Usaid Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons Quarterly Performance Report April - June 2019

USAID THAILAND COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT APRIL - JUNE 2019

Cooperative Agreement No. AID-486-LA-17-00001

Submitted to United States Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia

Submitted by Winrock International 2121 Crystal Drive Arlington, Virginia 22202

30 July 2019

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USAID THAILAND COUNTER

TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS

QUARTERLY PERFORMANCE REPORT APRIL - JUNE 2019

DISCLAIMER The author’s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. 1

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations ...... i I. Executive Summary ...... iv II. Project Description ...... 1 III. Summary of Activities ...... 2 A. Project Management and Administration ...... 2 B. Key Project Deliverables ...... 4 C. Progress of Activities ...... 4 Intermediate Result (IR) 1: Reduced Demands and Incentives for Trafficked Labor ...... 6 Intermediate Result (IR) 2: Empower at-risk Populations to Safeguard Their Rights ...... 11 Intermediate Result (IR) 3: Protection Systems Strengthened ...... 16 IV. USAID/RDMA Development Screens ...... 222 V. Status and Analysis of Budget Expenditure ...... 266 VI. Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning ...... 266 VII. Challenges Encountered ...... 288 VIII. Future Directions and Upcoming Activities ...... 29 IX. Success Stories ...... 311 ANNEX I: List of Consultants...... 322 ANNEX II: USAID Thailand CTIP – Facebook Landing Page ...... 344 ANNEX III: Posters Developed by Students from NIST International School ...... 355 ANNEX IV: Notes from Pause and Reflect Meeting ...... 388 ANNEX V: Terms of Reference for Technical Dialogue (TD) Consultant ...... 411 ANNEX VI: Geek without Frontier – Description of Services ...... 444 ANNEX VII: IC Net Asia – Description of Services ...... 455 ANNEX VIII: Communication Framework for Grantees ...... 466 ANNEX IX: Terms of Reference - Labor Migration Policy Status Review ...... 477 ANNEX X: BBC Media Action Training Report – FOCUS ...... 48 ANNEX XI: BBC Media Action Training Report – The Freedom Story ...... 533 ANNEX XII: BBC Media Action Training Report – Raks Thai ...... 58 ANNEX XIII: BBC Media Action Training Report – LPN ...... 633 ANNEX XIV: Gender Equity and Social Inclusion ...... 68 ANNEX XV: Project Indicator Tracking Table ...... 744 ANNEX XVI: Term of Reference – Facilitation of Stakeholder Consultation Workshop ...... 755

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ANNEX XVII: Consultant for Rapid Assessment of Migrant Worker Recruitment in Thailand’s Agriculture, Construction and Fishing Industries: Processes, Practices and Costs ...... 78

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ABBREVIATIONS

AA Associate Award ASEAN – U.S. PROGRESS ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development and Security ATIP Anti-Trafficking in Persons ATT Activity Tracking Table BBCMA BBC Media Action CBO Capacity Building Officers CMM Case Management Meeting Comms Plan Communications and Outreach Plan COP Chief of Party CSO Civil Society Organization CTIP Counter-Trafficking in Persons DATIP Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons DCOP Deputy Chief of Party FB Facebook FC Freedom Collaborative FOCUS Foundation of Child Understanding GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GWF Geeks Without Frontiers GIDAP Gender and Inclusion Development Action Plan ECPAT End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes ICT Information and Communication Technology IEC Information, Education, Communications ILO International Labor Organization IP Implementing Partner

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IR Intermediate Results IOM International Organization of Migration ITT Indicator Tracking Table KPI Key Performance Indicator Lao PDR Lao People’s Democratic Republic LOE Level of Effort LPN Labour Rights Promotion Network Foundation LWA Leader with Associates Award MDT Multi-Disciplinary Team MEL Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning MELS Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Specialist MOL Ministry of Labor MoU Memorandum of Understanding MSC Most Significant Change MSDHS Ministry of Social Development and Human Security NGO Non-Governmental Organization OCA Organizational Capacity Assessments PIPO Port In - Port Out Controlling Center

PSDHS Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office PSES Private Sector Engagement Specialist Raks Thai Raks Thai Foundation RFA Request for Application RPA Rapid Partnership Appraisal SBCC Social Behavior Change Communication SFA Songkhla Fishery Association SOP Standard Operative Procedure SOW Scope of Work

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SPA Senior Partnership Advisor TD Technical Dialogue TFS The Freedom Story TIP Trafficking in Persons TOR Terms of Reference UNACT United Nations Action for Cooperation against Trafficking in Persons USAID/RDMA United States Agency for International Development/ Regional Development Mission for Asia USAID Thailand CTIP USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons/the project VMS Vessel Monitoring System Winrock Winrock International Winrock Comms Winrock Communications WV World Vision

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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Agency for International Development/Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID/RDMA) awarded Cooperative Agreement AID-486-LA-17-00001 to Winrock International for the implementation of the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons (USAID Thailand CTIP) project, an Associate Award (AA) under the USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons (USAID Asia CTIP) Leader with Associates Award (LWA) mechanism on September 17, 2017. This five-year, USD $10 million project aims to reduce trafficking in persons (TIP) and better protect the rights of trafficked persons in Thailand. This report details project implementation including activities, achievements, and challenges for the period from April 1 to June 30, 2019.

During this quarter, the project increased its influence and engagement with provincial level authorities through workshops with local grantees on topics such as self-identification. The project also increased cross-border collaboration through its involvement in the crafting of two Memorandums of Understanding between Thailand and Cambodia and Thailand and Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). With the continued engagement of the Division of Anti-Trafficking in Persons under Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, the project has maintained a strengthened relationship with key governmental agencies, including the Department of Fisheries, to ensure effective cooperation in combatting trafficking in persons in Thailand, specifically labor trafficking in seafood supply chains. In addition, USAID Thailand CTIP began advertising for a sixth grantee to work in the Phuket region.

The highlights of USAID Thailand CTIP activities under each Intermediate Result (IR) this quarter include:

Intermediate Result 1: Reduced demands and incentives for trafficked labor • Winrock, FairAgora Asia, PepsiCo, USAID RDMA and Resonance came together for a one-day workshop to co-design a partnership activity that can both positively enhance the “smallholders’ impact program” as a way to gain buy-in from the sugar producers while also persuading big buyers in the industry to take collective action and increase transparency in supply chains. • The project continued to lead partnership development activities with Mars, including revisions to the concept notes and on-going dialogue with stakeholders • An analysis of labor and migration regulations and policies in Thailand commenced.

Intermediate Result 2: Empower at-risk populations to safeguard their rights • The project completed all trainings with partners on Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) initiatives aligning all their communication and activities with the project communication plan. • Toolkit designed and finalized for launch in Q4. • Scope of Work (SOW) for ethical recruitment advertised, with research to commence in Q4.

Intermediate Result 3: Protection Systems Strengthened • Provincial Office of Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (PSDHS), multi-disciplinary team (MDT), and NGO members came together for the USAID Thailand CTIP workshop on “Improving Self-Identification Process for Survivors of Trafficking in Persons: Challenges and Ways Forward” in Chiang Rai to address concerns and challenges identified by those working on TIP issues in the province.

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• The study on alternative models of care was completed. Key recommendations from the study will be shared with Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) to advocate for policy and practice changes. • The project supported cross-border collaboration among regional CTIP projects through its involvement in review meetings of the Plans of Actions (PoA) crafted under two different Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Thailand and Cambodia and Thailand and Lao PDR.

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II. PROJECT DESCRIPTION As a source, transit, and destination country, Thailand faces multiple manifestations of trafficking in persons (TIP), including forced labor and sex trafficking. These acts are fueled by growth and demand for low-skilled labor in sectors such as agriculture and fishing, tourism and hospitality, construction, and food processing. Trafficking is further enabled by a lack of regulation, enforcement and deep-rooted social discrimination. For example, the 2019 US Department of State report on trafficking in persons (TIP report) reported that in 2018, the Department of Labour Protection and Welfare conducted 1,906 inspections at high-risk workplaces, including sugarcane farms and shrimp and fish processing facilities, and found 388 workplaces operating in violation of labor laws. Populations often targeted to work in high-risk environments include ethnic minorities, highland persons, children from rural areas, stateless persons, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals.

Although the Royal Thai Government (RTG) has enhanced efforts to establish Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) systems and processes, many gaps remain. Forced labor is reported in many sectors, but the number of victims identified remains low because of inadequate screening, hard-to-reach sectors where many migrants work, and a lack of self- reporting. Discriminatory attitudes toward migrants and lack of information and services make immigrants vulnerable to exploitation and trafficking. New national policies to legalize the status of undocumented migrants and protect survivors are not always understood or enforced at the local level, and these groups are not empowered to access services. The RTG, private sector, and civil society all play major roles in curtailing TIP in Thailand, but better protocols, incentives, and collaboration are needed to achieve collective impact.

USAID Thailand CTIP has two purposes: to reduce trafficking in persons in Thailand and to better protect rights of trafficked persons. To fulfill these purposes, USAID Thailand CTIP employs a 5C strategy: community engagement, change agents, communication, collaboration, and continuity. The project supports change agents from the private sector, government, migrant groups, at-risk communities and the media. In addition to the 5Cs, the project incorporates critical crosscutting factors into all activities. These include a gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) approach that mainstreams gender and social inclusion in all components and the use of innovative, data-driven solutions — both technical and programmatic — to address emerging issues, research and service delivery. USAID Thailand CTIP prioritizes areas with increased risk of human trafficking, including known trafficking routes and locations where migrants are most often found. Currently, USAID Thailand CTIP is targeting six different provinces in Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Rai, Surat Thani, Sa Kaeo, Trat, and Phuket.

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III. SUMMARY OF ACTIVITIES

A. PROJECT MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION

Throughout this quarter, Winrock has been working closely with legal counsel, USAID, and the RTG regarding the status of the Thailand CTIP project registration. In Quarter 3, the Ministry of Labor informed Winrock that they approved their registration renewal; Winrock expects registration to be finalized early in Q4.

Grantees

In Quarter 3, USAID Thailand CTIP continued working with FairAgora and EnerGaia to start the process of providing grants to both organizations as per the Rapid Partnership Appraisal (RPA). The SOWs with both FairAgora and EnerGaia are under review and are expected to be finalized in Q4.

In Q3, USAID Thailand CTIP decided to open a Fisherman’s Center in Phuket to address activities falling under the Mars Petcare partnership, including improving fishermen’s ability to equally access needed information and services, creating access points for self-reporting, and engaging with provincial and local governments. The Request For Application (RFA) will be advertised in Q4; a grantee is expected to be onboarded by the beginning of the next project year.

Table 1. Overview of Grantees Organization Province Status Start Date End Date The Freedom Development Chiang Rai Signed 1 November 2018 31 October 2021 Foundation FOCUS Chiang Rai Signed 10 December 2018 31 October 2021

Labour Rights Promotion Trat Signed 3 January 2019 31 October 2021 Network (LPN) Raks Thai Surat Thani Signed 1 November 2018 31 October 2021 SideKick Bangkok Signed 12 February 2019 30 November 2021 New Phuket Based Grantee Phuket To be signed in Q4 of year 2

FairAgora Asia Bangkok To be signed in Q4 of year 2 EnerGaia Bangkok To be signed in Q4 of year 2

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Focus Areas

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Staff

During the reporting period, Winrock and implementing partners continued to onboard new staff and build the capacity of existing project staff. In April, Winrock hired and onboarded a Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP) and Community Mobilization Specialist, completing the Winrock project team. Additionally, the project onboarded an intern from Thammasart University. Ms. Kanitta Panyasongruji started her two-month internship on June 10, 2019 and will complete it by August 9, 2019.

During Q3, World Vision (WV) added a new Thailand-based Project Manager to replace Philip Wilkinson, who was removed from the project. Implementing partner BBC Media Action (BBCMA) also welcomed Andrew Harrington, Senior Programme Officer, as a new point of contact for the USAID Thailand CTIP project.

Finally, the Monitoring, Evaluation, & Learning (MEL) Specialist resigned effective August 15, 2019 for personal reasons. The project hired a MEL consultant to serve in the interim period while it advertises for a replacement MEL specialist, who is expected to start in Q4.

B. KEY PROJECT DELIVERABLES

During this quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP continued executing activities as per the Year Two Work Plan in addition to actualizing the Gender and Inclusion Development Action Plan (GIDAP), Communications Outreach Plan, and MEL plan.

Year Two Key Project Deliverables Status Baseline study Ongoing Alternative Models of Shelter Report Completed Communications Framework for the project Completed Formative Research on SBCC Completed Labor Migration Policy Review Ongoing Complaint Mechanism Study Ongoing Technical Dialogue Advertised

C. PROGRESS OF ACTIVITIES

During this reporting period, Winrock made significant progress in proposed activities. More details on the activities conducted over the past quarter are reported below by cross-cutting activities (including engagement with the Royal Thai Government, grantees and external communications) as well as by activities under each IR.

Royal Thai Government Engagement

During Q3, the USAID Thailand CTIP Project strengthened its partnership with the RTG through planning and implementing project activities aimed to further engage RTG. For example, on May 17, 2019, USAID Thailand CTIP held a victim self-identification process workshop in Chiang Rai. The Division of Anti-TIP (DATIP) under the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS) actively assisted in planning and designing the workshop as well as co-supporting the activity financially and administratively.

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The USAID Thailand CTIP Project also improved the RTG buy-in through increased involvement with government groups such as the MSDHS/DATIP. This past quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP attended more government meetings (at RTG officials’ request) concerning topics such as the reviewal of the Plans of Action (PoA) under the Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) on Anti-TIP between Thailand and Cambodia, and between Thailand and Lao PDR. USAID CTIP Thailand also discussed project activities to gain insight into the government’s interests. Additionally, the project discussed activities to understand which direction policy is leaning so that the project can take beneficial actions to support successful activity implementation.

Communications

USAID Thailand CTIP Facebook page Preparations for the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons Facebook (FB) page are ongoing. The FB landing page design was shared with the Winrock Communications team (Comms) and approved mid-July (see ANNEX II). To avoid any potential delays in future postings, USAID Thailand CTIP prepared draft posts and shared them in advance with the Winrock Comms team for clearance. These posts included regular posts about human trafficking and USAID CTIP Thailand’s efforts in the country, as well as posts for the World Day Against Trafficking in Persons mini-campaign. The mini-campaign consists of ten different TIP quick facts and graphics to be posted daily from July 21, 2019 until World Day Against Trafficking in Persons on July 30, 2019. The FB page will also feature TIP awareness events organized by each project grantee on July 30, in addition to highlighting current project initiatives.

This quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP worked with implementing partner BBCMA to develop a post for the “Countering Trafficking in Persons – Understanding Target Audiences for Communication Strategy” research that was completed in Q1 of Year 2. This research will be jointly released to the public via the project’s FB page, the Thailand page on the Winrock International website, and the BBCMA website. USAID Thailand CTIP expects to launch the post in early August.

TIP information materials from NIST International School In its efforts to engage more youth, the project partnered with the NIST International School on its Work Experience program. This program is for NIST students to have an opportunity to work in a professional environment. During the week-long program, the students were tasked with developing posters to raise awareness about trafficking to share with their peers at school. The participating students took great initiative by collecting information from Winrock reports provided by the project staff and using open sources online. At end of the program, three draft posters were created, and the concepts were presented to project staff. The posters will be shared on the project FB page upon clearance from the Winrock Comms team and USAID (see ANNEX III).

First Biannual “Pause-and-Reflect” Event

The project’s first internal biannual “Pause-and-Reflect” event was conducted on April 25, 2019 and attended by Winrock project staff and USAID (see ANNEX IV). During this day, the team reflected upon the following questions: • What is working well (as reflected in your portfolio)? • What is not working as well as you had hoped and why?

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• To execute your activity well, do key assumptions or conditions still hold true/exist? If so, what are they? If not, what do we need to change for you to be able to complete your activity to the best of your ability? • Are there game changer issues that will influence both how you achieve your activity (the process) and the result? If so, what are they and what can we do about them?

In response to these questions, the group proposed the following actions: • A monthly brown bag session for the office where a topic is presented over lunch and discussed. • Cancel the monthly written report template for Civil Society Organization (CSO) grantees but continue with the monthly Activity Tracking Tables (ATTs) for monitoring purposes.

Based on the findings from the event, a second biannual pause and reflect was planned for July 2019 during the workplan meeting. This day will include all partners and sub grantees and will focus on the question “Are we doing things properly?”

Technical Dialogue

In year 2, the USAID Thailand CTIP team identified the need to create a technical dialogue with project grantees around gaps they might have in their knowledge of trafficking. The goal of the Technical Dialogue (TD) is to improve the capacity of USAID Thailand CTIP grantees to manage their counter-trafficking initiatives by using participatory techniques and an agreed-upon program management improvement framework in consultation with grantees. A Scope of Work (see ANNEX V) for a TD consultant was completed and posted in Q3, with implementation to occur during Q4. Throughout Q4, the TD Consultant will meet with each grantee and lead a 3-day facilitated process to provide guidance to grantees in assessing targeted technical capacity areas. The result will be short-term workplans from each grantee focused on strengthening plans according to their needs as well as project requirements and resources. The consultant will also provide USAID Thailand CTIP with a final report summarizing the results of the TD.

