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PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHDS #0316/01 0420442
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 110442Z FEB 08
FM AMEMBASSY ADDIS ABABA
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9478
RUEAWJA/DEPT OF JUSTICE WASHINGTON DC
RUEHC/DEPT OF LABOR WASHINGTON DC

UNCLAS ADDIS ABABA 000316 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR AF/E, AF/RSA, G/TIP, G, INL, DRL, PRM 
STATE PASS USAID 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ASEC ELAB KCRM PHUM PREL SMIG
SUBJECT: TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROPOSALS FOR 
G/TIP-MANAGED FY 2008 ESF AND INCLE FUNDS 
 
REF: A. A) 05 STATE 21324 
 
     ¶B. B) 03 STATE 34981 
 
¶1. (U) Per reftel, Post provides the following five (5) submissions 
on anti-trafficking in persons project proposals for consideration 
of funding from FY 2008 INCLE and ESF appropriations. Responses are 
keyed to questions in paragraphs 20 and 21 of reftel. Full proposals 
will be sent via e-mail. 
 
¶2. (U) Post solicited proposals from applicants using the following 
format. Identifying Information; Abstract; Problem Statement; 
Project Goals/Objectives/Implementation Plan; Organizational 
Capacity; Budget; Resumes. Five summaries provided below include the 
following: Name of the applicant; Requested funding amount; Project 
title; Project duration; Proposal abstract. Post assembled a team of 
three USAID officers knowledgeable of TIP content and/or evaluatory 
processes to assess proposals based upon objective criterion 
presented per reftel. Proposal abstracts are presented in the order 
in which they were rated. 
 
PROPOSAL SUMMARIES 
 
¶3. (U) UNICEF-Ethiopia. Project title: Application to the Washington 
DC Trafficking in Persons office (G/TIP) via US Embassy in Ethiopia. 
Total requested funding amount:  465,621.20 USD. Indirect Costs: 
30,461.20 (7%). Project duration: 2 years 
 
Proposal abstract: This proposal is grounded on 4 principles 
generated from the joint UNICEF and GoE Ministry of Labor and Social 
Affairs (MOLSA) 2007 study: strengthening prevention of trafficking, 
enhancing specialized service delivery, strengthening the capacity 
of relevant actors, and increasing the synergies and collaboration 
among service providers. The 3 main goals that the project proposes: 
a) strengthening prevention of trafficking among 10,000 youth clubs, 
with a specific focus on young adolescent girls. b) strengthening 
the successful delivery of psychological support for addressing post 
traumatic stress disorders of victims of trafficking in Addis Ababa 
and enabling their social reintegration. c) promoting capacity 
building and synergies among institutions and sectors working on 
trafficking issues for the creation of an integrated case management 
of cases of victims of trafficking. The proposal aims to raise 
awareness on trafficking among the 10,000 youth associations 
registered in Ethiopia; will make available to NGOs and institutions 
a set of specialized services to overcome post traumatic stress 
disorders experienced by victims of trafficking; and will build the 
capacity of judges, prosecutors, police, medical and social sectors 
on (a) developing an integrated case management of victims and (b) 
evidence gathering to increase conviction of perpetrators. 
 
For all interventions, the project intends to integrate the proposed 
activities with already existing efforts. All trainings will be 
inserted within relevant national training institutions' curricula 
to maximize institutionalization and long lasting impact. 
 
¶4. International Organization for Migration (IOM) 
Title of Project: Stop Human Trafficking Now:  Enhancing 
Institutional Capacities and Strategies to Prosecute Human 
Traffickers in Ethiopia. Total requested funding amount: USD 
269,766.  Indirect costs 12,846 USD, (5%). Project duration: 1 year 
 
Proposal abstract: The overall objective of the project is to 
strengthen the institutional capacities and strategies of the 
Ethiopian government to combat trafficking. The projects specific 
objectives include capacity building training of law enforcement 
officials (including investigative capacities of police as well as 
the judicial understanding of judges to prosecute and convict 
traffickers). The Project will seek to form task forces at the 
regional level while strengthening the institutional capacities of 
relevant Government bodies. IOM will continue to assist the 
Ethiopian Government in developing at Federal and Regional levels a 
database to collect, analyze and manage data on prosecution of 
trafficking cases. Training will also be organized as part of the 
mechanisms to strengthen the institutional capacities of GoE bodies 
to combat trafficking. IOM will collaborate with NGOs functioning in 
the regions to raise awareness of the general public. IOM will 
organize a study tour to one destination country with best practices 
in prosecuting cases of human trafficking. 
 
