Fiscal Year 2020: Third Quarter Report HAMRO SAMMAN

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This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Winrock International under cooperative agreement AID-367-A-17-00001. 1

Table of Contents

Acronyms ...... 1

Introduction ...... 3

Executive Summary ...... 3

Stories and Highlights ...... 5 FROM SURVIVOR TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING CHAMPION ...... 5 Objective 1: Strengthened National, Provincial, and Local Government Efforts to Combat TIP ...... 7 SUPPORT TO BUILD POLICIES AND STRUCTURES AT NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL LEVELS TO COUNTER TIP ...... 8 Objective 2: Improved CSO Advocacy and Engagement to Address TIP ...... 9 WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO TIP? ...... 10 ADVOCACY TO RAISE VOICES OF ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR WORKERS ...... 11 ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS ...... 13 Objective 3: Increase PS Partnerships to Increase Services for TIP Survivors and At-Risk Populations ...... 14 BUILDING CAPACITY OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ...... 15 SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND AT-RISK PEOPLE (RETURNEES FROM FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT) ...... 15 SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND AT-RISK PEOPLE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR ...... 17 CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AT-RISK OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS ...... 18

Knowledge Management and Sharing ...... 20

GESI and Safeguarding ...... 23

Challenges and Opportunities ...... 25

Finance and Expenditures ...... 29

Annex 1: Events in this Quarter ...... i

ANNEX 2: Progress Against Fiscal Year 2020 Workplan ...... iii

ANNEX 3: Performance Indicator Tracking Table ...... xxi

ANNEX 4: UK Aid Indicators (Logframe) ...... xxxi ANNEX 5: Report on Monitoring and Advocacy……………………...Xl

Hamro Samman Project Fiscal Year 2020: Third Quarter Report

APRIL 1, 2020 - JUNE 30, 2020

Submitted to USAID: July 30, 2020

Disclaimer:

This report is made possible by the generous support of the American people and the British people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom Department of International Development (UK aid). The contents of this report are the responsibility of Winrock International and do not necessarily reflect the views of USAID or the United States Government or UK aid or the United Kingdom Government.

Acronyms AATWIN Alliance Against Trafficking of Women and Children in Nepal AHTB Anti Human-Trafficking Bureau AMKAS Apravasi Mahila Kamdar Samuha CeLRRd Center for Legal Research and Resource Development COP Chief of Party CPS Communications and Partnership Specialist CSO Civil Society Organization CTIP Counter-Trafficking in Persons CTIP Co Counter Trafficking in Persons Coordinator DCOP Deputy Chief of Party DOFE Department of Foreign Employment FAM Finance and Administration Manager FC Field Coordinator FEA Foreign Employment Act FGD Focus Group Discussion FLM Foreign Labor Migration FWLD Forum for Women, Law and Development FY Fiscal Year GCS Grants and Contracts Specialist GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion GFP Grant Focal Person GON Government of Nepal HQ Headquarters HR Human Resource HTTCA Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act HTTCR Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Rules, 2008 IDS Institute for Development Studies LACC Legal Aid and Consultancy Center LCCHT Local Committee Controlling Human Trafficking LG Local government LGM Law and Governance Manager LfC Leadership for Change MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MES Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist MOLESS Ministry of Labour and Employment and Social Security MOWCSC Ministry of Women, Children, and Senior Citizen NAFEA Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies NBI National Business Initiative NCCHT National Committee for Controlling Human Trafficking NEEDS National Environment and Equity Development Society NHRC National Human Rights Commission NNSM National Network for Safe Migration

NPA National Plan of Action Against Trafficking, Especially of Women and Children NPR Nepalese Rupees OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment OPI Organizational Performance Index PAG Project Advisory Group PECAN Participant Engaged Capacity Assessment for Networks PIL Public Interest Litigation PNCC Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee PPR Forum for Protection of People’s Rights PS Private Sector PSES Private Sector Engagement Specialist SAN Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal SEAH Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, and Harassment TIP Trafficking in Persons TOT Training of Trainers TPP Training and Placement Provider UN United Nations UK aid United Kingdom Department of International Development USAID United States Agency for International Development WHO World Health Organization WI Winrock International