INTERMEDIATE RESULT (IR) 1: REDUCED DEMANDS AND INCENTIVES FOR TRAFFICKED LABOR

Throughout Q3, USAID Thailand CTIP and its implementing partners continued working in parallel across three activity streams to reduce demands and incentives for trafficked labor in Thailand. First, under Sub IR 1.1, the project continued to lead partnership development with Mars through the co-creation process, which resulted in a detailed partnership action plan. In addition, the project further engaged with Energaia, Pepsi Co. and FairAgora to co-design key activities that could be piloted under the partnerships. Second, under Sub IR 1.2, implementing partner BBCMA continued to work in close collaboration with SideKick to provide mentorship support for grantees in designing a communications strategy. Through this process, SideKick conducted an individual SBCC training for grantees to better equip them with skills in carrying out SBCC interventions in target provinces. Finally, under Sub IR 1.3, Winrock commissioned an independent consultant to review and analyze labor and migration regulations and policies in Thailand. The consultant’s report is expected to be completed in Q4. It is anticipated that these research findings will provide in-depth analysis to improve understanding, inform policy, and promote the protection of migrants’ rights.

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Sub-IR 1.1: Improved ethical standards and practices in workplaces and supply chains

During this reporting period, stakeholders committed to move forward USAID Thailand CTIP’s efforts in private sector engagement. The RPA conducted several activities in partnership with Energaia, FairAgora and PepsiCo. Additionally, USAID Thailand CTIP strengthened its partnership with Mars during a one-day workshop that began with potential new activities and ended with a detailed partnership action plan.

Development of Energaia partnership To assess opportunities for partnerships under the Energaia initiative, a feasibility study was conducted through several consultations with the stakeholders (including Energaia, LPN, Winrock and Resonance) to determine how to best test the training model. This model proposes that Energaia will assist TIP survivors in planting and harvesting spirulina to then sell back to Energaia. The information from stakeholders suggested the most reasonable approach (both legally and logistically) to piloting the training model in October is to begin with TIP survivors in shelters, rather than among survivors integrated into the general community. The project concluded that it will pilot the Energaia activities within TIP shelters run by LPN, noting the value and benefit to TIP survivors and the opportunity posed by this income-generating model that can be scaled to government shelters.

Following the feasibility study, the project team and Energaia met with LPN on May 3, 2019 to align key activities and pilot objectives and develop an action plan for the pilot. The action plan includes the following steps: 1) Site inspection. The team noted all logistical details and specifications needed for set- up and pilot design of the spirulina growing facilities. Some key details are pending further confirmation with the LPN team after the inspection. 2) Needs assessment with TIP survivors at LPN’s shelter. To ensure that the pilot design captures the needs of the workers and will be sustainable after the culmination of USAID Thailand CTIP, the team conducted short group interviews with workers in LPN’s shelter to introduce the vocational training opportunity and benefits of participating in the pilot. The team inquired about the willingness and interest among workers to grow spirulina, as well as the necessary income generation to support them and their families. It was revealed that the workers are open to learning to grow spirulina and shared that it would be helpful to have additional income-generating activities while waiting to go back to their home country.

Ongoing activities throughout Quarter 4 will include fine-tuning the pilot design, informing next steps, and signing the grant agreement.

FairAgora and PepsiCo partnership On June 12, 2019, representatives from Winrock, FairAgora Asia, PepsiCo, USAID RDMA, and Resonance came together for a one-day workshop to co-design a partnership activity to enhance/support the “smallholders’ impact program” as a way to gain buy-in from sugar producers. The workshop also explored how social metrics can be addressed through a customized Verifik8 platform solution to enhance working conditions for smallholder farmers and increase supply chain visibility for buyers. Key obstacles to adopting the Verifik8 tool and the potential for scale within the stakeholder engagement model were also noted. Overall, the level of acceptance of the Verifik8 tool among representatives from sugar mills was neutral, with key challenges needing to be addressed around access to labor data and incentives for collaboration from Thai mills. The partners agreed on the importance of

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report engaging other big buyers in the industry to gain their feedback and input, as well as the need for collective action at the industry level encouraging Thai sugarcane stakeholders to increase transparency in the supply chains.

As a next step, the project will continue to work with the FairAgora Asia team to update and finalize a SOW, budget, and partnership communication protocol as key content for the Fixed Amount Award Grant Agreement, which is expected to be finalized in Q4.

Mars Petcare partnership This quarter, the project continued developing its partnership with Mars, which included revisions to the concept notes and on-going dialogue with all the stakeholders, including Mars and USAID, to identify expectations and build understanding on the co-creation process of a shared value partnership. On June 13, Winrock, USAID RDMA, and Resonance came together for a one-day workshop to set expectations; reconfirm partnership activities; discuss possible adjustments; brainstorm potential new activities and develop a partnership management protocol. From the discussion among partners, all three workstreams previously outlined are still relevant but were adjusted slightly, and a fourth workstream on broader industry engagement was added. Working teams were assigned to each workstream to support accountability and ensure efficient implementation. The overview of each workstream is outlined below:

• Workstream 1: Connect Workers at Sea to a Response System. Going forward, the Mars Petcare team will help manage the work of Geeks Without Frontiers (GWF) on Internet connectivity models. The criteria for the Internet model need to be confirmed by the members of Workstream 1, but the Mars team highlighted the following priorities: affordability; value to vessel owners; captains and fishermen; and a potential SOS function to strengthen worker voice. Also, USAID Thailand CTIP team will notify GWF that the pilot has been revised from Songkhla province to Phuket (as the Andaman Sea is a priority). Regarding the work with IC Net Asia (the market research consultant), Resonance briefly mentioned the need to revise IC Net Asia’s SOW due to their current inability to conduct surveys with the Songkhla Fishery Association (SFA). Resonance proposed a refocused SOW to capture buyer’s expectations, which can then be shared with vessel owners and the SFA. Another alternative is to have IC Net Asia investigate Phuket stakeholders’ perspectives, since the project activities will be pivoted to Phuket instead of Songkhla. Discussions around possible termination of the consultancy also arose. Further conversation will be required to confirm the new SOW for IC Net Asia.

• Workstream 2: Establish an Effective Industry Response Protocol. The geographic location of the USAID Thailand CTIP project activities will now change from Songkhla Province to Phuket. The activities in Phuket will focus on mapping local service providers, exploring response protocols, and potentially establishing a response and/or fishermen center. The project will identify a project sub-grantee to carry out the mapping of service providers and facilitate a response system and/or advise on industry protocol. Mars Petcare will support the Stella Maris center, a local center run by an NGO that receives TIP cases and helps workers navigate rights violations in Pattani Province. Mars Petcare will then share information with Winrock regarding the SOW and the nature of services provided by the center to inform the development of a fishermen’s center in Phuket through the USAID Thailand CTIP grant that will be run by a local NGO.

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• Workstream 3: Build Industry Capacity Around Ethical Recruitment. Resonance conducted a mapping and high-level assessment on the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions, international standards, and guidelines for businesses regarding ethical recruitment for Mars Petcare on behalf of the USAID Asia CTIP project. Per Mars’ request, the assessment will be shared with the partnership teams over email. In addition, the USAID Asia CTIP and USAID Thailand CTIP Chiefs of Party shared that they will implement upcoming activities regarding ethical recruitment between Cambodia and Thailand and will share the learnings and evidence-based practices with Mars Petcare and other potential industry stakeholders.

• Workstream 4: Broader Industry Engagement A new workstream conceptualized by Mars Petcare, Winrock, and USAID aims at expanding industry engagement to effectively maximize the reach of partnership activities and integrate a more systematic approach. Mars Petcare agreed to introduce the Winrock Chiefs of Party to the Seafood Task Force to better engage Winrock in industry action (potentially in January 2020). Partners also agreed to share the finalized partnership action plan with relevant industry stakeholders, such as members of the Seafood Task Force and/or the Pet Food Group (of which Mars Petcare is a member), and gain buy-in in current project activities (with the understanding that new activities will not be developed at this time).

Mars Petcare partnership consultant progress The recruitment of two external consultants, IC Net Asia and GWF, was completed in May 2019. Both firms finalized their methodology and initiated work in June (see ANNEX VI and VII). IC Net Asia was tasked with conducting market research in Songkhla Province to explore the perception of Internet connectivity and worker’s rights among key stakeholders within the commercial fishing sector. IC Net Asia began activities in Songkhla Province in late May and initiated consultations with local artisans, community fishermen, and key Thai government agencies such as Port-In Port-Out (PIPO) and the Department of Labor. However, the consultants were not able to obtain permission to access the key target group, the commercial Songkhla Fishery Association, to conduct detailed surveys with vessel owners and their workers. As a result, Mars Petcare and Winrock are currently considering whether to re-scope their work or terminate the contract.

An initial kick-off meeting was held with GWF on June 24 in Bangkok with representatives from Mars Petcare Thailand, USAID Thailand CTIP, and Resonance. Participants sought to align on key action points including:

• Methodology and Scope of Work The GWF team’s methodology was approved by the partnership team during the reporting period. It was agreed that the scope of GWF’s work for Phase 1 + 2 will be at the national level, with technology consultations conducted in both the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. Vessels within the commercial fishing sector, which consists of boats above 30 tons, will be targeted. The criteria to be assessed will focus on affordability of equipment and data plans, business value (link to traceability or improving business processes), and the ability to help fishermen and crew in the event of emergencies and to prevent labor abuse. Options to leverage existing technologies and the Vessels Monitoring System (VMS) systems already in use by the Thai government may help reduce costs, and therefore will be of interest to the team. GWF will prepare matrices with relevant criteria such as the technology used, geographic

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reach, and costs. Phase 3 of the pilot has been revised from Songkhla province to Phuket, piloting 20 vessels (with the understanding that this may change due to technology and other factors such as cost). It was confirmed in Q3 that GWF will continue consultations with the technology and communication companies.

• Consultations with Relevant Thai Government and Thai Fishing Associations Due to ongoing sensitivity within the fishing sector in Thailand, the partnership team will support GWF’s work by facilitating linkages with relevant Thai Government agencies and departments and commercial fishing associations (e.g. PIPO Phuket, Marine Department, Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, National Fishing Association and Phuket Fishing Association), and accompanying GWF to meetings. The project will disseminate official letters of request for meetings with key stakeholders as well as coordinate these meetings, which are tentatively set for the second half of July.

• External Communications In response to a request from GWF to speak about their partnership work at upcoming Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Events, the partnership team agreed that an external communication strategy and talking points on the partnership should first be finalized before any external communications are conducted. To date, the partnership has not been publicly announced, and talking points are under development. GWF will submit a press release to the partnership team and USAID for approval and feedback.

• Connecting to Other Key Stakeholders The partnership team recommended that GWF speak with the USAID Oceans project, especially the project’s technical experts, who can share relevant insights regarding connectivity technologies and pilot activities implemented through USAID Oceans’ partnership with Thai Union. The project also facilitated contact between GWF and OceanMind, a non-profit organization that provides support to the Department of Fisheries, including expertise and knowledge paired with advanced technologies that enable responsible sourcing. Through this relationship, GWF can gain insights on current technology being utilized by the Thai government to monitor fishing activity at sea.

Sub-IR 1.2: Changed consumer attitudes and awareness of trafficked labor

Drawing on findings from the project’s formative research and the Communications Framework (see Annex VIII), Winrock, BBCMA, and Sidekick worked together to design a campaign and engagement plan aimed at a variety of target groups through different key activities. The plan identified three distinct but interlinked campaigns: a local campaign (provincial campaign); a university campaign; and a national campaign. The campaigns will be executed in this order and will be launched with other corresponding activities, such as immersive visits with grantees (CSO’s) and media visits targeting more traditional media such as radio and TV.

As a first step to launching the local campaign, Sidekick will conduct visits to CSOs at the end of year 2/ beginning of year 3. These visits will follow up on the training CSOs received this this quarter on SBCC and will be used to identify key locations in the provinces to launch the local campaign. Concurrently, SideKick reached out to Thammasat University’s School of Global Studies, a potential partner, to discuss its ideas around the university campaign.

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This campaign will target the youth of Thailand and will include such activities as tertiary- level media competitions, incubator workshops on SBCC media design, and panel/public discussions. To build momentum from the local to the national level, the university campaign will be a soft launch of the larger-scale national campaign and will also be used to highlight the success and activities from the local campaign.

Sub-IR 1.3: Increased engagement on labor and migration policies by key stakeholders

This quarter, Winrock commissioned a consultant to conduct a review and analysis of labor and migration regulations and policies in Thailand (see ANNEX IX). Apart from a desk review looking into Thailand’s past and current labor and migration policies, the consultant reached out to several key Thai government agencies and migrants from Lao PDR, Myanmar and Cambodia. The consultant used key informant interviews and focus group discussions to obtain Thai government agencies and migrants’ views and opinions on how the country has administered and managed its labor and migration policies, as well as to how the country has responded to the needs of foreign migrant workers.

Although the final report is not due until mid-August, the consultant has shared some of the initial findings. One of the most striking messages is that the RTG’s policies and policy actions concerning foreign migration has shifted during the past few decades from ad-hoc responses to the shortage of labor to a more organized, controllable and preventative approach. The creation of MOUs with neighboring countries is one example of this more deliberative process that addresses the systematic management of foreign migrants, an increasing illegal migration problem, and other key social changes, such as the effort to maintain stable economic growth while the country ages and the working population shrinks.

The draft review proposed some initial recommendations to the RTG as provided below: • Revise/update the list of jobs allowed for foreign migrants to reflect the needs of the job sector. • Coordinate with sending countries to mutually solve the problems on nationality identification and/or develop some measures that allow temporary stay for illegal migrants. • The existing Committee on Policies and Management of Foreign Migrants should include members from other sectors to accommodate labor protection-related issues. • To develop an easily accessible manual for employers to learn about work permits and the process to hire foreign migrants. This is to build a general understanding among key stakeholders on the hiring.

INTERMEDIATE RESULT (IR) 2: EMPOWER AT-RISK POPULATIONS TO SAFEGUARD THEIR RIGHTS

During Q3, USAID Thailand CTIP’s local grantees sought to identify, build upon and expand trusted local networks and supports systems that support at-risk populations in order to strengthen the collective voice and be empowered to safeguard their own rights. Building upon previous quarter activities, the project was able to continue its strategic approach and conduct outreach activities on rights awareness for vulnerable populations. This was achieved through mentorship and technical support to grantees in areas of TIP and SBCC in addition to providing space for grantees to share information and provide awareness raising trainings at the provincial level. Overall, prevention activities reached a total of 232 migrants, of which 124 were males and 108 were females (see Table 1). Additionally, the project’s work to

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report disseminate useful information has continued through the Freedom Collaborative (FC) platform. This quarter, the project also introduced Most Significant Change (MSC) stories to continue to build the voice of at-risk populations. Finally, the project began to incorporate inclusive dialogue with local stakeholders to ensure constructive cooperation on anti- trafficking efforts.

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Sub-IR 2.1: Increased awareness and understanding of rights among most at-risk populations

Completion of the Resource Toolkit The USAID Thailand CTIP project seeks to foster greater coordination both within its areas of operation as well as across the region. Building upon work completed last quarter, the project continued to leverage relationships with regional and source country stakeholders to create a network for sharing knowledge and best practices to strengthen and inform programming. USAID Thailand CTIP partner Liberty Shared incorporated some final feedback from Winrock, and the Resource Toolkit is in its final stages of development, including enhancements to the Toolkit’s search option (e.g. adding search filters and improving the search results page). Additionally, the overall user interface will be adjusted to maximize each individual user’s experience. The toolkit is expected to be launched in Q4. The first revision will be introduced in the coming Year 3 Work Plan Meeting with implementing partners and grantees in early July. Once finalized, each grantee will be trained on effective ways to browse information and documents using the Resource Toolkit. Moving forward, the project plans to develop additional information products such as podcast series, presentations, and short videos on selected topics that will further support how grantees use resources to conduct field activities.

Coordination with CTIP efforts in source countries to reduce pre-migration TIP risks With the finalization of the Resource Toolkit, Winrock is working with Freedom Collaborative on a plan to share its contents across all source countries and determine which resources need to be translated into which languages to better serve migrants living in source countries. Examples of relevant materials to potentially be translated include the safe navigator toolkit, manuals, TIP materials, and World Vision’s Information Education and Communication (IEC) materials which have already been shared with Winrock and uploaded into the resource toolkit.

In addition to knowledge sharing, USAID Thailand CTIP will work in tandem with USAID Asia CTIP and USAID Cambodia CTIP to develop a plan for research on ethical recruitment as well as an ethical recruiting program pilot to be launched in Q4/Year 3. All three projects plan to initiate new programmatic activities regarding ethical recruitment between countries

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report in the coming months and will share these findings with Mars Petcare and other industry stakeholders.

