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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 MAPUTO 000133 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
G/TIP FOR MFORSTROM 
AF/S FOR MSHIELDS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KCRM PHUM KWMN SMIG ELAB ASEC MZ
SUBJECT: MOZAMBIQUE: FY2008 ESF TIP PROJECT 
PROPOSALS 
 
REF: STATE 28157 
 
¶1. Post proposes the following anti-trafficking 
in persons projects in response to reftel: 
 
A) Name of Applicant: International Office for 
Migration - Mozambique 
 
B) Requested Funding: $323,518 
 
C) Project Title: Capacity Building for Law 
Enforcement and Service Providers in Mozambique 
 
D) Project Duration: One year 
 
E) Proposal Abstract: This project is an 
extension of IOM's ongoing regional Southern 
African Counter-Trafficking Assistance Programme 
(SACTAP) and intends to address the problem of 
trafficking in persons by building the capacity 
of the law enforcement officials, Mozambique's 
civil society including faith-based organizations 
to more effectively combat this phenomenon. This 
project will train and certify as many as 40 law 
enforcement trainers and 40 civil society 
trainers in five provinces (Maputo Gaza, Manica, 
Tete and Nampula). The project will also raise 
awareness to more than 400 law enforcement 
officials and 400 civil society members. 
 
At the conclusion of this project and in light of 
the imminent passing of an anti-trafficking law, 
the Government of Mozambique, particularly law 
enforcement officials, will be positioned to lead 
the fight against human trafficking at the 
national level, and be able partner with the 
civil society in promoting prevention, 
protection, and prosecution objectives within the 
SADC region. The Ministries of Interior, Justice, 
Health, and for Women and Social Welfare will be 
indispensable partners in this project. 
 
F) Post comments: This is an excellent, well 
written proposal that gets to the root of one of 
the more challenging issues Q the lack of 
knowledge about trafficking in persons by law 
enforcement officials. IOM has a good presence in 
Mozambique and post has a positive relationship 
with the organization. 
 
¶2. A) Name of Applicant: Southern African Network 
against Trafficking and Abuse of Children 
(SANTAC) 
 
B) Total Requested Funding: $499,065 
 
C) Project Title: Together Against Trafficking 
and Abuse of Children (regional project) 
 
D) Project Duration: Two years 
 
E) Proposal Abstract: The project builds on 
existing anti-child trafficking initiatives 
carried out by SANTAC and its partners in 8 of 14 
SADC countries.  Projects aim at enhancing and 
extending networking, coordination to implement 
strategic regional plans to prevent children at 
risk from being trafficked and protect victims 
from a human and child rights perspective. 
Activities will include: capacity building and 
regional networking of key public and non-state 
actors; field reporting; advocacy to promote 
international legislation and guidelines (UN and 
regional instruments); reinforcing protection 
networks; national and regional coordination. 
Beneficiaries: children/communities at risk and 
trafficked children.  Target groups: local and 
regional authorities, national law enforcement 
agents, media, policy makers, UN and regional 
organizations such as SADC, Southern African 
Police, religious institutions, Interpol, IOM, 
among others.  As results the project expects the 
following: a)Networking: a group of stakeholders 
strengthened under a national coordination with 
linkage with SANTAC secretariat in Maputo to 
promote and monitor preventive activities in 
source countries, and to ensure the protection of 
victims in destination countries in six SADC 
countries: Botswana, Lesotho, Angola, Namibia, 
 
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Malawi, South Africa and Swaziland; 
b)strengthened a platform for lobby, advocacy and 
demand towards a specific legislation on TIP and 
its immediate implementation before the FIFA 2010 
World Cup, which will take place in South Africa. 
C) Stakeholders, including religious institutions 
will be capacitated to prevent and to give 
concrete responses to trafficking in children 
through a "rescue and restore" campaign at local, 
national and regional level; d) SANTAC with its 
national and grass root members constitutes a 
reference source of information based on concrete 
facts for advocacy actions. 
 
F) Post thoughts: Post is very familiar with 
SANTAC, which is one of the better organized NGOs 
in the country.  The project scope is a bit 
general, but regional coordination is sorely 
lacking in Southern Africa, making the work 
proposed by the project very relevant.  Post 
understands that the project would be managed 
from Mozambique, where the NGO is based, but will 
be implemented as a regional project in the 
countries named above. 
 
¶3. A) Name of Applicant: Rede CAME 
 
B) Requested Funding: $57,060 
 
C) Project Title: Fighting Trafficking in Persons 
in Mozambique 
 
D) Project Duration: One year 
 
E) Proposal Abstract: The project aims at making 
communities in Mozambique more aware of 
trafficking in children and more able to protect 
their children, engage decision makers in 
formulating policies that help children to 
develop, assist the judicial system and police to 
enforce the legislation, engage the media in 
education campaign and mainly provide victims 
with direct assistance programs. 
 
The above-mentioned objectives will be achieved 
through the implementation of the following 
activities: workshops with media and civil 
society members; lobbying the Parliament members, 
training high ranking officials and by providing 
direct assistance to victims.  For this to be 
turned into reality, Rede CAME will again engage 
its members (20 NGOs) in different task forces 
composed of different organizations with 
different skills, influences, sensibilities but 
with a strong commitment in pursuing the same 
vision, mission and goals stated in this project. 
 
F) Post's comments: Red CAME has an impressive 
network of established partners to work with, 
including a shelter for victims, women's rights 
groups, judicial watchdogs, police groups, and 
other anti-trafficking NGOS.  This is a major 
factor when considering the project's prospects 
for success.  Red CAME was also a major player 
working with the government to draft a 
comprehensive law on trafficking, and part of 
this project is a follow-up: ensuring its passage 
as well as country-wide dissemination.  Red CAME 
received DHRF funding in 2005 to disseminate 
information on the child protection law and 
received USAID funding in 2006 to contribute to 
the draft trafficking in persons law.  In both 
cases post has been very impressed with the work 
carried out by Red CAME. 
 
CHAPMAN