Introduction Hamro Samman is a five-year project with the objective to reduce the prevalence of trafficking in persons (TIP) in 10 selected districts of Nepal. Winrock International has implemented Hamro Samman since July 12, 2017, with generous support from the American people and the British people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Kingdom Department of International Development (UK aid). The project objectives are as follows:

1) Strengthening national, provincial, and local Government of Nepal (GON) efforts to combat TIP 2) Improving civil society organizations’ (CSO) advocacy and engagement to address TIP 3) Increasing private sector (PS) partnerships to service TIP survivors and at-risk populations Hamro Samman brings together stakeholders from the GON, CSO, and Private Sector (PS) to work together to build stronger and lasting partnerships to counter TIP. Hamro Samman has built partnerships for implementation with the Ministry of Women, Children and Senior Citizens (MOWCSC) of GON as well as with a number of CSOs: Alliance Against Trafficking of Women and Children in Nepal (AATWIN); National Network for Safe Migration (NNSM); National Business Initiative (NBI); Forum for Women, Law and Development (FWLD); Center for Legal Research and Resource Development (CeLRRd); Forum for Protection of People’s Rights (PPR); Legal Aid and Consultancy Center (LACC); Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal (SAN); Apravasi Mahila Kamdar Samuha Nepal (AMKAS); Maiti Nepal; Shakti Samuha; Saathi Nepal; Pravasi Nepali Coordination Committee (PNCC); Biswas Nepal; SAFAL Partners; and Rojgari Services Private Limited.

Executive Summary The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the two priority target groups of beneficiaries for Hamro Samman project: Foreign Labor Migrants (FLM) and Entertainment Sector Workers. Nepali migrants working in foreign countries have either been forced to return to Nepal or continue to live in their countries of work in vulnerable conditions. For over two months, migrant workers returning from India were stuck at closed borders1. Meanwhile, migrant daily wage workers in Kathmandu and other urban locations inside the country were forced to walk long distances to their homes due to the lockdown. There have been reports of the migrants being stigmatized by community members as carriers of COVID-19. In addition, businesses in the entertainment sector were closed during the lockdown and many businesses laid off their employees or placed them on leave – often unpaid – leading to rising unemployment among entertainment sector workers, a majority of whom do not have alternative income sources. Many of these workers struggle to pay rent and avoid eviction, and to pay for basic needs including food for themselves and their families.

1 https://www.nepalitimes.com/latest/the-long-journey-to-nepal/

The GON is providing emergency relief support to families facing extreme difficulties to procure food and other basic necessities through local governments and with support from development partners. The Private Business Owners Association strongly objected to GON’s instruction to all businesses in Nepal to not make any deductions in employee salaries as well as not to lay off any employees during the lockdown 2 . The employer and employee unions later reached an agreement on April 19, 2020 to have businesses that are closed during the lockdown pay half of employee salaries3.

Hamro Samman’s field program activities were postponed this quarter, with the project team working virtually since March 24, 2020 in compliance with the nationwide lockdown mandated by GON in response to COVID-19 pandemic, the work suspension order from USAID, and Winrock’s organizational policies. The project team engaged in a series of virtual meetings, one-on-one discussions, and group consultations with GON stakeholders, members of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), international development organizations, and representatives of Nepali CSOs and PS partners to assess the impact of the pandemic on target beneficiaries groups, their immediate needs and increased vulnerabilities, and required short term and long term support to provide comprehensive protection services.

Hamro Samman compiled the inputs and recommendations received from these virtual meetings, discussions, and consultations to develop a response plan which was included in Hamro Samman’s exception request submitted to USAID on May 17, 2020. The exception request also included a request to allow for implementation of project activities that could be conducted virtually or by practicing safety measures. The exception request was approved by USAID on June 18, 2020 and included activities such as a rapid assessment to assess the impact of the pandemic on entertainment sector workers, a TIP vulnerability assessment due to the pandemic, emergency food relief to entertainment sector workers who lack the legal documents to access government relief supply, direct support to shelters and survivors, income generation support to CTIP champions, job training and placement support to returned migrant workers, and mass media messaging to raise awareness on prevention of COVID-19 as well as human trafficking. The project began implementation of the activities under the exception request prioritizing emergency relief support.