Provide rights awareness tools and capacity development for service providers During this quarter, the project conducted tailored SBCC trainings with all four subgrantees that work directly with beneficiaries. These trainings built the SBCC skills of the project’s subgrantees and assisted them with developing communication strategies and action plans to align with the project’s behavior change objectives (see ANNEX X - XIII). To ensure grantee’s SBCC strategies fit under the wider project communications strategy, the project introduced several ideas and techniques on how to identify target audiences and use points of entry/channels of distribution such as local radio stations and local community leaders. During these trainings, participants raised their challenge reaching Cambodian migrants in Trat. Even though LPN has large number of Burmese followers on FB, Cambodian migrants are different, with different needs and ways of consuming information. SideKick will mentor and support LPN to develop a strategy to reach these migrants by engaging the local community and/or religious leaders.

Also in this quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP developed and advertised a TOR for technical dialogues as part of building service provider capacity. In Q4, a consultant will conduct technical dialogues with all CSO grantees to assess their needs and capacity in managing their counter-trafficking initiatives. These results will inform the design of tailored capacity building plans for each grantee based on their needs. In response to this initiative, World Vision’s CBOs on the ground in each province began mentoring CSO grantees on gaps they themselves identified together with the partners. This insight will inform the technical dialogues, and trainings will feed into the capacity building plans.

The following sections are reported by province and cover all partners’ initiatives and corresponding activities as they relate to Sub IR 2.1.

CHIANG RAI In June, FOCUS hosted a training workshop for youth to build their capacity to develop media targeting victims of trafficking. The workshop was attended by 63 university students (30 females and 33 males) from Chiang Rai Rajabhat University from the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Faculty of Social Science, and Department of New Media, Faculty of Management Science. Results from pre and posttests given to participants revealed that 95% of the attendees said they gained knowledge after attending the training on the following topic: What is human trafficking and ways to use SBCC in developing media? Due to the success of the training, the University Film course has introduced the inserted the SBCC and human trafficking awareness trainings into its curriculum.

Concurrently in June, FOCUS held a training targeting community leaders in 18 villages of Sridonchai Sub-district, Chiang Khong District of Chiang Rai Province. Three trainings were given on the following topics: Knowledge of the human trafficking problem and TIP situation in Chiang Rai; Why traffickers do not self-identify; and How to assist TIP victims in accessing services. Overall there were 34 participants (1 female and 33 males) with 100% of participants stating they learned something new in the training and feel more equipped to help survivors of trafficking in their communities.

FOCUS also began planning the production of two short films in collaboration with Chiang Rai Rajabhat University. These films will focus on two issues (Trafficking in the Agricultural

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Sector and Trafficking in the Construction Sector) and are slotted to be completed in the first quarter of year 3. A preliminary overview will be shared with the project in Q4 of year 2.

Another project implementing partner, The Freedom Story (TFS), began training migrants in Chiang Rai on basic human rights and Thai law as it relates to Human Trafficking. As a result, 153 migrants attended the following trainings: • Labor rights and social insurance security in the Construction sector; conducted on April 26 with 22 participants (8 males, 14 females) • Labor rights and social insurance security in the Construction sector; conducted on April 29 with 35 participants (20 males, 15 females) • Human trafficking Training on Labor Day; conducted on May 26 with 64 participants (46 males, 18 females) • Human trafficking and Gender Equality Training; conducted on May 29 with 32 participants (21 males, 14 females)

The Freedom Story team used the trainings to share updates with migrants on the MOU processes and relay any updated policies on migration laws. This not only helped the migrants understand the law and process as they related to their situation but also decreased their anxiety around changing laws.

This quarter, the project saw an increase in trainings being under taken by The Freedom Story as trust between the project and the communities increased. To supplement the increase in trainings, The Freedom Story conducted home visits and focus group discussions to follow up on cases and provide additional information to migrants on their rights in Thailand. Overall, prevention activities reached a total of 232 migrants this quarter.

SURAT THANI Raks Thai officially launched the USAID Thailand CTIP project in May with a kick-off meeting at Surat Thani Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office. 14 participants attended the meeting from the local private sector, NGOs, and government agencies. Following the meeting, RTG officials and local private sector representatives agreed to participate in upcoming project activities, especially the employer information session and cross-cultural oriented workshop for MDTs taking place in Q4.

During this quarter, Raks Thai conducted focus group discussions with 43 Burmese workers to learn about their community of Koh Samui. All of these migrants are in the general service industry, which contributes to the Koh Samui tourist industry. The migrants face a dearth of knowledge on the benefits of social security and migrant health insurance, labor rights, and the registration process for migrant workers working and living in Thailand. Raks Thai also conducted a site mapping activity to better inform their activities in Koh Samui and make referrals/provide information to migrants in the area.

In collaboration with Surat Thani Provincial Social Development and Human Security office and World Vision, Raks Thai conducted public awareness-raising sessions in June including an exhibition on the Surat Thani walking street to raise public awareness of anti-trafficking under the theme of “เมืองคนดี ชาวสุราษฎร์ธานีร่วมใจ ต้านภัยค้ามนุษย์”. A total of 80 people (70 Thai and 10 Burmese) participated in the event. Along with the exhibition, discussions were held amongst Government officials on the topic of “anti-trafficking policy and situation in Thailand and Surat Thani”. World Vision also led a session on case referral mechanisms with a total of 404 participants: 111 from the government sector, 13 NGO representatives, 30 community

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report leaders, 238 community members, and 12 Myanmar migrants. The day ended with a motorbike-caravan through town with Anti Trafficking Messaging.

TRAT During this quarter, LPN developed a training curriculum and corresponding materials based on the needs of migrant workers identified in Q2. In the Khlong Yai district, one of the six Special Economic Zones in Thailand, LPN had identified labor exploitation as an issue among Cambodian workers. Many of these workers receive wages less than minimum wage, especially women, while others have their ATM cards and identity papers, including work permits, confiscated by their employers. Two training sessions in this district to address these issues were conducted and were attended by 52 migrant workers from Cambodia, including 39 women. All participants worked in the seafood processing and construction sectors. Many are border pass holders, meaning they renew their passes weekly or biweekly. The training aimed to increase awareness and understanding of labor rights among Cambodian migrant workers and, through the use of an interpreter, relayed information on Social Security services and complaint mechanisms.

Also, in Khlong Yai District, a joint WV and PSDHS training session for local employers and community leaders (61 total, 34M and 27F) was organized. The three main objectives of this training were to 1) raise awareness on the prevention of human trafficking, 2) further develop the skills of employers and community leaders in monitoring trafficking in their communities, and 3) create a network / group of volunteers to monitor and report any cases that may be TIP. In this session, the CBO discovered that the majority of migrants in these communities work in the fishing and agricultural sector. Many live with their employers because they do not have the means to secure their own accommodations. Participants also acknowledged that some employers do cheat migrants out of receiving their full wages and seize migrants’ passports. By the end of session, the participants formed a community network to monitor trafficking in three sub-districts of Trat: Khlong Yai, Mai Rood, and Had Lek. The community network agreed to meet every three months and have expressed an interest in distributing IEC materials in the community and potentially at workplaces. For the next meeting, the CBO in Trat will look to see what IEC materials already exist in the province (i.e. any materials from LPN) and will refer to the resource toolkit, which can be shared with the network. The CBO will also provide a training in the future to the network on referral mechanisms.

Sub-IR 2.2: Improved access to support services by at-risk populations The project defines “at-risk populations” that support services targeted as: 1) those who are at risk of TIP, whether through victim labor trafficking, extreme forced labor, or labor exploitation; and 2) those who have encountered labor abuses or did not have access to labor rights. Services can include prevention activities (as reported in 2.1) or protection activities such as legal counselling service and/or referral services if needed (reported in IR 2.2).

Legal Consultations and Assistance With support from the project, TFS continued its home visits to meet and provide legal advice to migrants who are at risk and need support. Some individuals were identified during the training/information sharing session and were provided with follow-up support during these visits. In this quarter, TFS assisted two individual migrants who were seriously injured while working and helped them claim compensation from the relevant government offices (i.e. Social Security Office and Social Welfare Office). It was reported during TFS’s trainings that many migrants are unaware of their rights and entitlements to compensation. Therefore, they do not claim benefits when needed and entitled. However, after receiving advice and

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report assistance from TFS, these two migrants filed their cases appropriately and were able to start the claims compensation process. TFS will closely follow up on the progress of each case and provide support as needed. Currently, TFS is assisting a migrant’s daughter to obtain legal status in order to access education and health services in Thailand. Without proper documentation she cannot legally work, which puts her at a very high risk of exploitation and trafficking. This case will be reported on in more detail in Q4.

Also, in Q3, the 17 trafficking victims from Myanmar and two victims of forced labor from Cambodia identified in Q2 continued to receive assistance from LPN during their trial process.

Sub-IR 2.3: Strengthened voice of at-risk populations In Q3, all CSO grantees received story telling training from both SideKick and BBC Media Action. This training focused on activities that allow CSO to learn first-hand how to develop and conduct media strategy as well as tailor media products to the target audiences.

Also in this quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP finalized the contract with a consultant to lead the MSC Stories. The plan is for the first MSC capture cycle to begin in Q4, followed by two more cycles in four different locations in Year 3. Overall, the consultant is expected to capture MSC from 12 individuals and 1 community by the end of Q4 of Year 3, with other stories to be captured by USAID Thailand CTIP partners and Winrock staff.

In addition to the MSC initiative, TFS conducted its first storytelling activities. For example, TFS encouraged local youth groups and migrant leaders to write and produce a short film titled “The Pain You Never Knew” as part of the Short Film and Animation Contest organized by Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS). The film was reviewed by the project and will be used during TFS’s trainings and home visits in the future. It will also be posted on the project FB page in Q4.

INTERMEDIATE RESULT (IR) 3: PROTECTION SYSTEMS STRENGTHENED

During this quarter, the USAID Thailand CTIP Project actively engaged and collaborated in protection and support service activities with relevant government agencies at both the provincial and national level, as well as with civil society organizations, communities, and other stakeholder groups. The project focused heavily on understanding government systems as a means to improve them. Research has been conducted/is currently being conducted on shelter systems, complaint mechanism systems, and self-identification of trafficking victims. These efforts will help USAID Thailand CTIP Project provide the RTG with concrete recommendations for enhancing the current CTIP and migration-related systems. Additionally, the project has increasingly been more involved in cross-border collaboration between the RTG and sending countries through its presence at the Plan of Action/MoU, Case Management Meeting (CMM), and Working Group meetings.

Sub-IR 3.1: Improved identification of trafficked persons

Throughout Q3, the project continued to actively engage and collaborate with provincial level government entities, service providers, and NGOs through coordination meetings focused on amplifying USAID Thailand CTIP priorities. In Chiang Rai, on May 10, the project participated in a meeting hosted by PSDHS and End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes (ECPAT) in order to share new

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report information according to the recent amendment of the human trafficking law and new policy from the National Anti-Human Trafficking Division. The meeting focused on the understanding of definitions of human trafficking and force labor under the new legislation. In attendance were representatives from PSDHS, a shelter for the protection of male trafficking victims, office of the immigration bureau, the Provincial Family and Children Shelter, hoteliers/business owners, and approximately 25 representatives from local NGOs.

On May 27, in Surat Thani, WV’s CBO participated in the regular Anti-Human Trafficking Committee meeting to discuss and review current measures the committee is taking to prevent human trafficking. The committee also discussed and reviewed the human trafficking report for March-April 2019. The report shared the number of people who were repatriated (total 75 persons, including 64 of which are migrants from Baan Sri Surat Women’s shelter), the number of trainings organized by the committee, and the number of times they visited companies and fishing industries to ensure there were no cases of trafficking. By taking part at the regular committee meeting, the project will be informed of the current TIP situation in the province and better engaged with government authorities in their efforts to support and implement provincial Anti-Trafficking In Persons (ATIP) plans.

On June 29, the CBO also attended an outdoor awareness raising event organized by PSDHS as part of the Anti-Human Trafficking National Campaign in June. At this event, the CBO spoke about the importance of strengthening victim identification, case reporting mechanisms, and related procedures. Many in attendance showed great interest in learning more about case reporting and approached the CBO afterward to ask questions about whether or not reporting systems really work and if there was a reward for reporting such cases. Many participants wanted to know if the identity of the reporter would be confidential. Of the migrants in attendance, all were interested in better understanding the process of case reporting and asked to take materials back to their home country. Unfortunately, all materials were in Thai and could not be easily shared with others in their native country due to the language barrier. The hope is that the project-developed toolkit will be able to fill this gap with translated materials available on specific topics.

Continuing its ongoing support to provincial government entities, USAID Thailand CTIP worked with officials in Trat to implement CTIP action plan for the province. Staff attended the May 15th meeting of the Provincial Anti-Human Trafficking Committee to receive progress updates on counter trafficking measures in the area. At the meeting, the committee reviewed a number of planned and random inspections of local businesses that were carried out from March to May. The inspection found no cases of illegal workers or trafficked workers. Additionally, the CBO reported on USAID Thailand CTIP’s work and reached out to committee members to identify ways of possible collaboration in Q4. As a result of the meeting, PSDHS planned to host a workshop/training on the human trafficking laws in July and invited the CBO to lead a session on case reporting.

In the provincial labor office of Sa Kaeo on June 7, project staff and PSDHS hosted a training on labor rights, safe migration and case reporting for employers, community leaders and Cambodian volunteer migrants. The main objectives of the training were to raise awareness of human trafficking and to assist participants in forming a community watch group to respond to complaints and potential cases of trafficking. In total, 60 participants from five sub-districts – 5 Cambodian migrants, 42 community leaders, 11 employers and 2 government officials (27 males and 33 females) – attended the training. Project staff talked about the case reporting and referral mechanisms; the PSDHS led a session on human trafficking; and the Ministry of Labor (MOL) discussed migration rights. In order to gauge

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report participants’ understand of the training, the trainer asked a series of questions at the end to which all participants answered correctly. When asked to help spread awareness to their sub- districts, 15 employers volunteered. The watch group agreed to meet every two months to exchange findings.

In an effort to continue USAID Thailand CTIP’s mapping of existing formal and informal reporting mechanisms in the targeted provinces, the project engaged an independent consultant to conduct a study on complaint mechanisms. The consultant will be working in collaboration with WV and grantees in target provinces to examine existing gaps in knowledge. The findings from the study will be used to initiate discussions with RTG, grantees and the private sector on how to optimize current complaint mechanisms. Concurrently, USAID Thailand CTIP will also explore alternatives to traditional hotlines that could be piloted in collaboration with private sector and grantees.

To support the aforementioned efforts, the Chiang Rai project staff organized a complaint mechanism training on May 14-16 for 130 female community leaders in seven sub-districts of Chiang Khong. Project staff were trained on case reporting mechanisms, and a representative from FOCUS conducted a session on Thai human trafficking laws and penalties as well as provide guidance on what role the community can play in responding to issues and case reporting.

In Trat, project staff continued to engage community members on TIP and informal case complaint/referral mechanisms specifically in the Khlong Yai District on April 9 and at Bo Rai District on May 7. In each of these districts, the CBO led sessions (along with PSDHS) on referral mechanisms and guidelines for reporting human trafficking in communities. The sessions targeted a group of 60 community leaders and employers (community network) to increase their understanding of their roles and responsibilities in reporting and preventing trafficking in their communities. This community network also agreed to form a Watch Group and has committed to meet every three months (Bo Rai district) and every month (Klong-Yai district) to share information and updates related to forced labor and TIP in the community.

Finally, activities around improving victim identification protocol and processes in the past quarter have led to a stronger commitment to change from relevant government agencies and key stakeholders in the target provinces. On May 17, USAID Thailand CTIP organized a one- day workshop entitled “Improving Self-Identification Process for Survivors of Trafficking in Persons: Challenges and Ways Forward” in Chiang Rai. This workshop brought together local key stakeholders from the Provincial Office of Ministry of Social Development and Human Security (MSDHS), MDTs from other departments and ministries, and members of NGOs. Approximately 40 participants joined in discussions surrounding their concerns and challenges related to the self-identification process as well as share their experience working on the trafficking in persons issue in Chiang Rai.

In bringing together government officials, non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations working on TIP issues, the workshop aimed to: • Enhance understanding of specific challenges and barriers regarding self- identification of victims • Identify the primary concerns, challenges and gaps regarding the self-identification process by the workshop participants

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• Contribute to enhanced understanding of roles and responsibilities and increased coordination among key agencies involved in combating TIP activities in the targeted provinces • Collect recommendations and suggestions for improvement in response to the concerns and challenges around self-identification and other TIP issues • Explore opportunities for USAID’s intervention on self-identification and TIP issues in the future

The panel discussion provided an overview from experts working on the TIP situation in Chiang Rai and gave participants an insight to what is currently happening in the region. The break-out groups allowed participants to explore other aspects of the self-identification process, such as challenges, concerns, the role of the MDT, opportunities for collaboration with NGOs, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to identify TIP victims. USAID Thailand CTIP project organized the workshop this way to fully understand the reasons why TIP victims do not report or identify themselves to local authorities. The workshop identified and illustrated Chiang Rai’s concerns and challenges as noted by the province and those working on TIP issues. The learning, information exchange and recommendations gathered from the workshop will be shared and discussed with participants’ counterparts in Surat Thani in late July.

