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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 05 STATE 112504 
 
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SMIG, SIPDIS 
SUBJECT: G/TIP FY 2010 ANTI-TRAFFICKING COMPETITIVE GRANT 
PROGRAM 
 
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¶1. (U) This is an action request.  Please see paras 8 and 
¶9. 
 
¶2.  (U) Summary: The Department's Office to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) is conducting a 
two-stage competitive process for FY 2010 funding of 
projects that will improve the response to trafficking in 
persons.  In the first stage, G/TIP is requesting brief 
Statements of Interest (SOI) from organizations 
interested in submitting proposals for projects.  In the 
second stage, G/TIP will invite applicants whose SOIs are 
reviewed favorably to submit full proposals for 
consideration of funding.  This cable provides all 
embassies with summary information about the 2010 
competitive grant process.  All posts are requested 
to review the solicitation on the G/TIP website 
(provided below).  G/TIP has identified 40 priority 
countries for this solicitation.  Posts in each of the 40 
priority countries below are requested to publicize it to 
non-governmental organizations, public international 
organizations, and institutions of higher education that 
are active in combating human trafficking and to 
encourage them to apply.  G/TIP is most likely to fund 
proposals that target a priority country and that are 
responsive to the country-specific recommendations listed 
in the 2009 TIP Report.  Pending appropriations, G/TIP 
anticipates awarding grants of up to $750,000 per 
project.  The deadline for SOI submissions to G/TIP is 
December 3, 2009, 5:00 p.m. EST.  End Summary. 
 
3.(U) G/TIP is pleased to announce publication of its 
open competition for assistance awards to improve the 
response to human trafficking abroad.  G/TIP's 2010 
Request for Statements of Interest (RSOI) will be posted 
on G/TIP's website (www.state.gov/g/tip) , 
www.GrantSolutions.gov, and www.Grants.gov on November 2, 
¶2009.  U.S. and foreign non-governmental organizations 
(NGOs) and institutions of higher education, and public 
international organizations (PIOs) are encouraged to 
submit SOIs for anti-trafficking programs to be conducted 
in a single country abroad, within a region, or in more 
than one region. 
 
4.(U) This year, G/TIP is taking additional steps to 
reduce the burden on posts, which assisted G/TIP in the 
review of more than 290 full proposals for anti- 
trafficking projects in 2009.  G/TIP is implementing a 
two-stage competitive process for 2010 funding.  The 2010 
solicitation announces the first stage: G/TIP requests 
applicants to submit a Statement of Interest (SOI), a 
two-page summary of a proposed project along with two 
required standard forms.  Once again this year, G/TIP 
will handle the administrative burden of receiving 
submissions directly from all applicants rather than 
requiring embassies to manage this task. 
 
5.(U) Embassies will retain their full ability to rank 
and prioritize proposed projects for consideration. 
G/TIP will provide all SOIs that meet the technical 
requirements to posts for review in early January.  G/TIP 
will also notify posts of SOIs for bilateral projects 
which do not pass the technical review.  Following post 
review, SOIs will undergo a competitive panel review and 
selected applicants will be invited to submit a full 
proposal that expands on their SOI.  These proposals will 
be shared with posts prior to the final interagency panel 
review in G/TIP.  We believe that the review of two-page 
SOIs and selected full proposals will be less burdensome 
for posts and that it will save many applicants the time 
and resources required to prepare a full proposal. 
 
6.(U) Applicants will submit proposals via 
www.GrantSolutions.gov or www.Grants.gov.  The 
GrantSolutions website is a new option and it is 
available to all applicants, but G/TIP especially 
encourages foreign NGOs and PIOs to submit proposals 
through this web site.  All SOIs must be submitted by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) Thursday, December 
3, 2009.  G/TIP will not accept proposals submitted via 
email, fax, the U.S. postal system, FedEx, UPS and 
similar delivery companies, or courier. 
 
7.(U) In order to target our funds most effectively and 
 
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save precious resources of both posts and potential 
applicants, G/TIP identified 40 priority countries for 
FY10 funding based on several factors, including 
Trafficking in Persons Report Tier rank, political will 
to improve the response to trafficking, economic 
resources, and ongoing USG support for anti-trafficking 
programs.  All are ranked as Tier 3, Tier 2 Watch List, 
Tier 2, or listed as a Special Case in the 2009 TIP 
Report.  This is in keeping with the philosophy of 
deploying scarce resources where they are most needed and 
prioritizing the use of our funds. 
 
8.(U) For more detailed guidance on examples of projects 
that G/TIP seeks to fund, applicant organization 
criteria, technical requirements for SOIs, the 
competitive review process, submission instructions for 
applicants, and additional information, please see the 
complete solicitation at www.state.gov/g/tip.  Below are 
excerpts (not/not the complete solicitation) of the 
solicitation for posts' review. 
 