In addition, Hamro Samman completed and submitted grant documents for partnerships with 12 CSOs (as implementing partners for the project) to USAID for approval. Hamro Samman also signed grant awards with modifications with two shelter partners (Saathi and Maiti Nepal) to provide shelter and referral services to TIP survivors and people at-risk; with one migrant worker survivor network partner (AMKAS) to build survivor leadership and strengthen survivor networks to raise survivor voices to influence local and national policies and programs; and with a legal consortium partner (FWLD) to provide technical support to project partners including GON for appropriate CTIP policy formulation and amendments in line with the Palermo Protocol. Hamro Samman also brought on board the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) to provide technical support to local research partners. On July 1, 2020 Hamro Samman chose AATWIN as one of

2 https://english.onlinekhabar.com/employers-cannot-give-full-pay-to-workers-during-lockdown.html 3 https://www.nepalisansar.com/business/covid-19-nepal-businesses-to-pay-half-salary-amid-shutdown/

4 the local research partners to carry out research on evidence based best practices for victim identification and referral.

Additionally, Hamro Samman and CSO partners continued advocacy activities to raise the concerns and voices of TIP survivors, returnee foreign migrant workers, and entertainment sector workers, to influence policies to counter trafficking in persons (CTIP) at the federal level along with virtual meetings with MOWCSC on the needed amendments to national legislations following the ratification of the Palermo Protocol. The Federal Parliament endorsed the Palermo Protocol on March 12, 2020 and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs deposited the ratification document at the office of the Secretary-General of United Nations (UN) on June 16, 2020. The MOWCSC has already formed a working committee to amend the Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Act (HTTCA) and formed a technical working committee for the revision of National Plan of Action for CTIP (NPA) which will be supported by Hamro Samman. Hamro Samman and CSO partners held virtual consultations with MOWCSC along with one-on-one virtual meetings between Hamro Samman and the Ministry to discuss the amendments necessary to the HTTCA and to prepare for revision of the NPA. Stories and Highlights:

FROM SURVIVORS TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING CHAMPIONS IN NEPAL Shanti Pokharel is a survivor of domestic violence. “My husband would beat me every day. To get away from him, I had to leave my son and daughter in Nepal and go to a foreign country to work. After ten years, I came back to Nepal for good and started a new life with my son and daughter,” Shanti said. At the time, she lacked the confidence to discuss her problems or seek help to change her circumstances, she remembered.

Fulmaya Tamang is a trafficking survivor. She shared that she was once shy and Figure 1 Leadership for Change participant uncomfortable when expressing her own Shanti Pokharel supervising community opinions, but has developed a renewed sense cleaning activities. Photo shared by Shanti of confidence and is now connecting with a Pokharel herself. wider network of people. She is actively engaged in livelihood support and employment generation activities in her municipality.

Today, Shanti, too feels like a different person: she is more self-assured and involved in her community and says she feels she can be a community leader. She is supporting employment generation activities in her community and participates in COVID-19 response and support work in her rural municipality.

Learning to Lead

Shanti and Fulmaya are two of 59 trainees of the Leadership for Change training organized as part of Hamro Samman project activities in coordination with local partner, Swatantrata Abhiyan Nepal. Hamro Samman is funded by USAID and UK aid and implemented by Winrock International.

As a result of the training, both women have become inspired to see the leaders in themselves and have been equipped with the tools to become change-makers in their communities. While they have been actively engaged in the community, they are also preparing further action plans to support counter trafficking efforts. Their plans include raising awareness of trafficking risks, and engaging with local government, clubs, committees and other groups and individuals to address issues important for their communities.

The Leadership for Change training empowers survivors and vulnerable individuals by enabling them to identify, cultivate and celebrate their potential. It arms survivors with the knowledge and skills to become champions of counter-trafficking in their families, communities and beyond. The training emphasizes the importance of strengthening survivors’ own voices, enabling them to become effective advocates for community-based change. In doing so, trainees themselves push for development and enforcement of policies, services, and other interventions to thwart trafficking and break the cycle of entrapment and misery it engenders.