Highlights and recommendations from the facilitator’s report are provided below. • MDTs should develop or adopt an integrated teamwork approach for themselves. • During the victim identification process, MDT teams should exchange information and feedback regularly among members using a structured communication system. • Identify provincial-level MDT members and capture their contact information. • Tailor the MDT’s work process and procedures to fit the local/provincial context. • Build up MDT members’ capacity through regular training on the latest TIP issues. • MDT members could collaborate with other agencies and/or units in the province that can assist in the identification process. • Develop awareness of MDT work at the provincial level. • Develop an anti-TIP network with extended members to include other key government agencies, local administration officers, CSOs, and employers. • Actively use existing mechanisms in the province, such as the Counter Trafficking in Persons (CCT) and the Anti-Trafficking In Persons (ATIP) Committee to strengthen the identification of victims at the provincial level. • Train local communities and leaders on how to spread awareness about TIP risks by engaging them on the anti-TIP activities happening in their neighborhood.

Sub-IR 3.2: Strengthened support services to better address trafficked persons’ needs

Throughout the reporting period, the project connected subgrantees to provincial-level officials by leveraging government priorities/activities as a means to introduce grantees and promote USAID Thailand CTIP objectives in improving support services for trafficking survivors. On April 18-19, project staff in Surat Thani (along with the Surat Thani Employment Office and the Provincial Labor Protection and Welfare Office) visited the Welfare Protection Center for Trafficking in Persons (Baan Si Surat) Women’s Shelter and conducted a two-day training to 16 women from Myanmar and 1 from Laos. The training focused on social reintegration, migrant rights, safe migration, case reporting, and victim assistance. The training also provided a space for the women to share their trafficking- survival experience along with their experiences with social reintegration as a survivor of

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report trafficking. Additionally, participants increased their knowledge of human trafficking and learned about the different channels of reporting a complaint. The event was an opportunity for both the government and civil society to hear directly from survivors who had been trafficked while also giving the project the platform to share information on how to prevent survivors from being re-trafficked.

During this quarter, Winrock also finalized the study on alternative models of care in Q3. The study gives recommendations on alterative models and support services for trafficked victims through the analysis of different approaches to victim care provided in and outside of government-run shelters. To better understand how to improve service delivery and address, this study assessed the strengths and weaknesses of non-governmental shelters models, such as those operated by NGOs, and explored the viability of out-of-shelter community-based models using case studies and best practice models.

The findings from the study state that the Thai government has made great strides in implementing a more victim-centered approach to service provision. However, its current model for shelter care provision does not always fully consider survivors’ individual needs and interests and may even discourage victims from identifying themselves as victims and participating in prosecutions. The study also identified several key challenges faced by both the RTG and NGOs in the provision of care to trafficking survivors. The challenges range from the missed identification of trafficked persons, the lack of individualized assistance in shelters, the restrictions placed on survivors’ freedom of mobility and communication, to the requirements for victims receiving TIP services having to comply with and participate in prosecutions. While other models for out-of-shelter-care provision also present certain limitations, this report identified good practices that could be adapted and applied to by both the RTG and anti-trafficking NGOS in the Thailand context.

The following are recommendations to the RTG and local NGOs are based on the assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of these alternative shelter models: 1. Mainstream trafficking assistance within government social services 2. Offer out-of-shelter assistance models for trafficked persons 3. Strengthen Thailand’s regional and national referral mechanisms for trafficked persons 4. Train NGO and government shelter staff on utilizing a rights-based and victim-centered approaches when developing recovery plans 5. Incentivize TIP victims’ participation in prosecutions

Key recommendations will be shared with MSDHS to advocate for policy and practice changes as well as to guide USAID Thailand CTIP in designing activities around supporting services for TIP victims.

In Q3, USAID Thailand CTIP supported cross-border collaboration through its involvement in the review meetings of the Plan of Actions (PoA) crafted under different Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Thailand and Cambodia and between Thailand and Lao PDR. The agreed upon PoA between Thailand and Lao was shared by the USAID Thailand CTIP project with the USAID Lao CTIP project in order to assist Lao in the design and preparation of appropriate activities in designing their workplan. Key areas under the PoA between Thailand and Lao include joint actions in prevention, protection, prosecution and law enforcement as well as in repatriation, return, and reintegration.

Additionally, in this quarter, the project continued to sit on the CMM between RTG and sending countries. On April 22, project staff attended the Thai-Cambodian Case Management

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Meeting in Bangkok. At the meeting, the two countries signed the SOP on Case Management and Repatriation of victims of trafficking. Cambodia has developed a draft action plan for case management, while the Thai government shared that they still need to set up a working group to review and develop their action plan. The next meeting with Cambodia to discuss the SOP is in January 2020 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The CMM for Myanmar is scheduled for August.

On April 4, project staff from Sakeao also attended the Thai-Cambodian working group meeting to review research results of migration between the two countries and, more specifically, its impact on migrant children. The Thai-Cambodian working group is a subgroup of the BIG C, a coalition of NGOs from Thailand and Cambodia working together to prevent human trafficking and protect children. One of the objectives of the meeting was to identify key gaps in collaboration on TIP issues and to find opportunities for better coordination among working group members. The group also discussed opportunities to engage with USAID Thailand CTIP Project. It is expected that the engagement plan will be presented and discussed again at the next meeting in Q4.

Also within this quarter, the Committee for Coordination of CSOs for Protection of Children and Countering Trafficking in Persons (CCT) met in Chiang Rai to further establish itself as a formalized entity. The members, representing 12 CSOs, signed the mission statement and began assigning roles and responsibilities for each member, leading to a USAID Thailand CTIP staff member being selected as chairperson for the committee. This appointment provides the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons project with a greater opportunity to influence counter trafficking efforts in Chiang Rai, especially with senior provincial officials. This includes advocating for increased government funding for counter trafficking initiatives (3.2.2) and increased youth inclusion in CTIP activities (2.1.2). During this meeting the CCT also scheduled bimonthly meeting dates for the rest of the year and agreed to collaborate on conducting trainings for MDTs in Chiang Rai.

Strengthen case management and record keeping for grantees During Q3, USAID Asia CTIP continued to lead several discussions with representatives from each USAID-funded CTIP project and Liberty Shared to strategize the wider adoption of the Victim Case Management System (VCMS) across Asia, including Thailand. The adoption of this specific system is expected to increase availability and harmonization of TIP victim data; improve services and follow-up through strengthened record-keeping; and facilitate better cross-border repatriations and coordination among grantees. It was decided in these meetings to roll out Liberty Shared VCMS to all USAID Thailand CTIP projects subgrantees working directly with beneficiaries. In Q3, the project began direct discussion with Liberty Shared to finalize a contract to be signed and rolled out in Q4.

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IV. USAID/RDMA DEVELOPMENT SCREENS

Gender Equality and Social Inclusion

During this quarter, the GESI Specialist provided ongoing support to project staff and partners in integrating GESI into project activities. These include: support in the development of a methodology for the project baseline study; integration of GESI aspects into SBCC activities through technical support and mentoring; GESI support towards the study on support services and alternative models of care; the inclusion of GESI in discussion at the Self-Identification Workshop; including a GESI lens in the development of the resource toolkit and on-going FB content; integrated GESI questions added to the research methodology of a review of labor migration polices and complaints mechanism; and the inclusion of GESI in private partnership models (see ANNEX XIV).

Specifically, throughout this quarter, the GESI Specialist worked closely with Resonance and the project team to provide technical support integrating GESI into the ongoing private sector partnership discussions. Examples of initial GESI considerations for two out of the three partnership models include:

• FairAgora and PepsiCo Partnership: As part of the co-creation workshop, the GESI Specialist participated in the activities to discuss Bonsucro’s Production Standard for Smallholder Farmers metrics (including labor) with representatives from Thai sugarcane companies. GESI considerations in employment and labor practices were also included in the discussion on developing a social metric that will be applied in Verifik8’s platform. Some key issues raised include fair wages and labor division between male and female migrants; measures to address sexual harassment and force labor in the workplace; removal of language barriers for migrants to understand Thai; recruitment practices that are ethnical and non-discriminatory towards migrants; standard work contracts that respect the rights of workers and are inclusive of migrant workers’ voice); and maternity leave. Discussion with FairAgora and Resonance will be ongoing in the following quarter to finalize key social criteria to be included in the application platform.

• Energaia Partnership: Vocational training for TIP survivors will align with Energaia’s development strategy which aims to encourage equal participation of male and female survivors in accessing skills training and job opportunities that are suitable to their needs. The pilot program will help close gender gaps by enabling female TIP survivors to gain marketable and employable skills, ensuring increased self-reliance and more economic and social independence.

The GESI Specialist also contributed to the study on alternative models of care, which will be finalized in Q4. According to the report findings, there are GESI-related constraints of shelter-based models in meeting the needs of TIP survivors, including: insufficient numbers of qualified officials in government shelters to provide adequate services to victims, particularly psychological care; language barriers for TIP survivors due to insufficient numbers of interpreters or translators; restrictions on female survivors’ right to work outside of the shelter; an assignment of accommodation based on sex at birth without taken into consideration gender aspects; and inadequate options for vocational training and work offered in shelters, which are highly gendered and usually involve traditional sectors of female

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report employment such as hairdressing, craft-making, and other traditional areas of female employment that might not correspond to their interest or the needs of the labor market.

Throughout this quarter, GESI activities also focused on utilizing information collected from the GESI based Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA) to help to identify opportunities for capability and technical improvement for grantees. Overall, grantees have a good understanding of GESI mainstreaming approaches and were trained on how to further apply GESI-related monitoring tools throughout their activities. Several ideas on GESI that could be designed and included in project activities were also discussed and explored. Potential ideas include: GESI-sensitive training on storytelling; cultural and diversity awareness workshop; empowering female youth leaders through media and training; strengthening local capacities for GESI-sensitive referral services; gender-sensitive data collection; and MDT training on GESI-sensitive victim screening.

Throughout the next quarters, the GESI Specialist will work closely with key partners and grantees to identify GESI priorities and main areas of applicability of new GESI initiatives. In addition, the GESI Specialist will support the technical dialogue process to further develop the most suitable approach for incorporating key information related to GESI into the final capacity strengthening plan. Specific training on GESI may also be conducted simultaneously for selected grantees based on their needs and available resources.

Science, Technology and Innovation USAID Thailand CTIP integrated science, technology, and innovation throughout its activities as a means to bolster results across all IRs. During this quarter, the project worked closely with FairAgora Asia to leverage VerifiK8, a sustainability analytics platform developed by FairAgora Asia, to help tackle TIP in the sugarcane sourcing supply chain in Thailand. With similar interest to reduce the risk of forced labor and improve labor practices in Thailand, USAID Thailand CTIP identified Verifik8 as a potential tool to address TIP by expanding the software to include additional features, such as: • Social metrics aligned with select standards and conventions to better monitor unsafe labor practices and cases • An innovative feature to create standardized working contracts that can be stored in the worker’s account on his/her mobile phone along with other important documents, potentially utilizing blockchain technology • The creation of a biometric identity for migrant workers that provides additional security verification to identify the person entering data in the application • Identification of two-way communication channels to enable direct communication with growers and workers (with a possibility to add a chat-room and/or reporting system)

This collaboration will lower the investment risk to test and refine labor-related innovations in the Thai sugarcane supply chain for the private sector, illustrate the business case for fair labor technology, and foster a sourcing model that is scalable and sustainable for the larger Thai sugar industry.

Develop an online platform for resource sharing In partnership with FC, an online community that brings together counter trafficking stakeholders to share and use tools and resources to fight modern slavery and labor exploitation, the USAID Thailand CTIP project staff provided support for the development of

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report the Resource Toolkit, an online information sharing platform where the project grantees can access, download and share resources with others. The Toolkit allows users to browse and download information materials such as presentations, short videos and guidelines on-the-go, targeting local NGO’s and CBO’s working directly with vulnerable migrants in Thailand.

Designed to suit the needs of its users, the interface is easy to use and equipped with a list of document categories and practical search options on the first page. The Toolkit is housed as part of FC main website (https://www.freedomcollaborative.org/thailandtoolbox/en) and can be accessed anywhere. The Resource Toolkit is considered a living platform where contributions from the project partners and grantees will make it grow by feeding information materials into the Toolkit. Moreover, the features can also be revamped to serve the project needs as the project itself changes and grows.

Partnerships

The USAID Thailand CTIP project team continued to reach out to its implementing partners, the wider CTIP community, and the private sector. Throughout this quarter, Winrock staff and partners attended workshops, brokered partnerships and met with several NGOs. Below is a list of all the partnerships that are not already included under the IR sections: • Continued meetings with a variety of stakeholders to discuss potential collaboration including: UN Women, Urban Light, Solidarity Center, IJM, Freedom Fund, Humanity United, Open Institute and UNACT • Continued meetings with IOM to discuss cross project collaboration • Attended a workshop from April 2-5 on the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) Regional Guidelines and Procedures to Address the Needs of Victims of Trafficking in Persons • Attended the Regional Dialogue on “Empowering Women Migrant Workers from South Asia: Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on Gender-responsive Employment and Recruitment" on April 3-4, 2019. The event was hosted by UNWOMEN with the objectives to share challenges and good practices in gender-responsive migration governance, recruitment and employment across countries of origin in South Asia; and identify shared regional and intergovernmental priorities to strengthen recruitment and employment practices in response to the needs of women migrant workers • Attended an international conference on “Labor Migration and Human Trafficking between Cambodia and Thailand” during April 24-25, 2019 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. The conference was attended by about 100 representatives of government agencies and NGOs from Thailand and Cambodia. The focus of the discussions was mainly about the collaboration between the two countries to address labor migration and human trafficking more effectively • Attend a bilateral meeting between Thailand and Lao PDR that discussed the draft Plan of Actions (PoAs) under the MoU on anti-TIP collaboration. The meeting was organized in Rayong, Thailand • Attended monthly Migrant Working Group (MWG) meeting to receive updated information on labor laws and policies, and stakeholders’ initiatives to explore opportunities and seek collaboration • Attended an Anti-trafficking round-table discussion organized by PILnet. From this meeting there is a possibility the project could connect some pro-bono lawyers who were apart of this roundtable to the subgrantees

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• Ongoing meeting with HOOQ to discuss project collaboration around SBCC

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V. STATUS AND ANALYSIS OF BUDGET EXPENDITURE

USAID Projected Expenditures % of 2019 Thailand Year Apr-Jun 2019 2019 Balance CTIP Total Two Budget Budget Budget Spent Personnel & $3,085,062 $532,761 $160,868.77 $371,892.23 Fringe Consultants $101,651 $28,000 $24,498.47 $3,501.53 Allowances, $917,995 $158,004 $46,459.9 $111,544.1 Travel and Per Diem 24.5% Equipment $28,908 $800 $961.32 -$161.32 and Supplies Contractual $2,724,610 $611,550 $110,399.88 $501,150.12 Other $607,424 $293,800 $24,972.99 $268,827.01 Indirect Costs $2,534,350 $444,745 $138,744.32 $306,000.68 TOTAL $10,000,000 $2,069,660 $506,905.65 $1,562754.35

VI. MONITORING, EVALUATION AND LEARNING

Revision of MEL plan

During Q3, in relation to changes in government policy, ability, and focus of the grantees, the project thoroughly reviewed its Key Performance Indicator’s (KPIs) validity and determined that some indicators in the MEL plan are no longer relevant and cannot be measured against. Replacement indicators will be developed and proposed to USAID on September 23, 2019.

At the same time the project team was reviewing the KPIs, project level indicators were created in an attempt to capture high level results of the actions of all partners and grantees implementing activities on the ground. These midlevel indicators will be introduced to all partners in Q4 and rolled out on October 1, 2019. The project level indicators will complement the 15 KPIs in USAID Thailand CTIP’s effort to track and monitor high-level achievements.

Activity Tracking Table and TraiNET data requirements

Throughout this Quarter, USAID Thailand CTIP Grantees continued to use the monthly Activity Tracking Table (ATT) templates that correspond to each of their projects along with quarterly Indicator Tracking Tables (ITT). All data of participant trainings, retrospective since the start of USAID Thailand CTIP project, was verified and entered into the TraiNet system. TraiNet will be updated with project's participant training data on a monthly basis and following reports from the field.

