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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 CONAKRY 000483 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPT FOR G/TIP - AMY LEMAR-MEREDITH 
ALSO FOR VERONICA ZEITLIN 
 
E.O. 12598:  N/A 
TAGS: ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG GV
SUBJECT:  Anti-Trafficking in Persons Project Proposals -- Guinea 
 
REF: State 28157 
 
¶1.  Over the last several months, Guinea has been in a state of 
upheaval as a grassroots social movement for change rocked the 
country at the highest levels.  In March, a consensus government was 
appointed.  Guinea's cabinet is now entirely comprised of new 
ministers and thus new leadership on trafficking in persons (TIP) 
issues.  In this context, the government of Guinea, with the support 
of its NGO partners, has committed to continuing progress on 
combating TIP.  By focusing on the issues surrounding prevention, 
protection, and prosecution, Guinea strengthens inter-ministerial 
collaboration and develops partnerships which have been used as the 
basis to address some of the country's other pressing concerns. 
 
¶2.  Although many activities in Guinea have been delayed or derailed 
by recent events, post received a significant number of proposals 
and inquiries on the anti-trafficking in persons projects.  In 
particular, we were encouraged by the enthusiastic response by the 
government and their national NGO partners.  In April, an 
interagency project selection committee met to review the ten 
proposals that were submitted.  Many organizations in Guinea have 
not developed the experience in drafting proposals for funding by 
international partners.  While the format of some of the submissions 
could be improved, we concluded that the ideas and initiatives at 
the foundation of the projects are sound and would provide necessary 
mechanisms for Guinea to continue its progress in combating TIP. 
Through the selection process, the committee identified three of the 
strongest proposals to submit for consideration by G/TIP. 
 
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Anti-Trafficking in Persons Proposal Summaries 
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¶3.  The following project summaries received the highest ranking 
among all of the submissions.  Post has forwarded via email the full 
proposals listed in this cable to G/TIP Programs Coordinator for AF 
Amy LeMar-Meredith. 
 
-- Proposal One 
¶A.  Name of the Applicant: World Education 
¶B.  Requested Funding Amount: 345,000 USD 
¶C.  Project Title: Combating Exploitive Human Trafficking Through 
Education and Civic Participation in Guinea (PROTEGE) 
¶D.  Project Duration: Two years 
¶E.  Proposal Abstract: The PROTEGE Project partners will pilot 
education, awareness-raising, and capacity strengthening approaches 
to promote application of existing laws to prevent human trafficking 
and protect and recover victims.  It will focus efforts in two 
source, transit and/or destination prefectures: Forecariah and 
Kindia.  The project will test two models to expand delivery of 
essential services through a) government-sponsored Local Child and 
Family Protection Councils and b) community-driven Parents 
Associations and Friends of the School.  The project will emphasize 
quality community-driven collection of data on human trafficking and 
action research on the causes and consequences of trafficking and 
child exploitation to support government efforts to establish a 
national database on trafficking and anti-trafficking efforts.  The 
project will work with the US Department of State to ensure 
standardized measures of performance, and it will make efforts to 
encourage comparability of results with existing Government of 
Guinea interventions in Maritime, Forest and Upper Guinea. 
 
-- Proposal Two 
¶A.  Name of the Applicant: Ministry of Social Affairs and the 
Condition of Women and Children, National Direction of Preschool 
Education and Child Protection 
¶B.  Requested Funding Amount: Approximately 206,285 USD (722 million 
GNF) 
¶C.  Project Title: Supporting the Combat Against Trafficking in 
Children in Guinea 
¶D.  Project Duration: 18 months 
¶E.  Proposal Abstract: This project will build on an existing 
network established to protect children in the Forest Region and in 
Upper Guinea to enlarge its activities into the areas surrounding 
Labe and Kindia in Middle Guinea.  The project will facilitate the 
care and protection of child victims by providing them basic 
services and psychosocial rehabilitation.  It will bring NGOs into 
the process by training them to serve as plaintiffs on behalf of 
trafficking victims in legal proceedings and focus on the 
prosecution and punishment of traffickers.  The lead implementer of 
this project is the office within the Ministry of Social Affairs 
that takes the lead on trafficking in persons issues for the 
government of Guinea.  Through collaboration with other ministries 
and the members of the National Committee to Combat Trafficking in 
Persons, this project will establish 100 local protection committees 
in the cities of Mamou, Labe, and Kindia.  The members of each of 
the local committees will be trained through a three part series 
that will focus on 1) protection principles for trafficking victims, 
2) national and international legal instruments, and 3) techniques 
for psychosocial care.  Through consciousness-raising at the most 
 
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grassroots levels, the project will fully implicate communities and 
existing social networks in the fight against trafficking. 
 
 
-- Proposal Three 
 
¶A.  Name of the Applicant: Ministry of Security, Direction General 
of Judicial Police, Division of Social Police 
¶B.  Requested Funding Amount: Approximately 8,356 USD (29,246,739 
GNF) 
¶C.  Project Title: Legal Assistance for Child Victims and Minors in 
Conflict with the Law 
¶D.  Project Duration: 4 months 
¶E.  Proposal Abstract: This project is designed as a crisis 
intervention to target victims in the aftermath of the recent 
violence and political upheaval in Guinea.  The Division of the 
Social Police, which takes the lead on trafficking issues within the 
Ministry of Interior and Security would provide judicial assistance 
to child victims of violence and minors in conflict with the law. 
By focusing on this group, the project aims to identify potential 
and active trafficking victims and provide them with the legal aid 
necessary to resolve their individual situations.  A key component 
of the project is to build mixed teams comprised of representatives 
from the police, Ministry of Justice, and NGO partners to 
collaborate with interventions in each of Guinea's administrative 
regions.  By assembling these teams and providing the resources to 
collect data and evidence for each case, the project would fill a 
void caused by the large-scale destruction of case files and records 
caused by looting and violence during the recent general strikes and 
state of siege.  By providing legal aid upcountry, the project would 
provide protection services which do not exist in the current 
environment. 
 
MCDONALD