“The training has made a big difference. The training has developed my confidence and public speaking ability and my networking skills,” shared Fulmaya. Shanti said the leadership initiative helped improve her coordination and networking skills.

Leadership into Action

Shanti is currently engaged in the Prime Minister Employment Program as a supervisor for community cleaning and road construction activities in the Khajura Rural Municipality. With COVID-19 increasing the vulnerability of people already at risk in the area, Shanti was involved in collecting data about people in dire need of food or other assistance, and providing appropriate referrals for support to the municipality. She was involved in the distribution of relief supplies to 35 women by the Rural Municipality and hopes to use micro-grants offered by the Hamro Samman project to further help vulnerable communities.

Fulmaya also has sought new opportunities to serve her community. She joined a committee responsible for the selection and implementation of a 10-day vocational (hair dressing) training to 17 young men from vulnerable families organized by Janajati Association Committee with financial support from the Manahari Rural Municipality. She is also now involved in an alternative livelihoods program supporting women from families formerly financially dependent on selling home-brewed alcohol, which is illegal, by providing them with goats and contributing part of their farming income to help other women. So far, the program has distributed 10 goats to women in need, with Fulmaya contributing funds obtained from a Hamro Samman micro-grant to facilitate the purchases.

Fulmaya said she is proud that she can already see small changes from her efforts in collaboration with local stakeholders. “Two of the boys who attended the hair dressing training plan to set up their own barber shops and even train more youths from their community,” she said, adding that she believes that income generation opportunities and awareness activities can reduce the risk of trafficking.

Elevating Survivor Voices The leadership training assisted participants to evaluate risks and identify local resources “COLLECTIVE EFFORT IS NEEDED to support their ideas and efforts to raise FOR BIG CHANGES, BUT ONE awareness, inform policy changes, and PERSON CAN START THE amplify advocacy. As active members of their communities, survivors like Shanti and JOURNEY TO COLLECTIVE Fulmaya are better able to identify EFFORT.” suspicious activities possibly linked to trafficking, and to speak up by reporting to – Shanti Pokharel, LfC Trainee relevant authorities.

New “CTIP Champions” like Shanti and Fulmaya are more knowledgeable, capable of -- and looking forward to -- helping to execute action plans to combat human trafficking in their communities, using new leadership and networking skills. They are already exploring opportunities to further support at-risk community members with resources provided including potential Hamro Samman micro-grants.

With eyes on the future, trainees also hope to become involved in Committees for Controlling Human Trafficking at various levels of the government to ensure that survivor voices are included in counter-trafficking interventions and policies, during the planning and implementation stages.

Objective 1: Strengthened national, provincial, and local government efforts to combat TIP Hamro Samman supports GON efforts to develop and enforce improved policies to combat TIP at the federal, provincial, and local government levels based on recommendations received from international and national experts and organizations. Hamro Samman also supports the GON to establish and build the capacity of relevant structures to improve CTIP efforts in 36 selected local governments in Hamro Samman’s 10 project districts. This includes support to both national and sub-national CTIP structures including the National Committee for Controlling Human Trafficking (NCCHT), the Local Committees for Controlling Human Trafficking (LCCHT), and government institutions such as the Anti-Human Trafficking Bureau (AHTB) of the Nepal Police and the NHRC. Hamro Samman provides demand-driven capacity development support to government institutions to formulate partnerships with relevant stakeholders to more effectively counter trafficking in persons. Such support includes capacity building of government officials on the legislative framework for CTIP; support to engage in monitoring and collection of data related to

TIP issues; support to report and utilize TIP-related data to guide reviews of effectiveness of policies and programs; support to develop or amend more stringent enforcement; support to plan and implement activities to prevent TIP; training to GON service providers on Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) sensitive; survivor-centered approaches to service delivery; and specialized training to criminal justice personnel on investigation and prosecution of TIP cases.