To insure data quality and corresponding financial robustness, Data Quality Assurance (DQA) trips were planned with all the grantees to take place over the next months. During the reporting quarter, a DQA trip was completed with FOCUS (June 25) and two other DQA

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report trips were planned in Q4 with LPN and The Freedom Story in July 2019. During these trips, the MEL Specialist and the Finance and Operations Director review project and financial data and offer support to grantees and partners to collect and submit quality data and backing documentation. Some findings from the DQA visit to Focus on June 24 are listed below:

Programmatic • Minor gaps in the standard data collection templates and data collection system were discussed. For example, type of participants column did not include stateless category, although they are a beneficiary target of FOCUS. It was suggested to add a column of “stateless” as a type of participant in ATT.

Financial • Discussion on Advance request procedures, and the minimum documentation requirement for all advance liquidations and expense reimbursements were held and agreements made on documentation needed going forward.

Attached is the Project (KPI) Indicator Tracking Table (see ANNEX XV).

Updates of the Project Baseline study

During this quarter, the USAID Asia CTIP MEL Advisor – together with USAID Thailand GESI Specialist and the USAID Thailand MEL Specialist – worked closely with Rapid Asia, external baseline consultant, to develop Baseline Methodologies and corresponding tools for the survey with migrant workers and at-risk population, survey with the Thai public, and service provision mapping.

At the end of Q3, Rapid Asia (RA) completed the execution of field surveys and started conducting data analysis. RA will give a presentation of preliminary findings in mid July 2019.

The baseline study will result in establishing the baseline values for the following project key performance indicators: IR1.2, IR2, IR2.1, IR2.2 and IR3.1. In addition, the baseline findings will help to inform the design of upcoming project activities to meet the existing needs and gaps of target populations.

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VII. CHALLENGES ENCOUNTERED

The challenges encountered in this quarter are summarized below:

• The Energaia partnership has encountered challenges in piloting their activity due to the complex nature of the design and set-up for spirulina growing. Budget and logistics feasibility considerations must align with the needs of participants in TIP shelters, which has delayed the grant agreement process. Additionally, a separate approval processes for USG Restricted Commodities (e.g. nutrients and fertilizers for spirulina) are necessary to comply with U.S. Government policies, which may cause some delays in partnership activities.

• Concerns shared by all partners in the Mars Petcare Partnership around the activities as outlined in Q1 of year 2. To alleviate these concerns, a working team composed of staff from Mars Petcare, Winrock and Resonance were assigned to each workstream in an effort to clarify the roles and responsibilities of each partner and ensure progress of each workstream. In addition to the working teams, Mars Petcare nominated Resonance to serve as a partnership secretariat and coordinate with partners to ensure successful partnership management and implementation. In this role, Resonance will facilitate quarterly meetings between Mars Petcare and Winrock teams to ensure that activities are on track and to support alignment and resolution of potential challenges.

• During this quarter, Winrock sent a cure letter to World Vision requesting changes to their strategies and improvement in their implementation. The WV US Program Manager visited the project in June to support the team in meeting the deliverables outlined in the cure letter. A response letter was sent to Winrock on June 30 in compliance with the timeline. Winrock agreed to move forward with WV with a revised SOW and a higher level of project management oversight from Winrock.

• Throughout this quarter, Winrock worked closely with legal counsel, USAID, and the RTG regarding the status of the USAID Thailand CTIP project registration. In Quarter 3, the Ministry of Labor informed Winrock that they have approved their registration renewal. Winrock expects the registration to be finalized early in Q4.

• Employers in target provinces are non-cooperative and it is difficult for partners fighting labor trafficking and exploitation to reach out to the at-risk migrant workers especially those in fishery and agriculture sectors.

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VIII. FUTURE DIRECTIONS AND UPCOMING ACTIVITIES

Following are upcoming activities:

Royal Thai Government Engagement • Strengthen connection with the Ministry of Labor on a number of activities, such as the post-arrival training, and meetings to learn about their needs and interests in handling the labor- and TIP-related issues to plan and design dialogues with them to address migrants’ voices in the coming year

Grantees • Development of the capacity improvement plan coming out of the Technical Dialogues • Recruitment of new grantee in Phuket

GESI • Consultation with Technical Dialogue Consultant to plan technical training for each grantee in target provinces based on their needs • Support GESI integration in the project baseline study and SBCC activities • Ongoing technical support for partners and grantees for GESI integration into their current activities • Review GIDAP and project priorities on GESI • Development of a campaign for 16 Days of Activism

MEL • Project Pause and reflect event organized as part of the Workplan Year 3 Workshop • On-going routine data quality assurance visits and coaching with three remaining CSO grantees • Development of indicator reference sheets for Project level indicators and roll out to all partners • Revise Key Performance Indicators and map related existing data collection system by grantees • Data entry of participant training into USAID TraiNet system • Continue to provide technical support for finalization of baseline study conducted by Rapid Asia • Establish baseline values, based on the survey findings as well as set targets for the KPIs

Communications • launch of the USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons FB page • BBCMA research “Counter Trafficking in Persons – Understanding Target Audiences for Communication Strategies” launched online on the project FB in early August • As part of USAIDs Asia CTIP Learning Community, BBCMA will present at a Technical Quarterly exchange scheduled for September 26 where they will share learning from the formative research

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FUTURE ACTIVITIES BY IR:

INTERMEDIATE RESULT 1: Demands and incentives for trafficked labor reduced

• Continued development of 2 private sector partnerships - Energaia partnership, and FairAgora + PepsiCo partnership; • Continued activities as outlined under the Mars Petcare partnership including identification of suitable technology for the fisherman on the boats and response mechanism in Phuket; • Continued exploration of opportunities for private sector engagement and partnership development to reduce the incidence of TIP with potential Thai companies, private sector networks/platforms and multinational companies with operations in Thailand. • SBCC stakeholders’ meetings completed targeting influencers, media companies, journalists, universities and urban networks to explore partnership ideas and ways of working towards the project’s campaigns.

INTERMEDIATE RESULT 2: At-risk populations empowered to safeguard their rights • Development of a “cheat sheet” in line with BBCMA’s strategic communications framework providing CSOs with guidelines/theories/tools on how to implement and integrate communication approaches to their existing work as well as the overall communications outcome completed; • SBCC Stage two immersion visits to CSO grantees completed next quarter; • Engagement Plans regarding further communication activities with Sidekick finalized with proposal to be presented to Winrock by the end of July; • Research on Ethical recruitment finalized, and findings feed back into the project

INTERMEDIATE RESULT 3: Protection systems strengthened

• Organize a ‘lack of self-identification’ workshop in Surat Thani, Sa Kaeo (including participants from Trat.) and Bangkok; • Discuss with IOM for collaboration on localization or customization its post arrival training package to become more user-friendly and address the interests of foreign migrants. • Support to and collaborate with the MWG to organize a meeting on forced labor laws and direction in the implementation with key government organizations in August 2019. • Finalize the Alternative Models of Shelter report to officially be launched in Q4; • Finalize report and findings on Complaint Mechanism in Q4;

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IX. SUCCESS STORIES

A potential success story from Q3 has been identified. The story is about an LGBT youth who took part in a short film production on trafficking in Chiang Rai (supported by USAID Thailand CTIP). The short film was based on a true story about a Burmese man who was trafficked into Thailand to work. As the youth worked closely with the crew during the production, he learned more about migrants, trafficking and their rights. The theme of the success story will focus on the youth’s initial attitude towards the rights of migrants, how it evolves positively as his engagement with the crew increases, and how he incorporates this new mindset towards migrants into his life.

The project staff is developing interview questions for the story with support from the GESI Specialist and will organize a trip to talk with the potential storyteller in the next quarter.

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ANNEX I: LIST OF CONSULTANTS Summary of Short-term Consultants Progress and Observations

Short Term Date of IR/Sub-IR Key Task Consultant Completion Summary of Progress & Observations Follow-on Interventions/Tasks Status Sub-IR 3.1: The facilitation of a workshop on Active June 15, The facilitation went well. The team of We are commissioning the same Improved a lack of victims’ identification 2019 facilitators was very cooperative in preparing people to facilitate a similar identification of workshop in Chiang Rai. and planning for the workshop facilitation. workshop on Surat Thani in late trafficked persons They are responsive to the requests on a July. timely manner. They submitted to the draft Task A: Workshops and final reports according to the timeline. on victim self- identification

Sub-IR 1.3: Review of labor migration Active August 15, An initial draft report is submitted around late The next follow-on submission Increased policies in Thailand with key 2019 July which is in line with the timeline. is the final report which is due engagement on informant interviews and focus- However, it should be noted that the on August 15, 2019. labor and migration group discussions consultant has not been active in terms of policies by key communication with the USAID Thailand stakeholders CTIP team in addressing the progress of the assignments and in responding to our requests . Sub-IR 3.1: Review of Labor Abuse Active Q4 A consultant onboarded to conduct a review Identification of Complaint Mechanisms of labor abuse complaint mechanism in Q3. It trafficked persons is is expected that the first draft of the study will improved be submitted and finalized in Q4. This analysis will be used to initiate discussions with RTG, grantees and the private sector to find ways in which the current complaint mechanisms can be optimized

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Sub IR 2.1 Technical Dialogues Advertised Q4 SOW for Technical Dialogue was advertised The next step is to select a on June 28. The deadline for application is by consultant to carry out this July 31, 2019. assignment. Period of the assignment is between August and October 2019.

Sub IR 2.1 Ethical Recruitment Advertised Q1 Year 3 SOW for Ethical recruitment was advertised The next step is to select a and will be hired In Q4 consultant to carry out this assignment

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ANNEX II: USAID THAILAND CTIP – FACEBOOK LANDING PAGE

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ANNEX III: POSTERS DEVELOPED BY STUDENTS FROM NIST INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL

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ANNEX IV: NOTES FROM PAUSE AND REFLECT MEETING

Pause and Reflect Meeting: Summary of Discussion Points

Winrock International’s Thailand CTIP Project

April 30, 2019, 9-11.30 a.m. Bangkok Office

The Pause and Reflect meeting was aimed to discuss what the team think about the Thailand CTIP project and how we can possibly change or improve the way we implement it. The discussion was based on three main color themes: green (things that are good), yellow (things need improvement) and red (things that are bad). We also discussed some internal operation items need to be changed as orange.

Summary of Discussion Points and Actions Required

GREEN:

Project interventions and approaches

- Our holistic and victim-based approach with an integrated gender/GESI mainstreaming. - SBBC is seen as creative aspect of our communication activities. - Partnering with the private sector adds values to our project; bringing greater awareness of the issue and reaching out to more stakeholders. For example, working with Mars on technology on fishing boats making everyone on the whole supply chain aware of TIPs issue. - We are strategic in a way that working with different grantees and implementing partners in the selected provinces have diversified our technical assistance and the beneficiaries. - Despite the limited budget, we do have tangible expected results in response to the well- defined project objectives. We are confident and realistic for the fact that we will at least be able to contribute to the TIPs issue and hence to change people’s lives. - We work to achieve results, long-term goal and sustainability --- through a partnership model – - Our government partners start to buy-in the project activities, e.g. paying for the self- identification workshop.

YELLOW:

Reaching out to stakeholders and to the general public

- Our strategy for working with the MDT, currently being led by the WV needs to be changed or strengthened.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report - Contributions by implementing partners and grantees are necessary as they show strong effect from the field. However, our concerns are that some activities are not really being implemented on the ground by the WV. - Some grantees work very hard, but they are under staff and need more funding. Winrock needs to engage more with them to understand their activities and needs. - Monitoring activities are part of how we will build stronger relationship with the grantees, expand our network, collect field information, and increase the accountability. - Improving the capability of the grantees is of importance as they are foreseen as to become USAID’s direct grantees in future. Winrock could help develop their potentials and identify the opportunities through the OCA. We are developing CTIP Technical Dialogue Tool, have completed the GESI aspect of the OCA and we may add the SBBC part to the OCA. - Engage more actors/people outside the technical scope of the project, such as the Urban Life, universities, SELHTER, etc. since they could help strengthen the project activities in some ways or provide expertise for our activities. - More external communication activities, such as launching and announcing, so to expand the project’s visibility to the public.

Internal Operation

- Delays in implementation due to some problems with the fund transfer process by the Ops Team (?) when contracting consultants and working with the private sector.

RED:

Working tools

- Monthly report by grantees. - The DEV Result. This is for bid data which is good at the organizational level but not at the project level.

ORANGE:

Internal Meetings

- An icebreaking meeting should be held once a month. - Organize a Thailand Office meeting once a month. - Have a brown bag session every month to be organized by HR team. This is sharing session among our staff on any issue during lunchtime. We could also invite outside experts to talk. - A sharing session for 30 minutes every week after attending workshops, conferences, etc. - A team building day – a Strategy Day to be organized in June. - Standardize names for folders, files, documents foe an ease of working on the Collab site. We will also need to discuss how we will work on the Collab site more effectively. We can have a meeting with Miranda in July.

Documents on the Watch List:

- The Victim Case Management System being developed by the Asia CTIP and the HO. - The Pre and Post Test - The Attitude Test - A flow chart showing monitoring and communicating activities with responsible persons.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report Questions:

- Are we communicating well and efficiently with the HO? Yes. We start to talk more with the Asia CTIP project and the HO. - Can we also be more proactive on the cooperative at the bilateral level between the sending and receiving countries? For example, between Thailand and Cambodia or Thailand and Lao PDR.

ACTIONS REQUIRED:

Engagement with implementing partners, grantees and M&E activities

- Wanlop will connect with these grantees, so to equip them with technical support while monitor them at the same time. - Provide training on GESI for the grantees. - Wanlop and Rattanaporn will work together to develop ‘grantee monitoring tools’ for regular monitoring activities. The tools can be, for example, an excel sheet to monitoring the grantees’ activities and a monthly monitoring visit schedule. - Inform the grantees that we will not require a monthly report anymore. We will only need a complete Activity Tracking Template (ATT.) - Develop the Pantone color as branding color for the Thailand CTIP project. - Set up a realistic timeline when dealing with the Ops team; provide more training to them. - Develop more hand-outs and factsheets on key activities, e.g. activities with Mars and SBBC research.

Strategizing ourselves

- We want to become a bigger actor working on TIPs in the region. We can amplify our work by partnering with other key regional and international actors, e.g. IOM who is now very active at the ASEAN level --- Need more of communication with them. - Our implementing partners should have their own strategies working under the CTIP project. - MSDHS should work collaboratively with other line ministries and NGOs to address TIPs issue more fully and effectively. The amendment of the TIP law will require better coordination among the line ministries, the provincial MDTs, NGOs, etc. We want to see MSDHS take themselves as a lead agency in the subject.

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ANNEX V: TERMS OF REFERENCE FOR TECHNICAL DIALOGUE (TD) CONSULTANT

Terms of Reference for Technical Dialogue (TD) Consultant

POSITION: Technical Dialogue Consultant

DURATION: Mid July – Mid October (3 months) 2019

REPORTS TO: Meghan Mac Bain Chief of Party, USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons

LEVEL of EFFORT: 30 days LOE

3. BACKGROUND:

Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. Winrock’s five-year Thailand Counter Trafficking-in-Persons Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Thailand CTIP) has goals to reduce trafficking in persons in Thailand and to better protect rights of trafficked persons.

As a source, transit, and destination country, Thailand faces multiple manifestations of trafficking in persons (TIP), including forced labor. These are fueled by growth and demand for low-skilled labor in sectors such as agriculture and fishing, construction, and food processing. According to the 2016 US Department of State report on trafficking in persons (TIP report) Thailand has 3-4 million migrant workers, many of whom arrived undocumented from neighboring countries to find better paying jobs. More than 53% of unskilled migrant workers are youth. Large populations of ethnic minorities, highland persons, children from rural areas, stateless persons, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals are also at increased risk for trafficking and exploitation due to difficulties they face resulting from discrimination. Forced labor is reported in many sectors, but the number of victims identified remains low because of inadequate screening, combined with hard-to- reach sectors where many migrants work and a lack of self-reporting.

II. OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of this TOR is to support the Winrock CTIP Thailand team to improve the capacity of USAID Thailand CTIP grantees to manage their counter-trafficking initiatives using participatory techniques and an agreed upon program management improvement framework in consultation with key stakeholders. The consultant is also expected to be a skilled facilitator to guide a technical dialogue (TD) and strengthening plans for 4 grantees located in 4 provinces.

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III. TASKS:

1. Lead a process featuring the technical dialogued tool methodology created by Winrock. 2. With the Thailand local team, work directly with grantees assuring ample participation and high levels of buy-in to the findings of the TD and the corresponding strengthening plans. 3. Provide direct facilitation and guidance for targeted technical capacity areas to deliver CTIP programs of partner organizations. 4. Support the finalization of strengthening plans for each partner according to their needs as well as project requirements and resources. 5. Prepare short-term workplan with the team to introduce the process with each partner and complete technical dialogues and strengthening plans on time for each partner. 6. Prepare a final report summarizing the results of the TD for project management and donor.

In addition, to monitor the advancement of each agreed strengthening plan with each grantee, there will be weekly status calls to document progress and discuss potential challenges/findings with each TD with the USAID Thailand CTIP team. Days and hours worked will vary based on meeting schedules, subject to approval from USAID Thailand CTIP Chief of Party, Meghan MacBain.