¶5. International Labour Office (ILO), sub-regional office, Addis 
Ababa. Project title: Combating Trafficking of Ethiopian Domestic 
Workers to Middle Eastern Countries. Requested total funding amount: 
415,000 USD. Total indirect costs: 70,000 USD (16%). Project 
duration: 2 years 
 
Proposal abstract: ILO plans to implement activities aimed at 
combating illegal trafficking of women migrant workers. Planned 
activities include: awareness-raising on the dangers of trafficking, 
 
capacity building for the law enforcement authorities, i.e., the 
judiciary, prosecutors and police officials, as well as immigration 
and labor officials, and technical assistance on improving the 
national anti-trafficking legislation. By the end of the project 
period, relevant stakeholders will have been sensitized on the 
dangers of trafficking, new legislation will be ready to be 
presented to the House of Representatives (Parliament), the capacity 
of law enforcement officials and the judiciary will be enhanced to 
prosecute perpetrators of trafficking, and the capacity of the 
Government improved in view of entering bilateral migration treaties 
with receiving countries.  The planned activities will be 
implemented in partnership with the ILO International Training 
Centre, Turin (ITC) and ILO Headquarters, as well as relevant UN 
agencies, in partnership with the Ethiopian Training Centre for 
Judges and Prosecutors, mainly. 
 
¶6. Pathfinder International. Project title: Preventing the 
Trafficking of Women and Girls in Ethiopia. Total requested funding 
amount: USD 500,000 USD. Indirect Costs 53,571 USD, (12%). Project 
duration: 3 years 
 
Proposal abstract: Pathfinder proposes to build on its current Women 
and Girls Empowerment Project to implement a comprehensive project 
to improve awareness of trafficking at the community level, 
strengthen the prosecution of those who engage in trafficking, and 
improve support services for women and children who have experienced 
trafficking.  The project will focus on three high risk areas: Addis 
Ababa, Amhara, and the Southern Nations, Nationalities and People's 
Region (SNNPR), and will support five specific objectives: 
increasing community awareness about the dangers of trafficking; 
building the capacity of community based organizations to prevent 
trafficking; enhancing the ability of families and communities to 
protect themselves, and especially their children from trafficking; 
and strengthening legislative and policy actions against 
trafficking. 
 
Pathfinder will build upon its strong relationships, developed over 
many years with government agencies, NGOs, and other members of 
civil society, to implement a project to raise awareness of 
trafficking among key populations in project communities, including 
women and girls, community leaders, members of the judiciary, and 
law enforcement officers, and economic and educational opportunities 
will be increased for hundreds of women and girls who are at risk 
of, or have experienced, trafficking. 
 
¶7. Good Samaritans. Project title: Project proposal to prevent 
in-land & cross border trafficking and improve the life of women & 
young girls affected by trafficking. Requested funding amount: 
289,898.19 USD. Indirect Costs=44,247 USD (15%). Project duration: 2 
years 
 
Proposal abstract:  The Good Samaritan Association is an indigenous 
NGO that strives to see women and children lead a life free from 
gender based violence, ill health and trafficking. The association 
works with the marginalized segments of the population, with special 
focus to women and children with the goal of bringing quality life. 
It seeks to: a) conduct a baseline survey to identify the root 
causes of in -land and cross-border migration especially to the city 
of Addis Ababa; b) select areas in international conventions for 
advocacy awareness creation and promotional activities; c) solicit 
advocates and expertise in the area of human rights, gender based 
violence, domestic laws such as the civil and criminal codes; d) 
promote constitutional rights, international conventions, 
anti-trafficking activities; e) develop, print and distribute 
brochures and posters on illegal trafficking; f) organize three 
sessions of panel discussions on TV in two languages with 
stakeholders and professionals; g) organize consultative workshops 
with federal, regional officials, sector office heads, FBO's, CSO's 
associations (police, justice) in Amhara and Tigray regions; h) 
provide food, shelter and medical services and reunify survivors of 
trafficking with the family/ parents/ guardians; i) provide skill 
training and self-help income generating schemes for trafficked 
victims; j) establish rehabilitation center for survivors of 
trafficked victims; k) rehabilitate 50 women / girls for three 
months including, counseling, medical services, reunify repatriates, 
compatriots and IGA; l) conduct quarterly monitoring and project 
final evaluation; m) develop, familiarize, disseminate and translate 
the counselors' manual of trafficked women into local languages. 
 
YAMAMOTO