SUPPORT TO BUILD POLICIES AND STRUCTURES AT NATIONAL AND SUB-NATIONAL LEVELS TO COUNTER TIP One local government (LG) endorsed the local committee for controlling human trafficking (LCCHT) formation and operation guidelines in this reporting quarter, bringing the total number of LGs adopting the guidelines to 14 LGs, while the number of LCCHTs established remains at two: Bendandi Rural Municipality of Kanchanpur district in Sudurpaschim Pradesh and Krishnanagar Municipality of Kapilvastu district in Province 5 (both set up the committees in the previous quarter). A LCCHT is a thematic committee under the local government that leads CTIP activities at the local level. The LCCHT formation and operation guideline is a document developed and endorsed by the local government that guides the composition as well as the process of formation of a LCCHT by the local government. The guideline also sets the mandate of the LCCHT along with the roles and responsibilities of the members of the LCCHT, and the procedural guidelines for the members of the LCCHT for the overall operations and execution of the functions of the LCCHT. Please see the accompanying box for the full list of LGs that have endorsed the guidelines.

Hamro Samman, in coordination with relevant District Coordination Committees LGs with LCCHT guidelines and with support from CSO partners SAN, Shakti Samuha, National Environment and Hetauda Sub-Metropolitan of Bagmati Equity Development Society (NEEDS) Pradesh endorsed the guidelines this Nepal, Maiti Nepal, Biswas Nepal, and quarter. Women Skill Creation Center provided training on CTIP to 288 representatives The guidelines were endorsed in previous from 36 local governments as potential quarters by: Ghodaghodi Municipality, LCCHT members in the first quarter of FY Beldangi Rural Municipality, and Belauri 20. Participants were provided a model Municipality, in Sudurpaschim Pradesh; guideline for LCCHT formation and Sainamaina Municipality, Siddharthanagar operation, and drafted action plans for Municipality, Buddhabhumi Municipality, CTIP activities in their respective local Krishnanagar Municipality, Madhuwan governments. The action plans drafted Municipality, Badhaiyatal Rural included activities (action points) such as Municipality, and Khajura Rural the development and endorsement of Municipality in Province 5; and Baikaiya LCCHT guidelines, the establishment and Rural Municipality, Chautara Sangachowk mobilization of the LCCHTs, collection and Municipality, and Melamchi Municipality in utilization of TIP related data, formulation of Bagmati Pradesh. local CTIP policies, raising awareness for

8 prevention of TIP, delivery of protection, support to prosecution of TIP cases, and other services to survivors and people at risk. Hamro Samman and its CSO partners followed up with the LGs offering technical support for implementation of the activities listed in those action plans to counter trafficking in persons at local levels by the LGs and, where requested, provided technical assistance for development of LCCHT guidelines.

However, the nationwide lockdown imposed by the GON from March 24, 2020 until its partial relaxation starting June 11, 2020 meant that many of the local governments had to postpone LCCHT related plans. In this period, Hamro Samman and CSO partners engaged virtually with local governments to rally support for vulnerable populations and emphasized the need to address the TIP vulnerabilities and risks emerging due to the pandemic. The LGs have since resumed implementation of their plans to endorse LCCHT guidelines and establish the committees with technical support from Hamro Samman and its CSO partners.

Since Nepal’s adoption of a federal system of government, local governments are significantly more empowered, while many of the district committees for countering human trafficking (DCCHT) have fallen inactive. Hamro Samman is supporting selected local governments in its project areas to develop and enforce CTIP policies at the local level; to help LFs to establish LCCHTs and to build their capacities as the local structures to counter TIP; to monitor TIP issues and collect TIP-related data; to allocate and mobilize local government resources for CTIP activities; and to address TIP issues at the local level by utilizing the collected TIP data and monitoring results. Such demand-driven capacity building support is expected to strengthen the government systems for improved CTIP efforts at the local level. Hamro Samman is also helping build partnerships between GON, CSO, and PS partners at the local level, as well as partnerships between local governments for more effective and coordinated CTIP efforts.