9.(U) Action Request for Embassies in 40 Priority 
Countries: Priority country embassies are requested to 
download the complete solicitation from the G/TIP website 
and publicize it to NGOs, PIOs, and institutions of 
higher education that are active in combating human 
trafficking and to encourage them to apply as described 
in the solicitation.  Posts should also refer interested 
applicants to www.GrantSolutions.gov and www.Grants.gov 
for applications procedures, technical criteria, and 
other solicitation details.  Posts may direct questions 
about this solicitation via email to Mark Forstrom at 
ForstromMA@state.gov. 
 
10.(U) Action Request for all other Embassies: Given 
widespread interest in anti-TIP programming, all other 
embassies are requested to review the complete 
solicitation on the G/TIP website and be prepared to 
respond to inquiries.  Posts should also refer interested 
applicants to the G/TIP website and to 
www.GrantSolutions.gov and www.Grants.gov for complete 
solicitation and application details.  Posts may direct 
questions about this solicitation via email to Mark 
Forstrom at ForstromMA@state.gov. 
 
11.(U) Begin Brief Excerpts from Request for Statements 
of Interest for 2010 G/TIP Anti-TIP Projects 
 
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: 
 
The Department of State's Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking in Persons (G/TIP) is pleased to announce a 
two-stage competitive process for 2010 funding of 
projects that will improve the response to trafficking in 
persons outside the United States.  The first stage is 
submission and competitive panel review of two-page 
Statements of Interest (SOI) from organizations 
interested in submitting proposals for projects that 
combat human trafficking.  In the second stage, G/TIP 
will invite applicants whose Statements of Interest are 
reviewed favorably to submit proposals that expand on 
their SOI.  These proposals will also be reviewed by a 
panel for consideration of funding.  This announcement 
initiates the first stage, and G/TIP is now requesting 
applicants to submit a Statement of Interest, as 
described in this solicitation.  U.S.-based non-profit 
and non-governmental organizations (NGO), public 
international organizations (PIO), foreign NGOs, and 
institutions of higher education are encouraged to apply 
by submitting a Statement of Interest.  Pending 
appropriations, G/TIP anticipates awarding grants of up 
to $750,000 per project. 
BACKGROUND 
 
The Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (P.L. 106- 
386), as amended (TVPA), authorized the establishment of 
the Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons 
(G/TIP) in the U.S. Department of State.  The mission of 
G/TIP is to combat modern slavery by employing a "3 Ps" 
strategy:  preventing trafficking in persons, protecting 
and assisting trafficking victims, and prosecuting 
traffickers and others who profit from trafficking in 
persons.  Additionally, as Secretary Clinton has 
indicated, G/TIP will seek partnerships to effectuate 
this strategy.  G/TIP provides leadership and 
coordination within the U.S. government and engages with 
foreign governments, civil society, and multilateral 
organizations to focus attention and devote resources to 
addressing human trafficking. 
 
The TVPA also requires that the Department of State 
 
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submit an annual assessment of "severe forms of 
trafficking in persons" and governments' efforts to 
address them.  The State Department's annual Trafficking 
in Persons Report (TIP Report), published in June each 
year, is an important diplomatic tool in the Department's 
dialogue with other governments and also serves as the 
guide for U.S. foreign assistance to governments and NGOs 
in countries working to eradicate trafficking.  The 2009 
TIP Report, available at 
http://www.state.gov/g/tip/rls/tiprpt/2009/, includes 
Tier rankings and country-specific recommendations for 
173 countries and evaluations of two additional 
countries.  As reflected in the 2009 TIP Report, despite 
laudatory global progress in establishing structures such 
as national action plans and counter-trafficking laws, 
much remains do be done to operationalize these promises. 
The number of reported trafficking cases appears to be in 
stasis; labor trafficking cases made up only 104 of the 
2,983 convictions in the 2009 reporting period, despite 
ILO statistics that indicate millions of persons labor in 
bondage around the world as well as suffer in sexual 
servitude.  Prevention and victim protection efforts 
often are developed in isolation and are not integrated 
into the 3Ps structure that is the vision of the TVPA. 
 
Pursuant to the TVPA, human trafficking is at its essence 
all the activities involved in obtaining or maintaining 
compelled service of a person by another.  G/TIP seeks to 
fund programs that reflect this view. 
2010 G/TIP GRANT COMPETITION OVERVIEW 
 
G/TIP allocates foreign assistance aimed at improving the 
response to trafficking in persons in other countries 
through an open competitive process.  G/TIP announces a 
solicitation for applications early each fiscal year and 
the office strives to award new grant projects late in 
the same fiscal year.  In 2009 the response to G/TIP's 
solicitation reached record levels; nearly 400 proposals 
were submitted for review. 
 