OFFICIAL TRAVEL:

Bangkok based with travel to:

Places: Date & Duration:

Surat Thani 2 days (one day travel one day in the field office) Date to be confirmed

Chiang Mai 2 days (one day travel one day in the field office) Date to be confirmed

Chiang Rai 3 days (two days travel one day in the field office) Date to be confirmed

Trat 3 days (two days travel one day in the field office) Date to be confirmed

DELIVERABLES:

Deliverable Tentative Due date

1 Provide feedback on the TD tool (if requested, translation to Thai). 5 days after signing a consultant agreement 2 Design a work plan that include the 4 technical dialogues and 2 10 days after signing a coaching sessions for WI Thailand staff in participatory methods. consultant agreement This also include specific timeline of each proposed activity. 3 Lead in 4 facilitated, 3-day sessions (half-day sessions with the As scheduled in the work partners) plan in four provinces.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report 4 Draft four TD reports and strengthening plans, with tailored By early 3rd month feedback for each grantee. 5 Finalize (in partnership with WI staff) 4 TD reports summaries and By mid-3rd month 4 strengthening plans 6 Submit final reports and plans for WI and donor, with By end of 3rd month resubmission after comments from supervisor

PAYMENT AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Payment will be made upon timely submission of satisfactory deliverables per agreed work plan, and approval of the contractor’s supervisor. The payment will be made in 3 tranches after all the deliverables have been met.

The payment schedule is subject to negotiation between Winrock and selected Consultant.

The proposed payment schedule for the review is as follows:

- 20 % upon Winrock’s approval of work plan and timeline

- 30 % upon Winrock’s approval of Draft report for all 4 Technical dialogues

- 50% upon final approval of the submitted final report

IV. QUALIFICATIONS:

The TD consultant is expected to have qualifications as provided below.

1. At least five years of experience working in institutional development and capacity building. 2. Knowledgeable in organization development (OD) and technical capacity assessments. 3. Proven experience as professional workshop/focus group facilitator is preferable. 4. Excellent communication, writing and presentation skills. 5. Demonstrated understanding of USAID rules and regulations. 6. Demonstrated knowledge of the anti-human trafficking field (in Southeast Asia preferred). 7. Strong analytical skills and knowledgeable in appreciative inquiry. 8. Sound interpersonal skills, including experience in cross-cultural environment and international settings. 9. Demonstrated ability to work effectively with people at all levels of the organization and across multiple organizations and maintain sound working relationships. 10. Fluent in Thai and English. 11. Ability to travel to different provinces within Thailand within the assignment period. 12. Experience working in an international NGO context preferred.

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ANNEX VI: GEEK WITHOUT FRONTIER – DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

See full document in separate file attached

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ANNEX VII: IC NET ASIA – DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

See full document in separate file attached

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ANNEX VIII: COMMUNICATION FRAMEWORK FOR GRANTEES

See full document in separate file attached

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report ANNEX IX: TERMS OF REFERENCE - LABOR MIGRATION POLICY STATUS REVIEW

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ANNEX X: BBC MEDIA ACTION TRAINING REPORT – FOCUS

BBC Media Action Training Report

FOCUS Communication Strategy Workshop 23 – 24 April 20019

Chiang Mai

Purpose of training

To support the development of a bespoke, meaningful and effective communication strategy to be delivered by the CSO to reach vulnerable at-risk migrants and their host communities. See Annex 1 for full ToR and participants.

FOCUS training delivery

This training report covers the first communication strategy training that Winrock International, BBC Media Action and SideKick delivered for the USAID Thailand CTIP Project sub-grantee FOCUS in Chiang Mai. The event was held for two days from 22-23 April 2019 focusing on developing the communication strategies for the local grantee to be implemented throughout the Thailand CTIP Project. Follow up visits are also being planned as ‘immersion’ visit when the teams will spend time in the communities testing the ideas that were developed during the two day April day.

The training design was based on Year 1 Scoping Visits by Winrock International’s SBCC Specialist (Suthida Chawla) in close liaison with BBC Media Action. The final design was also directly based on the final FOCUS Program Brief for their contracted Thailand CTIP deliverables which outlines a number of media and communication related activities. To deliver those activities Sidekick and BBC Media Action will work with FOCUS to support them in developing a communication strategy.

On the first day, after a quick recap of the Thailand CTIP project and partner roles, the FOCUS participants were guided to discuss, brainstorm, and develop their communication for behavior and social change skills which they will be expected to apply in their activities under Thailand CTIP. On the second day the activity shifted to more active and involved with a lot of firsthand experience shared from all the FOCUS participants and facilitators on creativity elements and production processes.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report Toey Worapon posted an update from the training in the ThailandCTIP Facebook group each day with photos.

Facilitation

Sidekick showed initiative and made the training as relevant as possible for FOCUS participants. FOCUS initially raised some concerns about their capacity to deliver to expectations by the project of the media and communication outputs within their available budget. Since both BBC Media Action and Sidekick have significant experience of large scale campaigns and production the sub-grantee at times perceived the project to expect them to produce similar quality and scale content which of course not possible. Sidekick were reassuring and creative in explaining the purpose of the CSO communication activities in the project that will be managed by the CSOs themselves. They explained how Sidekick and BBC Media Action will work together to support FOCUS to put in place the most effective plan to deliver the communication activities that they have committed to with project target groups and beneficiaries.

Sidekick also explained their role in the project in more detailed and what they are aiming to achieve with the concept idea ‘Project Visible’ for the national campaign launching in Year 3. This includes an approach of working with influencers where CSOs play a key role. This partnership and engagement will need to develop over time.

These discussions were helpful in shaping the bespoke mentoring support requirements that will be needed by FOCUS towards the specific communication activities that FOCUS will deliver and are noted in this report. This also led to a better understanding of how FOCUS can support Sidekick in some of their deliverables over time.

The BBC Media Action representative was impressed that FOCUS pushed themselves to develop the proposed top level communication activities set out in their TCTIP Project Brief with guidance from Sidekick. This resulted in the design and development of specific longer term sustainable communication activities suitable for their bespoke communication strategy. For example, FOCUS considered the sustainability and longer term impact of the activities such as working with a community radio station as a key influencer for the target audience and working directly with the radio station. We need more information on which radio station, the relationship between the station and FOCUS, and much more on access to media. It was discussed that the target audience trust radio, but no evidence / research has been done. A clear area of ongoing support from BBC MA.

There was good preparation of the workshop from SideKick including working after the workshop each day to consolidate notes and prepare for the next days session. It would be good to hear how we can ensure we are providing enough support (both BBC MA and Winrock).

The agenda was delivered much slower than planned and adjustments will be made for the next CSO training. The starting point for FOCUS participants in terms an understand of social and behavior change communication (SBCC) methods was more basic than anticipated. This was caused by how FOCUS deliver their projects which draws on freelance production and media expertise where necessary. This meant that a good chunk of the first morning was spent on showing

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report examples of SBCC. FOCUS expressed that they had heard of ‘BCC’ but hadn’t seen many examples. For example ‘the 7% Project’ (helmet and road safety). There was also a discussion about the role of parents in SBCC which was a really good example of going beyond thinking about a target audience and having a secondary audience to consider too.

Sidekick continued to use some excellent content examples from their campaigns like Safe Cities and Road Safety to demonstrate points across the two days including key messaging (information), different target audience, multiple channels of communication, barriers and triggers to change etc.

There wasn’t much time to really delve into content formats and then subsequently brainstorm the most appropriate. But that could be something that is supported during format development stage and could be done remotely too. This stage is likely to need to include the freelances that FOCUS engage to deliver some of their work.

A really good exercise looking at audience personas worked well. The teams really engaged with this. These profiles were constantly referred to and I thought that was a simple and effective exercise Sidekick delivered.

Participants

Attendees (day 1): Manager, Community Officer, Digital Media Officer, Admin Officer.

Attendees (day 2): Manager, Community Officer, Digital Media Officer, Admin Officer, Lawyer, Finance officer (and FOCUS Director for 1 session).

The people attending are going to be the implementers, so it was great to have them there, but as always with such a small organization and groups, a successful delivery of the project is specific on the person and reliant on them staying. It is crucial that they have strong project support documents (such as the communication strategy) so they can all stay on track and if someone from the team did leave a new person could pick it up quickly and also to communicate what they are trying to achieve to any freelancers or media partners that may be engaged on the project.

All were engaged, slightly different levels of contributions but Sidekick worked very hard to ensure everyone contributed.

BBC Media Action help a separate meeting with FOCUS Director. He welcomed the training and noted:

• Clarified that this project is designed for the at-risk audience once they have reached their destination (3rd part of their mandate). Accessing consultation regarding better job opportunities (transferring jobs is complicated so there needs to be information on this) as migrants can go from a legal to illegal job as they pursue opportunities to receive better income. • Access to consultation to understand about your rights is a huge issue and not resourced so this is a priority. Host communities are accepting of illegal and legal migrants but authorities not respecting rights (which I think we could unpack – or perhaps they did but I lost it on the translation). • There was a broader message around empowerment of migrants which was talked about during the training in relation to the confidence needed to ask for (and seek) information.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report • Human trafficking laws have changed and are moving in the right direction.

Communication strategy development

Problem statement, solutions

1. Migrant Thai Yai women are taken advantage of by the employers (issues around migration and hiring that leads to trafficking. 2. Why is it important to work with these women? At risk more than other people in community 3. What is the solution? A) She needs consultation and the confidence to ask for her rights from employers and others in the community. Therefore, this project allows at risk migrants access to consultation with government agencies and NGO’s to gain fair employment and the confidence to do so. These organisations are trusted. B) Using key influencers such as the Ethnic Community Radio – to feature the workers in the radio content (via capacity strengthening and influencers) and get the radio station interested in understanding migrants rights and provide them with as much information as possible like facts, statistics and interviews. Community Leaders to attend workshops and receive training in the toolkit but they will need to be incentivized.

Objectives and outcomes: • Migrant Women of Thai Ethnic groups know where to go for information on finding safe employment • All Community leaders will feel confident (empowered) to report and monitor any unfair employment practices • When people listen to the community radio station they receive clear, up-to-date and relevant information Primary Audience:

• Thai Yai women job- seekers in Northern Thailand • Employers • Community Leaders Secondary Audience :

• Unskilled workers / low-skilled job-seekers who want to change jobs • Thai Yai Community Radio • Friends / Partners of job-seekers Other Audiences:

• Central Government • Local Authorities • Training providers • NGO partners • Community Associations • Influencers

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Channels of communication:

• Radio (confirm details of potential radio partner for immersion visit by Sidekick) • Social media • Large events *they talked about launching their project in September and coinciding with a popular - international day (e.g a UN day) • Smaller events such as their workshops • Digital posters/flyers • Key influencers for each audience (in Thai notes).

Conclusions and next steps

• Good progress to developing a suitable communication strategy to deliver SBCC activities committed in the TCTIP project by FOCUS. • Given the limited budget to deliver the FOCUS project, Sidekick will continue to showcase low cost and replicable project activities through their continuous input and mentoring. • Continue to build the confidence in the FOCUS implementing team that they can deliver. • Keep repeating the steps of designing effective SBCC interventions: the next Chiang Mai visit by Sidekick will engage FOCUS in immersion activities to test the ideas that they came up with during the workshop directly with target audiences and influencers. • Note request by FOCUS Director to provide support to enhance of their understanding of measuring change and applying research more broadly. • Support FOCUS to play an active role in the trafficking coalition / alliance in the North. They are clearly a leading CSO in the migration and trafficking sector in the North and are a trusted source of information. Link up with proposed radio station to develop a partnership. • Input to finalise project support documents – drafting the communication strategy, designing ways to measuring success and articulating how to evaluate change.

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ANNEX XI: BBC MEDIA ACTION TRAINING REPORT – THE FREEDOM STORY

BBC Media Action Training Report

Freedom Story Communication Strategy Workshop 7-8 May 20019

Chiang Rai

Purpose of training

The purpose of the training was to support the development of a bespoke, meaningful and effective communication strategy to be delivered by Freedom Story to reach vulnerable at-risk migrants and their host communities. See Annex 1 for full ToR and participants.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report

Freedom Story training delivery This training report covers the first round of communication strategy training that Winrock International, BBC Media Action and SideKick delivered for the USAID Thailand CTIP Project sub- grantee Freedom Story in Chiang Rai. The event was held for two days from 7-8 May 2019 focusing on developing a more detailed communication strategy for Freedom Story’s prevention and awareness activities to be implemented throughout the Thailand CTIP Project. Follow up visits are also being planned as ‘immersion’ visit when the teams will spend time in the communities testing the behaviour change communication (BCC) intervention ideas that were developed during the two day May workshop.

The training design was based on Year 1 Scoping Visits to potential CSO sub-grantees by Winrock International’s SBCC Specialist (Suthida Chawla) in close liaison with BBC Media Action. The final design was developed by Sidekick and also directly based on Freedom Story’s Program Brief for their contracted Thailand CTIP deliverables which outlines a number of media and communication related activities. By developing a more detailed communication strategy Sidekick and BBC Media Action will be able to facilitate Freedom Story to expand their capacity for multimedia production to include the use of additional information channels to reach project target groups within the community.

On the first day, the teams discussed how the work by Freedom Story is adapting to respond to the specific objectives of the Thailand CTIP project in terms of reaching new target groups with specific CTIP related information. There was a recap of partner roles before the rest of the day was spent on facilitating Freedom Story participants to discuss, brainstorm, and develop their communication for behavior and social change skills which they will be expected to apply in their activities under Thailand CTIP. Freedom Story has a good understanding of the community that they work in, the vulnerabilities that exist, and also in terms of being able to directly access the community and at-risk groups. Detailed planning was therefore possible to develop the Freedom Story’s plan to reach specific groups with specific information. We were able to explore the use of different entry points, information channels and influencers to achieve communication and behaviour change objectives that will contribute to making this specific at-risk community more resilient.

The second day included more active and involved activities with opportunities to share a lot of firsthand experience by all the Freedom Story participants as well as facilitators on creativity elements, production processes and getting the information right for each audience group. By the end of the training Freedom Story had identified the key influencers for their Thailand CTIP communication strategy including Burmese migrant volunteers, community leaders, Burmese speaking media and monks. Key information will promote services that are available to the communities and introduce opportunities to build collective efficacy. The approach will also apply a storytelling to reduce stigma and discrimination among Thais towards at risk groups in the community.

A training update was posted in the ThailandCTIP Facebook group.

Facilitation The Freedom Story team came across as very dynamic and have a clear understanding of migrant vulnerabilities in the community that they work in which is reflected in their project’s problem statement. Historically the purpose of Freedom Story’s media and communication capacity in their storytelling approaches was developed among Freedom Story staff to meet fundraising objectives for their original portfolio of community work to address vulnerabilities and (child) exploitation. Sidekick therefore helped facilitate a discussion about how to shift the focus of the media and communication activities to directly benefit and meet information needs of the local target community in the USAID Thailand CTIP project.

Freedom Story plan to produce four short videos. Sidekick focused on facilitating a discussion about how these limited outputs can best achieve BCC objectives and reach migrant communities to communicate in a way that these groups can access, understand and action the information. Topics

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report range from explaining the Thai social security system to understanding vulnerabilities in the community more broadly. Significant time was spent on discussing the role of influencers and information channels that target groups can access which will need to be confirmed during further immersion visits.

The Freedom Story team raised some concern in regards to their capacity to deliver clear information to specific audiences in the communities with measurable BCC objectives. They felt that they needed some guidance in strengthening their media and communication activities in order to think through how to design and disseminate content to maximise their impact. Current activities are intended to bring community issues to the attention of service providers and/ or Thai host communities. There is scope to develop links between the planned face to face workshop based interactions and proposed use of multimedia channels in a broader sense to create information resources for migrants to use using for example digital platforms.

Freedom Story also requested some support in designing suitable easy evaluative BCC research methodology to capture how the media and communication activities have an impact in the community. In addition, the direct face to face interactions (storytelling workshops) that are planned as part of their project will also help the USAID Thailand CTIP project to bring out the experience of these specific migrant communities in Thailand. This will enable Sidekick to reflect the expertise by Freedom Story in the national information campaign ‘Project Visible’ planned by Sidekick later on in the USAID Thailand CTIP project.

Sidekick showed initiative and made the training as relevant as possible for Freedom Story participants. Examples to showcase successful public information campaigns during the workshop were slightly scaled back since the previous Chiang Mai training and included examples that were more similar to the work done by the CSOs in local (non-urban) communities. Sidekick used a campaign that they designed to illustrate how it helped communities living along the Chaopraya river to voice their concerns around the need for sustainable development of the river. Sidekick built their capacity and confidence and organised an event to bring press and the public together to listen and support their needs and concerns. The example showed how to bring national attention to local issues through influencers and experts. Our aim with these trainings is also to work with the CSOs to facilitate how their experience and expertise of specific communities can be represented in other Sidekick led USAID Thailand CTIP activities at national level. We want to work with the CSOs to help them see their role as influencers in both local and national CTIP conversations in order to break through the silence on CTIP issues amongst the Thai public and Thai media.