Objective 2: Improved CSO advocacy and engagement to address TIP Hamro Samman is building partnerships with CSOs engaged in CTIP advocacy to build their institutional capacity, strengthen their networks, and improve their performance to raise survivor voices and engage in more effective, evidence based CTIP advocacy. Hamro Samman is supporting CSOs to improve their practices of TIP data collection and analysis, to conduct systematic and regular monitoring of prioritized TIP issues, and to share findings from the TIP data strengthen evidence based CTIP advocacy efforts. Hamro Samman is supporting five shelter partners and an entertainment sector hub partner to improve their case management system. The adoption of a victim case management system (VCMS) is expected to help improve CSO partners’ data management and utilization practices. Hamro Samman is also supporting the development of leadership skills of survivors and vulnerable people referred by shelters in order to amplify their voices and enable them to engage in advocacy efforts or facilitate safe space forums for at-risk populations. Hamro Samman is also providing demand-driven capacity building support to the CSOs and survivor organizations based on their organizational capacity and performance improvement plans.

WHAT MAKES PEOPLE VULNERABLE TO TIP? Hamro Samman partner PPR carried out research “Girls working in the entertainment entitled “New and Emerging Trends of Human sector, some as young as 16-17, are Trafficking in the Entertainment Sector in married or living with their partners. The Kathmandu” using exploratory research design. girls love and trust their partners and The research was carried out over the period of give them everything, including their December, 2019 to June, 2020 and included a earnings. But the partners are often in questionnaire survey of 57 entertainment sector workers, 4 focus group discussions (FLMs, the relationship just for sex, and money, workers, CSOs, GON officials, and media), 26 key knowing very well about the nature (and informant interviews with entertainment sector risk) of the work in the entertainment workers and various stakeholders, in-depth sector. Many of the partners do not even analysis of 10 TIP cases, a legal review with live with the girls but have families they secondary data analysis, and a consultation return to every night, and many of these workshop. The questionnaire survey was not a partners are local college students.” representative sample, as convenience sampling – An entertainment sector worker, methodology was used to reach target FGD participant respondents who are often difficult to access and

thus, the findings may not be generalized beyond “If I had had any idea that I would have this sample. to do all these things or remain silent This study found that lack of access to information even if others touched my body, I would was one of the primary factors for vulnerability of have never accepted the job. I was people to TIP in the entertainment sector. The shocked when a customer asked me to study found that many workers (72%) did not have go with him. It was awkward and prior information about the nature of work and had unpleasant. Later I learned from others migrated for work to destinations where they knew that customers think that girls who work no one else other than their recruiter and/or their here are ready for everything.” employer. The study identified other key factors – An entertainment sector worker, contributing to vulnerability to TIP: weak economic FGD participant status (21%); lack of education (7% were illiterate,

23% lacked basic education); young age (33% of “When you are facing hardships, have no those who reported experience of abuse were 18 education or skills, come from a village, year or younger and 31% were between the ages and have no relatives in the city and your of 19-23 years); pressure from peers or family; and employers know all this, they will try to lack of awareness about legal provisions or exploit you. They know you are not in a remedies and support services available. position to leave your job. They force you The study also found that among the respondents to do everything and don’t pay interviewed (that may not be generalized for the adequately or on time. Sometimes they entertainment sector), more than half (68%) of force you to go with clients.” respondents experienced abuse at their work. The – An entertainment sector worker, A highest reports came from cabin restaurants, field survey respondent followed by dohori or live folk music restaurants, khaja ghars or small tea and snack shops,

massage parlors, and dance bars. Similarly, nearly half (49%) of the respondents reported being forced to work and a small proportion of the respondents (9%) reported that they could not leave due to exploitative contracts or their employers withholding pay for work. In addition, more than half (54%) of respondents reported that they had to perform work that was different than what they had been promised or were not informed about before taking the job.

In the previous fiscal year, Hamro Samman partner NNSM conducted a study to examine the nexus between human trafficking and the foreign employment sector. This study analyzed case documents of 51 cases of survivors with experiences of exploitations during foreign employment and potential elements of TIP. Survivors in these cases received services from organizations that were members of NNSM. The study identified the common factors of vulnerabilities among them as follows: lack of education and awareness (24% of survivors were illiterate and 31% did not have primary education); lack of information about their destination, poverty and unemployment, responsibility of being the only bread winners of the family without adequate livelihood opportunities locally; lack of local language skills for communication; peer influence and aspirations to become rich quickly; and to escape domestic violence and marital problems such as separation, divorce, or the spouse entering into a second marriage. Given the limited sampling size of the study, the findings cannot be generalized for the entire foreign labor migration sector in Nepal.