In an effort to manage the 2010 competitive grant process 
most effectively and to save hundreds of applicants the 
time and resources required to prepare a full proposal, 
G/TIP is using a two-stage competitive process for 2010 
funding.  This solicitation announces the first stage: 
G/TIP requests applicants to submit a Statement of 
Interest (SOI), a two-page summary of a proposed project 
that includes the information described below.  Following 
a competitive panel review, selected applicants will be 
invited to submit a full proposal that expands on their 
SOI.  These proposals will then be reviewed and 
considered for funding. 
 
Given the limited funding available, G/TIP has identified 
40 countries as priorities for this solicitation.  SOIs 
that address human trafficking issues in the named 
countries are especially encouraged.  Applicants are 
urged to review the country-specific recommendations 
listed in the country narratives of the 2009 Trafficking 
in Persons (TIP) Report as these will guide anti- 
trafficking programming under this announcement. 
 
Pending the appropriation of funds, G/TIP anticipates 
awarding grants of up to $750,000 for 36 months per 
project to organizations which, in the second stage of 
this competition, are invited to submit full proposals 
and are successful in the competitive review of 
proposals.  U.S.-based non-profit and non-governmental 
organizations (NGO), public international organizations 
(PIO), foreign NGOs, and universities are eligible to 
submit SOIs.  On a limited basis, for-profit 
organizations are also eligible to submit SOIs; however, 
they may not take a profit from grant-funded activities. 
 
G/TIP FUNDING PRIORITIES AND PROJECT EXAMPLES 
 
Generally, G/TIP prioritizes foreign assistance in 
countries ranked as Tier 3, Tier 2 Watch List, and in 
some cases, Tier 2, where governments have the political 
will to improve the response to trafficking, but lack the 
economic resources to address the problem.  For this 
solicitation G/TIP has designated 40 countries as 
priorities for 2010 funding, based on a review of the 
2009 Tier rankings, current anti-trafficking programming, 
and consultation with other offices in the Department. 
Some countries with significant trafficking problems have 
received extensive programmatic attention in recent years 
from G/TIP, other USG agencies, international 
organizations, and donor nations.  Priority designations 
for this solicitation respond to the needs articulated in 
the 2009 report, but also take into account current 
 
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G/TIP is most interested in SOIs for projects in the 
priority countries listed below and that are responsive 
to the country-specific recommendations listed in the 
2009 TIP Report.  Under limited circumstances, G/TIP may 
fund projects in countries that are not listed below. 
These may include proposals that exhibit innovative 
programming, address special country circumstances, or 
that serve as special models for replication in other 
countries.  A limited number of global projects may also 
be funded.  Recognizing that many cases of human 
trafficking are transnational and that effective remedies 
must be designed to meet specific challenges, G/TIP also 
encourages SOIs that address cross border and regional 
trafficking problems, for example, a project that 
develops and implements strategies for improving the 
response to human trafficking in the Dominican Republic 
and Haiti. 
 
The countries selected for priority funding consideration 
in this solicitation are listed below. 
 
AFRICA REGION 
Angola 
Burundi 
Chad 
Democratic Republic of the Congo 
Republic of the Congo 
Cote d'Ivoire 
Ethiopia 
Ghana 
Lesotho 
Mali 
Mauritania 
Mozambique 
Rwanda 
Swaziland 
 
EAST ASIA/PACIFIC REGION 
Cambodia 
Indonesia 
Laos 
Papua New Guinea 
Philippines 
Thailand 
Vietnam 
 
EUROPEAN REGION 
Albania 
Azerbaijan 
Montenegro 
 
NEAR EAST REGION 
Iraq 
Jordan 
Lebanon 
 
SOUTH AND CENTRAL ASIAN REGION 
Bangladesh 
India 
Pakistan 
Tajikistan 
Turkmenistan 
 
WESTERN HEMISPHERE REGION 
Argentina 
Belize 
Dominican Republic 
Guatemala 
Guyana 
Haiti 
Mexico 
Nicaragua 
 
BIDDERS' CONFERENCE 
 
G/TIP will host a Bidders' Conference on November 5, 
2009, at the Department of State in Washington, DC.  This 
conference will provide an opportunity for interested 
parties to learn more about the G/TIP request for 
Statements of Interest (SOI), G/TIP programming 
priorities, the SOI submission/review process, and the 
management of grant awards to successful applicants. 
Information about this conference can be viewed on our 
website at: www.state.gov/g/tip.  Materials from the 
conference will be published on the website after 
November 5, 2009. 
 
End Excerpts from the G/TIP 2010 Request for Statements 
 
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¶12. Minimize considered. 
CLINTON