Participants The training was well attended with 14 participants in various roles present at the training. Four were from the implementing Prevention, Awareness and Migration team. The main person in charge of productions messaged the training team after the training to say that they are ‘now ready to try something new and look at creative ways of delivering on the Project Brief’.

Communication strategy development Problem statement, solutions ‘Reducing the impact of social, cultural, educational, geographic and linguistic isolation and ameliorating the effects of economic and political injustice are critical components of trafficking prevention. These factors disproportionally impact migrant and ethnic minority communities in Chiang Rai.

At-risk communities will be selected through demographic comparisons of the profile of those living in the communities based on type of work, risk of exploitation and ethnic and national background of those living in the area’1. Once these are confirmed, planned immersion visits will be able to confirm media habits and suitable information channels that the project can pursue.

1 From the Freedom Story USAID Thailand CTIP Project Brief.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report The Freedom Story Project Brief overall provides an excellent problem statement and starting point for the development of specific media and communication SBCC activities in the community. The Project Brief is already designed to deliver information both to migrants from other countries in the community as well as addressing harmful Thai attitudes that may sustain vulnerabilities in the same community. The main problem is that many people in the target community are unaware of their risk and vulnerabilities and hence Freedom Story is aiming to deploy a holistic approach to raising community resilience and collective action in the community.

Therefore Freedom Story will only require specific support from Sidekick about linking some of the face to face activities to broader multichannel media and communication opportunities where possible and quick wins in terms of making sure people are reached in the language that they speak. This will be further explored through the planned immersion visits, expanding on the existing staff capacity for storytelling approaches, and following through on identification of influencers such as the Burmese volunteer groups and monks that can serve as additional communication channels and influencers.

Further work will also be done to explore links to language specific social media platforms and whether some of the short videos could be re-versioned for these platforms to create sustained information sources for the community to access.

Objectives and outcomes: • Disseminate information and raise awareness on population-specific need areas and provide assistance in accessing and navigating ancillary support service networks (primary and behavioral healthcare, employment, housing, etc.) • Conduct storytelling to change Thai attitudes towards at-risk populations and to empower the most vulnerable populations to safeguard their rights • Facilitate opportunities for collective action

Primary Audience:

• At risk populations including, ethnic minority groups, migrants in the districts/amphuer of Mae Lao, Mae Suay and Mueang Secondary Audience: • Thai host communities Other Audiences: • Other organizations serving at-risk populations, government agencies Channels of communication: • Social media • Burmese volunteer migrant group • Community leaders • Monks

Conclusions and next steps Several opportunities were identified during the training: • We will look in to expanding how Freedom Story works with digital information channels to reach target groups in their community (in ethnic languages as required). • We will offer to provide input to the design of M&E focus group methodology to capture BCC impact of media and communication related activities (in addition to M&E at planned Freedom Story community workshops). The communication strategy will inform what these are. • We will be available to input to develop Freedom Story creative capacity to design BCC content building on staff capacity to produce multimedia storytelling videos.

Next steps include:

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report • Schedule follow up immersion visit to to test the ideas that they came up with during the workshop directly with target audiences and influencers. • Input to finalise project support documents – drafting the communication strategy, designing ways to measuring success and articulating how to evaluate change.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report ANNEX XII: BBC MEDIA ACTION TRAINING REPORT – RAKS THAI

BBC Media Action Training Report

Raks Thai Foundation Communication Strategy Workshop 24-25 May 20019

Surat Thani

Purpose of training

The purpose of the training was to support the development of a bespoke, meaningful and effective communication strategy to be delivered by Raks Thai to reach vulnerable at-risk migrants and their host communities. See Annex 1 for details of participants.

Raks Thai Foundation training delivery

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report planned as ‘immersion’ visits when the teams will spend time in the communities testing the BCC intervention ideas that were developed during the two day May workshop.

Raks Thai plan to deliver a series of outreach activities to at-risk population using both traditional and innovative information channels. The Raks Thai team is in a unique position with established access to at-risk populations and host communities through their existing interventions including their work through health volunteer outreach services. Raks Thai works with support from their Bangkok office for media and communication work so the training was spent working closely with the Surat Thani team, with the Raks Thai Bangkok Coordinator also present, to explore how the Raks Thai team locally can build their capacity to take ownership of designing and delivering new and innovate BCC activities in the target community. Raks Thai have built in regular activity to build staff capacity for project delivery so the project is designed to enable Sidekick to continue to mentor Raks Thai in developing their BCC activities.

On day one, the teams discussed the challenges that exist in Surat Thani and how Raks Thai will position their work in relation to the specific objectives of the Thailand CTIP. On day two, the teams explored how key information could be delivered to their suggested target groups and came up with new and innovative approaches for their field teams communications with a focus on social media.

A training update was posted in the ThailandCTIP Facebook group.

Facilitation

The agenda had been revised from the first training sessions in Chaing Mai and Chaing Rai to include an exercise for Raks Thai to understand the differences in what they normally do, to the CTIP project. This was to highlight from the very beginning how audience needs might be different. It was useful to include this and we believe this ensured the group fully understood the CTIP project (which was identified as a weakness in the first trainings). From this session, the key areas identified as different included the following: geographic regions; stakeholders; sectors; messaging.

Sidekick ensured that groups were well mixed with the aim of getting broader input from across Raks Thai’s teams. Initially, there was a wide range of participation with some team members leading on contributing. Sidekick’s facilitation approach ensured this was balanced out as the training progressed.

The first day included an ‘empathy mapping’ exercise which generated key insights to be considered for communication and media strategies. Language barriers were identified as a leading issue for migrants and this led to an exploration of ideas around easier way for migrants to register and access information.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report The second half of the day explored the general situation for the identified target audience and continued to categorize key issues on a selection criterion which included urgency, capacity (of Raks Thai) and interest. The identified core issues were then selected to form the basis of the key messages.

This proved to be a more structured and collaborative way to identify the key messages compared to approaches used in previous trainings. Significantly, the same results were achieved in a much quicker timeframe, and as a result left more time to delve into content and format development. This meant that in the second day of this training we were able to include a practical session on making short films, taking photos and giving interviews. These were strong examples of the participants learning by doing and produced really interesting results which were discussed by the groups.

Participants

The Raks Thai Program Officer, Field Coordinator and 4 Field Officers participated in the training.

One the first day we were joined by Winrock International representatives including the Chief of Party as well as observing USAID representatives. The World Vision Field Officer also joined the first day.

Communication strategy development

Problem statement

Migrants in Surat Thani are employed in several industries, such as agriculture, manufacturing, and seafood, and as a result are scattered throughout the province. As agriculture contributes to a large percentage of gross provincial products, many migrants in this sector are allocated to live and work in remote areas. Being in isolated areas heightens their susceptibility to face worse living and working conditions as well as and violations of rights. While health and legal services are provided in the center of the province, many migrants are unable to access such services due to the barriers in mobility and language. Furthermore, in the hope of elevating their earnings, migrants are pushed to take risks. Many migrants reported that even though they were underpaid, they did not feel exploited because at least they were earning. In addition, many are unaware of their rights and do not feel entitled to claim their rights due to the fear of losing their jobs.

Audiences:

Primary audience - Migrants (men and women) working in agriculture.

Secondary audience - Community Leaders who are already working with migrants, specifically to increase their knowledge on migrant registration process.

Migrant profile:

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report Thai. Their other key relationships are with their bosses who they are ‘forced to trust’. Facebook was identified as a key source of information.

They are often proactive at approaching NGOs to attempt to fill the information gap. Of the 1500 migrants that Raks Thai work with, between 200-300 approached them last year to ask for more information on documents. However, there are still language barriers with migrants unable to explain clearly what they want, or need.

Those who come for support are mostly men who have attended meetings in the past. However, women are increasingly involved following interventions with Raks Thai through their health projects.

**Raks Thai have been working for 15 years in the area. Their field officer estimated that 80% of people he meets are concerned about documents**

Three key areas of focus for the Raks Thai workshop:

1. Messaging around documentation 2. Visualizing of content 3. different types of content / formats

Migrant Key areas of concerns:

Raks Thai identified the following as the range of areas of concern for our primary audience.

• Documentation (not knowing the law-specifically that every 90 days migrants are requested to renew their documents) • Visas – having the correct one or not having one at all • Wages not paid according to Thai law • Drugs • Access to health care and public services • Safety at work • Changing employers

Approaches

Lots of time was spent getting Raks Thai to think differently about their activities. There was a tendency to revert to known approaches such as workshops and leaflets. Lots of examples of creative content and methods of disseminating information were shown and discussed. Proposed ideas included:

• Use of animation and simple video • Training of community leaders • Implement an Ambassadors programme (similar to model used by BBC Cambodia in Klahan9) • Communication items such as stickers with limited information but a clear call to action • Influencers; including teachers, monks (who were cited as key influencers) and other members of Raks Thai network

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report Media production

• Social media content • Reality content and use of role models • TV and Line were other platforms considered. • YouTube – but they identified that they needed further research on this to know how the target audience are using it. • QR codes Behaviors Change Objectives:

• More migrants are registering • More migrants know how to register and are aware of the 90 day rule (knowledge ) • Increasing the number of migrants seeking information from community leaders and Raks Thai Challenges

• Those attending the workshops had limited experience producing media content and their understanding their audiences media engagement is limited. • There is a need to connect them to media outlets. • Language and how to communicate to overcome barriers • CSO’s capacity to produce BCC campaigns • Indicators on the proposal are only quant measures i.e number of workshops, participants. We explained that the comms strategy would support the measurement of behavior change objectives.

Conclusions and next steps

• Meet Raks Thai in Bangkok to create buy in to how they can support their field team to work with communication differently. • Explore Content Management Systems that could work for the field team to manage social media posts effectively. These should be free and (BBC Media Action’s digital advisor is looking in to options that can be recommended).

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ANNEX XIII: BBC MEDIA ACTION TRAINING REPORT – LPN

BBC Media Action Training Report

LPN Strategy Workshop 22-23 June 2019

Purpose of training

The purpose of the training was to support the development of a bespoke, meaningful and effective communication strategy to be delivered by LPN to reach vulnerable at-risk migrants and their host communities. See Annex 1 for details of participants.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report

LPN training delivery

This training report covers the first round of communication strategy training that Winrock International, BBC Media Action and SideKick delivered for the USAID Thailand CTIP Project sub- grantee LPN. The event was held for two days from 22-23 June 2019 in Samut Sakhon and focused on developing a more detailed communication strategy for LPN’s planned behaviour change communication (BCC) activities in the Thailand CTIP Project. Follow up visits are being planned with both further development at the CTIP work planning meeting and ‘immersion’ visits when the teams will spend time further developing their intervention ideas with a particular focus on researching and further understanding their target audience.

The design of the training was based on Year 1 Scoping Visits to potential CSO sub-grantees by Winrock International’s SBCC Specialist in close liaison with BBC Media Action. The final design was developed by Sidekick and also directly based on LPN’s Program Brief for their contracted Thailand CTIP deliverables which outlines a number of media and communication related activities.

LPNs work on the CTIP project proposes a series of activities including legal support, volunteer networks and communications for reaching victims of trafficking. For the latter, they have proposed focusing on digital platforms such as Facebook and YouTube. The LPN team has substantial experience of working with at-risk populations and host communities through their previous interventions. However, the work in Trat is a new geographic region for them and there is still work to be done to increase understanding of the communities they are hoping to reach. LPN have one of the larger teams from the CSO grantees on the project so it is anticipated they will have capacity to enable Sidekick to continue to mentor LPN in developing their BCC activities.

On day one, the teams discussed the challenges that exist in Trat and how LPN will position their work in relation to the specific objectives of the Thailand CTIP project. On day two, the teams focused on role play and more practical exercises to engage the team with possible communication approaches for reaching their target audiences.

A training update was posted in the ThailandCTIP Facebook group.

Facilitation

The training was facilitated by Sidekick with input from BBC Media Action and Winrock. The agenda had been adapted from the initial CSO training sessions to include exercises for LPN to understand the differences to previous project approaches. This has proven an effective exercise in previous trainings and serves to highlight how audience needs might be different.

The group included Burmese volunteers but all participants spoke Thai to a level that language was not an issue.

The first day included an ‘empathy mapping’ exercise which was intended to generate a better understanding of LPNs target audiences. This exercise was used in previous trainings to feed into CSOs communication and media strategies. An early area of need identified by Sidekick was a better understanding of LPNs target audience in Trat. As a result, the second part of the training was adapted from previous trainings where other CSOs had substantial experience of working with their

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report target communities. It was agreed that further research would be done to increase LPNs understanding of the target audience before a deeper dive into methods of reaching them takes place. As a result, Sidekick adapted the training to make the second day more interactive using role play activities to get LPN staff and volunteers to think through and act out issues and ways of engaging with their target audience. This proved to be a productive way to engage both LPN staff and volunteers.

BBC Media Action were represented by Chhuong Yiv Chhoy, a Producer/Director from the Cambodia office who was able to share examples of BBC Media Action’s approaches to creating video and online content for engaging Khmer audiences. This approach proved particularly relevant to the communities LPN are aiming to reach and it was agreed that ongoing knowledge sharing from BBC Media Action’s Cambodia office would be used in aiding LPN develop their media approaches.

Participants

A combination of LPN Field Staff, office staff and volunteers participated in the training. A full annex is attached.

Communication strategy development

Problem statement

In their original proposal of activities LPN identified an increase in the number of migrant workers facing issues of labor rights, ID documents, debt bondage as a result of MOU-based labor importation, and other forms of abuse. LPN has provided services to migrant workers and their followers from three nationalities: Myanmar, Cambodian and Laotian.

Among the three nationalities, most human trafficking victims are Cambodian, which represents 16 percent of all Cambodians filing a grievance to receive assistance from LPN. The increase in the number of service receivers demonstrates serious labor right violation among migrant workers of all nationalities. Since LPN started to provide grievance services a greater number of Cambodian people have asked for advice and assistance from LPN. Cases have been referred to LPN by government agencies, e.g. embassies, police stations and hospitals.

The Cambodian workers who asked for assistance from LPN did not know grievance channels in Thailand. They contacted their relatives back in Cambodian, and then their relatives contacted the Cambodian Embassy, which referred the cases to LPN for providing legal assistance and bringing them to the justice system to claim labor rights that the workers deserve.

The increasing number of Cambodian victims from the fishery, construction, agricultural and canned food industries has resulted in a need to prepare a system for receiving grievances and providing direct legal, health and social assistance to provide them with the access to the justice process and the remedial process and safe reintegration into their society and family.

Migrant workers, especially Cambodians, need to receive upskilling training program in various areas for protection against problems, which aims to raise their awareness of protecting themselves against human trafficking and different forms of abuse and of the right to access to health insurance schemes, social security, ID documents, and so on.

Building on these identified problems in the workshop, LPN staff emphasized that the key issues for the groups they work with are around documentation and in turn their ability to stay in Thailand and

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report earn money. The majority, don’t know how to access systems or what they need to do retain legal status in Thailand. In addition documents are sometimes confiscated and migrants are held ransom by lawyers.

Audiences:

The communities that live close to the Thai/ Cambodia border and specifically those working in rubber plantations were identified as a key target by LPN. There is a challenge that these are isolated groups and therefore both hard to reach with communications and difficult for them to access services.

Primary audience - Migrants (men and women) working in agriculture

Secondary audience – Community and migrant leaders – other potential influencers include religious leaders (monks), migrant school teachers, employers

Migrant profile:

Men and women who come to Thailand without preparing or obtaining correct documentation and end up in forced labour. Primary concern is how they can live in Thailand legitimately. LPN estimated that around 80% of people they worked with don’t have documents and don’t have knowledge on how to obtain them. Typically they were earning 166 bhatt a day- far below minimum salary. 70% of people don’t receive minimum wage and don’t have the ability to ask for proper pay. Often they are living in isolated communities. If they have problems such as issues with employers, they are afraid and unable to take action.

Areas of focus for the LPN workshop and follow up visits

• Information around documentation and processes for migrants • Digital approach to communication • Increased understanding of target audience • Developing communications that are entertaining and engaging

Approaches and possible media platforms

• Facebook and Youtube have been identified as key platforms by LPN • Many of the approaches put forward by LPN draw from the successes they have had working with Burmese migrant populations. They are interested in developing previous approaches which encourage migrant workers to speak up and out about concerns and do so using social media. This approach proved successful in engaging online audiences. Sidekick and BBC Media Action will work with LPN to draw on learning from this work and combine this with a further research of Trat audineces to explore whether this can develop into a more strategic behaviour change focused approach

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report • Format and approaches will be further developed once additional research and knowledge of Trat audiences is completed.

