and CSOs on referral procedures, victim 
protection, temporary housing, health care, and legal assistance. 
PCI will assist the National TIP Taskforce in the development of 
in-country family tracing and reintegration 
protocols/guidelines/tools.  PCI will also provide logistical 
support for family tracing and reintegration of victims of internal 
trafficking, and assist CSOs in linking those victims and their 
families with age-appropriate support services, which may include 
economic empowerment and/or educational opportunities.  Finally, PCI 
will train military personnel participating in peacekeeping missions 
to recognize TIP and observe human rights. 
 
--To increase prosecution, PCI will strengthen both law enforcement 
and the judiciary.  PCI will assist police VSUs in adapting 
procedures, guidelines, and tools to identify, rescue, assist, and 
refer victims, as well as handle perpetrators.  PCI will helping the 
MoJ train prosecutors and judges along critical trafficking routes. 
 
 
--PCI will clarify lines of communication and coordination among 
government ministries, IOM, and CSOs implementing programs for 
vulnerable children and women.  PCI will also advocate for CSO 
representation on the Taskforce, and in response to a specific 
request of the Ministry of Justice, establish regional TIP 
Taskforces that will coordinate activities in each of Ethiopia's 
 
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diverse regions.  PCI will build the capacity of CSOs and the GOE in 
data collection, for improved monitoring of TIP and data analysis to 
improve the design of interventions.  PCI will work with the GoE to 
develop and operate a database for documenting information on both 
traffickers and victims.  This will allow the GoE to determine the 
magnitude of TIP, as well as the origins, routes, and destinations 
of trafficking, disaggregated by geographic region, sex and age, in 
order to prioritize problems and design effective interventions for 
prevention and mitigation. 
 
--Expected results include increases in: trafficking victims 
intercepted; children reintegrated in families/communities; CSOs and 
VSUs trained in victim identification, care and referral; the 
percentage of military officers with correct understanding of their 
responsibilities regarding TIP; prosecutors and judges trained; and 
successful prosecutions. 
 
¶5. International Labour Office (ILO), sub-regional office, Addis 
Ababa. 
Requested funding amount: USD 415,000. 
Project title: Anti-TIP Actions via Technical Assistance and Legal 
Frameworks 
Project duration: 2 years 
 
--Proposal abstract: Current efforts by national authorities to 
tackle TIP include legal reforms.  Ethiopia's House of 
Representatives approved research on trafficking, which may be used 
to lobby for future legislation; the Ministry of Justice recently 
produced a study of the existing legislative framework relevant to 
international conventions; and the Ministry of Labor and Social 
Affairs is reviewing its Private Employment Agency Proclamation, 
adopted following the ratification of the ILO Convention No. 181, 
which aims to curb the risks of Ethiopian domestic workers becoming 
TIP victims overseas. 
 
--ILO will submit draft legislation to the House of Representatives. 
 Given the long time often required for legislation to be adopted in 
Ethiopia, a draft is more likely than the effective adoption of the 
legislation.  ILO will draft bilateral migration agreements and 
initiate negotiations between Ethiopia and selected Gulf countries 
on their adoption. 
 
-- ILO proposes several workshops to sensitize officials from 
national authorities and relevant NGOs, in collaboration with IOM 
and UN agencies such as UNICEF and OHCHR.  Training workshops would 
be held for federal and regional state judiciary, prosecutors, and 
police.  Workshops will target groups separately and jointly, to 
promote collaboration between them.  Possibly in collaboration with 
Europol or Interpol, police will be trained to track traffickers and 
protect victims. 
 
¶6. Forum on Street Children Ethiopia (FSCE) 
Requested funding amount: USD 104, 966.47; indirect costs: USD 
9,542.40. 
Project title: Counter Child Trafficking in Addis Ababa and 
Shashemane Towns 
Project duration: 2 years 
 
--Proposal abstract:  This project will implement prevention, 
protection, and prosecution with a focus on Addis Ababa and 
Shashemane towns.  Its core implementing partners, the Police 
Commission's Child Protection Units, are strategically located in 
the bus terminals of these two regional state cities.  Prevention 
efforts will include advocacy and awareness-raising via workshops 
and training, print and electronic media, mini media (anti- 
trafficking information dissemination desk) within the bus 
terminals, anti-trafficking campaigns, dialogue and community 
conversation.  Protection efforts will strengthen and improve CPU's 
existing services through shelter expansion, new staff hires, and 
upgraded training regimens.  CPU community workers will refer 
reported cases of child trafficking to NGOs, to aid family 
reunification and enhance service provision.  Discussion fora and 
training of prosecutors and police will increase child trafficking 
prosecutions.  Neighborhood dialogues with local authorities will 
help the public.  The project aims to reunify trafficking victims 
with their families, increase government involvement and 
coordination, and inform children and families on how to protect 
themselves from trafficking. 
 
¶7. Name of the applicant: Organization for the Prevention, 
Rehabilitation, and Integration of Female Street Children (OPRIFS) 
Requested funding amount: USD 281,969.50. 
Project title: Prevention, Protection and Rehabilitation of Female 
Trafficked Children through Diversified Interventions in Amhar 
Regional State 
Project duration: 2 years 
 
--Proposal abstract: The project aims to address child trafficking 
challenges by focusing on two urban and three suburban/satellite 
kebeles in Bahir Dar City, Amhara Regional State.  Several studies 
 
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(IOM, 2003; FSCE, 2003a, 2003b; MOLSA, 2001) show the overwhelming 
majority of trafficked children in Addis are from the Amhara Region 
and Bahir Dar vicinity.  OPRIFS confirms that the majority of  Addis 
Ababa trafficking victims it services originate from  East and West 
Gojam, South Gondar, and North Wollo Zones of the Amhara region 
(OPRIFS 2005/2006 Report).  Traditionally, OPRIFS has focused on 
trafficked women and street children in Addis Ababa.  FSCE-brokered 
family reunification efforts from Addis Ababa have proven to be 
difficult, costly, and time-consuming.  Equally difficult is 
ensuring that children newly reintegrated into their communities are 
retained by their families in the long-term.  OPRIFS' program 
expansion to Amhara will help to enhance preventive activities and 
contain the influx of trafficked children to regional towns, where 
reintegration and follow-up may be easier and the degrees of 
trafficking abuse less severe. 
 
--OPRIFS intends to launch a project in Bahir Dar revolving around 
prevention, protection, rehabilitation, advocacy, prosecution, 
operational research, and learning.  Prevention will include 
awareness training for traffickers, brokers, long-distance drivers 
and their assistants, religious and informal community leaders, as 
well as public education through mass media (particularly radio). 
It will also help establish school clubs and provide financial 
support to especially vulnerable girls.  Protection will include 
providing victims with basic necessities (food, temporary shelter, 
clothes, and sanitary and recreation facilities). Programming will 
seek to rehabilitate victims through skill/vocational training, 
counseling and guidance, training in preventive healthcare, basic 
numeracy, etc. Concentrating on advocacy and policy influence, the 
prosecution component provides training for law enforcement staff 
and legal aid services for victims.  Operational research will focus 
on outcome-driven baseline studies, a tool to design intervention 
strategies and provide measurable project impacts. 
 
YAMAMOTO