Challenges

• Those attending the workshops had limited experience producing media content and their understanding their audiences media engagement is limited. • The majority of the team are new- there is a need for mentoring both on communication activities but also additional engagement with Winrock staff. • Language is a barrier for engaging with target communities and at present there is a challenge with limited translators • Target audience do not read and write so visual media are likely to be a key approach, however, phones and data are often shared among families so this will need to be considered • There are not a lot of organizations working with agricultural communities as there tends to be a focus on fishing communities. This means that there are less support networks and services available than previous groups LPN have worked with.

Conclusions and next steps

• Meet LPN in Bangkok to develop ideas and plans from workshop • Focus on research- audience analysis • Plan for immersion with a focus on developing better understanding of audience and situation

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ANNEX XIV: GENDER EQUITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION Report on status of progress of implementation of Gender and Inclusive Development Action Plan (Q3 FY2019)

In each of the USAID Thailand CTIP components, gender equality and social inclusion impacts have been integrated into the three intermediate results (Irs) and the progress of all program activities will be measured and verified using gender-sensitive and socially inclusive performance indicators included in the Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning (MEL) Plan. The following table summarizes the status of GESI integrated activities as outlined in the workplan section of the Gender and Inclusive Development Plan;

Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status 3.2.4 Map TIP supply Inclusion of GESI related questions chains in priority in the assessment to identify level of • Working closely with PSES to ensure that the selected partnership models from RPA integrate sectors (i.e. sugar discrimination (access to information GESI considerations cane, palm oil etc.) and services, disparities in wages and labor conditions, etc.) across sectors o Supporting Livelihood Opportunities for TIP Survivors through Spirulina Production: and identified discriminated groups. Vocational training for the TIP survivors will include both male and female shelters and will also align with Energaia’s development strategy which aims to encourage participation of more women growers and demonstrate that female farmers are as effective as their male counterparts. o Technology Solutions to Improve Labor Transparency in Sugarcane: social data at farm level will capture GESI aspects as well as will include some criteria pertaining to fair wages and equal pay between male and female workers.

1.1.2 Partner with private Leverage innovative tools and • Working closely with Resonance to ensure GESI principles are included in the agreed work sector change agents in technology, including worker voice steam including (1) connecting workers at sea to the response system; (2) establishing an sectorial approach solutions, to gauge working effective response protocol for industry, and (3) building ethical recruitment capacity of industry. conditions and identify GESI issues and TIP in supply chains.

1.1.3 Establish strategic GESI sensitive practices, document • Ongoing GESI technical support to PSES dialogue with govt, and disseminate emerging good practices in key supply

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Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status grantees and the private chain/businesses network including sector putting GESI issues on the agenda in strategic dialogue with government, civil society, and the private sector.

1.2.1 Design and implement Integration of GESI in designed • Ongoing GESI technical support to SBCC activity to ensure GESI integration in a training public education campaigns media campaign and consideration of module of sub-grantees barriers to ensure the ability to reach excluded groups and overcome barriers. Ensure that media mentoring activities conducted by BBCMA target female journalists, scriptwriters, and other female professionals to strengthen their ability and leadership to champion CTIP

1.2.2 Develop capacity of Integration of GESI in the planned • Communications strategy is being completed by BBCMA. Key component includes GESI issues and mentor local actors development capacities activities such as barriers in accessing information, attitudes towards migrants, etc. Information will help to with media, development sector and guide the project on GESI-sensitive interventions at target provinces and impactful public education sector as new social norms education campaigns at national level encourage agents to promote diversity and tolerance, including in • Ongoing technical support for grantees for GESI-sensitive approach for awareness raising the education system by ensuring through media and story-telling (through SideKick) GESI concerns. Groups representing minority groups trained to access CTIP related services and information. Coordination with NGOs, CBOs and groups representing discriminated groups to provide information material and, when needed,

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Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status orientations on TIP and access to services.

1.3.1 Coordinate with Identify GESI gaps and concerns in • Onboarding the consultant to conduct regulatory review of labor migration laws and regulations partners and contribute to labor migration laws and policies national dialogue from policy content dimension and • Inclusion of GESI aspect in the research design and methodology policy making process which are

cultivated from roundtable discussions with government and key stakeholders (comprises of the private sector/employers, protection service providers (the MDTs and NGOs), and migrant workers. Research and baseline studies to promote long-term labor migration. Include GESI specific recommendations for sustainable long-term labor policies through engaging relevant stakeholders in discussions

2.1.1 Coordinate with CTIP Coordinate with CTIP programs in • Ongoing coordination with Cambodia and Lao CTIP to understand gender and social dimension efforts in source countries Laos and Cambodia to identify of pre-migration risks to reduce pre-migration TIP disparities in level of awareness and risks channels of communication within at- risk populations to ensure equity in access to pre-departure information and services. Enhance coordination and communication of migrants’ communities and their home countries.

2.1.2 Provide rights Integrate GESI into capacity • Ongoing technical support to grantees and monitoring of the progress of the toolbox development awareness tools and development work and tools to ensure the inclusion of GESI related information in formulating the package.

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Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status capacity development for service providers 2.2.1 Map service provider Mapping will include mapping of • Service providers mapping is being conducted as part of the baseline studies wherein GESI network and resources existing networks which provide related questions are included. information and services to discriminated groups. These networks/organizations will build later coordination and cooperation with the project

2.2.2 Offer legal support to Ensure that grantees involved in • Ongoing support to grantees in target provinces to ensure the inclusion of GESI aspect in their promote responsibility for providing legal support understand activity on supporting services such as legal counselling and gender-sensitive referral system. abuse GESI aspects and incorporate them into their planned activities to ensure access for discriminated groups

2.2.3 Connect vulnerable Work with partner and local grantees • Ongoing support to grantees in target provinces groups to job services to ensure that information for jobs is developed to reach discriminated groups and groups and organizations working with specific groups are involved to reach out

3.1.1 Improve the victim Include GESI issues into the dialogue • Regular communication with World Vision to ensure the integration of GESI into the plan of identification protocol and for the victim protocol process. activities with MDT such as activity around GESI-victim sensitive screening and social process Involve representatives of reintegration process discriminated group into the dialogue with government and MDT at provincial level.

3.1.2 Address issues related In the assessment to understand • GESI sensitive issues are included as an integral part of the discussion during the Self- to lack of self-identification barriers to self-identification, GESI Identification Workshop taken plan on May 17, in Chiang Rai. Key issues to the lack of self- related issues highlighted and identification are mainly concerning with discriminatory status and stigma that are attached to the

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Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status assessment planned for each identified victims; and insufficient knowledge and skills of MDT to interview presumed victims identified category during victim identification process.

3.1.3 Strengthen existing Ensure that the complaint mechanism • GESI specialist has ensured the integration of GESI into the research outline for analysis of complaint mechanisms considers GESI and is accessible to complaints mechanism. Analysis also includes how different groups of people including men, discriminated groups (language women, LGBTQI and people from different ethnic minorities perceive and receive services barriers, locations, etc.). differently. Work through networks identified in the mapping to disseminate information on the available services.

3.2.1 Support a rights-based Ensure GESI is included in the • Integration of GESI into the research on alternative models of care. The study found that there approach and government – dialogue and representatives from are constraints of shelter-based models in meeting the needs of TIP survivors based on their civil society collaboration discriminated groups are empowered genders. For examples; a limited freedom of movement outside of the shelter for female victims to participate (link to 3.1.1) due to security; types of accommodation that do not meet the needs for LGBT victims, etc. GESI gaps and opportunities identified in the research on alternative models for shelter and for improving services that are gender specific/target specific needs of discriminated groups are included in recommendations to MSDHS.

3.2.2 Advocate for Include in the advocacy the needed • n/a increased budget budget allocation to promote GESI allocations for MDTs and (Services addressing specific needs, victim services support teachers for children of migrants, migrant’s mediators to facilitate access to services, etc.)

3.2.3 Partner with private GESI consideration in the • GESI specialist has worked closely with PSES to include GESI considerations during design sector to develop development of livelihood services process of decided partnership model. The model will be used to guide related activities to Innovative, sustainable and possible barriers. support the development of livelihoods services with sub-grantees in target provinces. livelihood services

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Project Activity Expected Actions/Outputs Status 3.2.4 Strengthen case Involve networks of discriminated • n/a management and cross- categories into the cross-border border coordination coordination. Coordinate with sending countries for continuous learning of challenges for case management and reintegration due to cultural barriers, prejudices, misunderstandings and stereotypes

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ANNEX XV: PROJECT INDICATOR TRACKING TABLE

See full document in separate file attached

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ANNEX XVI: TERM OF REFERENCE – FACILITATION OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATION WORKSHOP

Terms of Reference for facilitation of Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Self-Identifying as Survivors of Trafficking in Persons: Challenges and promising way forward

POSITION: Workshop Facilitators

DURATION: May 2019

REPORTS TO: Deputy Chief of Party, USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons

I. BACKGROUND:

As a source, transit, and destination country, Thailand faces multiple manifestations of trafficking in persons (TIP), including forced labor. These are fueled by growth and demand for low-skilled labor in sectors such as agriculture and fishing, construction, and food processing. According to the 2016 US Department of State report on trafficking in persons (TIP report), Thailand has 3-4 million migrant workers, many of whom arrived undocumented from neighboring countries to find better paying jobs. More than 53% of unskilled migrant workers are youth. Large populations of ethnic minorities, highland persons, children from rural areas, stateless persons, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex (LGBTQI) individuals are also at increased risk for trafficking and exploitation due to difficulties they face resulting from discrimination. Forced labor is reported in many sectors, but the number of victims identified remains low because of inadequate screening, combined with hard-to- reach sectors where many migrants work and a lack of self-reporting.

One of the key challenges in combating TIP that USAID Thailand CTIP aims to address is a lack of self- identification of victims. There are several reasons that victims of trafficking in persons prefer not to identify themselves. As a result, they are losing an opportunity to receive protection and assistance. USAID Thailand CTIP will explore issues around victim identification including self-identification to understand the barriers and challenges of victim identification to engage in interventions to cope with them so that victims are better protected and not revictimized.

In close coordination with the Division of Anti-trafficking in person (DATIP) under Ministry of Social Development and Human Security, USAID Thailand CTIP plans to organize a series of “Stakeholder Consultation Workshop on Self-Identifying as Survivors of Trafficking in Persons: Challenges and promising way

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report forward” in Chiangrai. This workshop forms a key component of this project and aims to assess the gaps and challenges in self-reporting of victims, in countering TIP in Thailand, and elicit recommendations for subsequent interventions to address the problem. The workshop will target officials from the Royal Thai Government together with other key stakeholders taking part in a provincial multi-disciplinary team, and bring them together to discuss the current TIP situation in target province, issues related to lack of self-identification by survivors, and means of working more effectively together to tackle the problem.

II. OBJECTIVES:

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together government officials, non-governmental organizations and civil society organizations working on TIP issues with the specific aims to: - Enhance participants’ understanding of the specific challenges and barriers of self-identification of victims and to generate recommended interventions to cope with the issues; - Identify the primary concerns and challenges of key government agencies in combating TIP; - Contribute to enhanced understanding of roles and responsibilities and increased coordination among key agencies involved in combating TIP activities in target province.

III. TASKS:

The facilitation team is required to: 1. Design the workshop flow and methodology in collaboration with Winrock staff and key stakeholder ensuring the successful outcome. Winrock will provide the technical context and will work with a facilitator to co-design the sessions. 2. Lead and facilitate the workshop encouraging constructive debates, and participatory dialogue and ensuring strategic results during all seesions, capture and document the workshop proceedings for participants and Winrock. 3. Document the outcome of the workshop and produce a final report of professional standard for publication and dissemination to participants, Winrock and key stakeholders.

DELIVERABLES:

Milestone Deliverable Tentative Due date 1 Review of relevant project documents and finalize the agenda and 30 April 2019 training materials 2 Facilitate the workshop 17 May 2019 3 Submission of the final draft of the workshop report 7 June 2019

IV. QUALIFICATIONS:

The team of facilitators should meet the following minimum requirements: • Minimum 5 (five) years’ experience in designing and facilitating collaborative workshops;

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• Advanced degree or a combination of bachelor’s degree with work experience in social work, public policy, human rights, human trafficking, or other related fields; • Knowledge or understanding of social, political and economic context governing anti- trafficking and migration issues in Thailand; • Proven ability to conduct related training and produce examples of workshop materials previously developed; • Excellent interpersonal communication skills including experience of facilitation of trainings/workshops and presentation; and able to demonstrate respect for people with diversity; • Proficiency in Thai, excellent command of English is an asset.

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ANNEX XVII: CONSULTANT FOR RAPID ASSESSMENT OF MIGRANT WORKER RECRUITMENT IN THAILAND’S AGRICULTURE, CONSTRUCTION AND FISHING INDUSTRIES: PROCESSES, PRACTICES AND COSTS

DURATION: August to October (3 months) 2019

REPORTS TO: Meghan Mac Bain Chief of Party, USAID Thailand Counter Trafficking in Persons

BACKGROUND: Winrock International is a nonprofit organization that works with people in the United States and around the world to empower the disadvantaged, increase economic opportunity, and sustain natural resources. Winrock’s five-year Thailand Counter Trafficking-in-Persons Project, funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID Thailand CTIP) has goals to reduce trafficking in persons in Thailand and to better protect rights of trafficked persons.

USAID Thailand CTIP FY2019 Q3 Quarterly Performance Report but the number of victims identified remains low because of inadequate screening, combined with hard-to-reach sectors where many migrants work and a lack of self-reporting.

OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this TOR is to research, verify and document the current regulations, pathways, practices and costs related to the recruitment of migrant workers into fishing, construction, and agricultural jobs in Thailand from the 3 MOU sending countries (Laos, Myanmar and Cambodia). In addition, Thailand CTIP also seeks to gain knowledge on the documentation needed and the payment structure the migrant worker and employers use to secure labor or employment. Part of the study should also include recommendations on possible platforms and technology that could be used in facilitating more transparent and accountable recruitment and job placement for migrants. This study should look at both long term migrants living in Thailand and short-term migrants crossing over into Thailand from the 3 MOU sending countries.

The rapid assessment will address the following research questions: 1. What are the current recruitment practices and patterns for migrant workers in the said sectors, both from the perspective of workers and employers? 2. What agencies, agents, brokers and other actors are involved in recruitment, provision of documentation, migration and employment placement/administration? This should include agencies that both the employer and potential employee is dealing with. 3. What steps does the recruitment and placement usually involves and what are the official and unofficial fees paid by workers and employers at each step, disaggregated by industry, nationality of workers, and gender? 4. What time does it take to go from recruitment to employment through formal and info rmal channels? 5. What is the average length of employment in the industries and main reasons for workers to leave? 6. What are the challenges faced by employers in hiring migrant workers? 7. What are the current options for workers to change employer? 8. What deductions do employers place on workers’ wages? 9. What financing mechanisms do the workers use to pay recruitment and employment fees? How do the repay and how long does it usually take? 10. What are the current patterns in providing temporary work permits or other documentation to allow migrants to work in the 3 sectors?

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11. What technologies/ platforms could be developed in facilitating more transparent and accountable recruitment and job placement services/ opportunities for migrants

TASKS: 1. Develop and approve with Winrock a detailed research design and timeline outlining proposed methodology, research questions and final report structure 2. Develop and approve with Winrock data collection tools 3. In collaboration with Winrock, develop a list of informants 4. Carry out the rapid assessment 5. Hold weekly status calls with Winrock 6. Prepare a final report and a power point presentation on the findings, conclusions and recommendations

DELIVERABLES:

Deliverable Tentative Due date 1 Develop a detailed research design and timeline outlining 5 days after signing a proposed methodology, research questions and tools, as well consultant agreement as final report structure

2 Draft report By early 3rd month 3 Submit final report and the power point presentation with By end of 3rd month findings, with resubmission after comments from supervisor

PAYMENT AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE: Payment will be made upon timely submission of satisfactory deliverables per agreed work plan, and approval of the contractor’s supervisor. The payment will be made in 3 tranches after each deliverable has been met. The payment schedule is subject to negotiation between Winrock and selected Consultant. The proposed payment schedule for the review is as follows: - 20 % upon Winrock’s approval of work plan, timeline, and tools - 30 % upon Winrock’s approval of draft report. - 50% upon final approval of the submitted final report

QUALIFICATIONS:

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The Ethical Recruitment Specialist is expected to have qualifications as provided below. 1. Demonstrated understanding of labor rights and migration frameworks 2. Experience in research of relevant issues 3. Established relations with migrant groups and/or employers in industries mentioned above 4. Ability to travel to different provinces within Thailand within the assignment period. 5. APPLICATION: Applicants should send the following documents to [email protected] referring to the subject “Consultant for Rapid Assessment of Migrant Worker Recruitment ” by 31 July 2019 • Cover letter • Current resume with 3 reference contacts • Proposed daily consultancy rate (Travel cost will be covered by Winrock International)

Winrock International would like to thank all applicants for their interest, but only candidates who meet all requisite criteria and are shortlisted will be contacted. Winrock is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Contact : [email protected]