The COVID-19 pandemic increased the vulnerability of many workers in the foreign employment and domestic entertainment sectors, as businesses have closed due to lockdowns and the global economic downturn. These workers and their families need immediate support to meet their basic needs as well as protection from the risks of both infection and human trafficking. The findings from the two studies detailed here as well as the study on the impact of COVID-19 on migrant workers (explained in more detail under the Knowledge Management and Sharing section of this report) are building a better understanding of TIP related issues, and guiding the CTIP efforts of the project and its partners.

ADVOCACY TO RAISE VOICES OF ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR WORKERS A team comprising four members from Biswas Nepal and five restaurant owners submitted a memorandum to the Honorable Minister Parbat Gurung of MOWCSC on June 19, 2020. The memorandum highlighted the critical situation and needs of entertainment sector workers, especially in the wake of the pandemic, and advocated for the government to provide relief support to entertainment sector workers and postpone tax collections from business owners affected by the lockdown and economic downturn. After reviewing the memorandum, the Honorable Minister shared that the requests were reasonable and committed to addressing them as soon as the pandemic was brought under control.

The memorandum was submitted following a virtual stakeholder interaction between GON (MOWCSC and the Labor Department from the Ministry of Labour and Employment and Social Security (MOLESS)), CSOs (Biswas Nepal and Shanti Foundation), PS restaurant business

owners, and Hamro Samman on June 4, 2020. The 19 participants included Ms. Manamaya Pageni (MOWCSC Joint Secretary), Mr. Kabindra Nepal (Labor Department Under Secretary), seven business owners, and members of CSOs. They discussed issues affecting entertainment sector workers, and the impact of COVID-19 on both employees and employers in the sector. Mr. Bijaya Nagarkoti, President of the Restaurant Business Association, shared information about “The entertainment sector is already the dire economic conditions and associated neglected by the government, and this problems faced by both workers and businesses lockdown has made it worse. We are due to the lockdown and economic downturn. The unable to fulfil our daily requirements. CSO participants shared their knowledge about The workers are in a poor condition. the current critical situation and needs of workers Government has to do something and their families in Kathmandu based on their regarding this issue.” recent experiences distributing relief to workers – Mr. Bijaya Nagarkoti, President, affected by the lockdown. They explained the risks Restaurant Business Association facing workers, such as being evicted due to defaulting on rent payments, inadequate savings to purchase food and other basic necessities, and “The recent budget has given high challenges to psychosocial wellbeing due to the priority to investment in agriculture and stress of an uncertain future after losing their jobs small business. I would go check out or after being placed on unpaid leave. The meeting GON programs and services for those concluded with agreement from participants that interested in starting their own the CSOs would collect detailed data on workers businesses or farms.” and their problems and share this with the relevant – Mr. Kabindra Nepal, Under GON ministries to help inform GON’s decision to Secretary, MOLESS provide support to the workers and take further action concerning the entertainment sector.

Biswas Nepal also organized a virtual meeting with entertainment sector business owners on June 2, 2020. The 11 participants included seven business owners (three of these were the President, the Secretary, and the Treasurer of the Restaurant Association of Kathmandu). Mr. Bijaya Nagarkoti, the president of association, shared that the future of the whole sector was uncertain, as the pandemic is pushing many small businesses to the brink of bankruptcy and causing further job loss. He stressed the need for business owners, CSOs, and workers to jointly raise the issue with GON. The meeting identified 115 entertainment workers in need of immediate relief support and reached a consensus to establish a mechanism for coordination between business owners and Biswas Nepal to address issues facing both employees and employers in the sector.

Stakeholders’ understanding of the issues and concerns of the workers in the entertainment sector is incomplete due to limited monitoring, collaboration, and the absence of a common platform for coordination. Hamro Samman, through Biswas Nepal, is supporting capacity building for different stakeholders and helping to establish sustainable partnerships for more effective CTIP efforts.

ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS Baseline organizational performance index (OPI) assessments were conducted this quarter for CSO partners Biswas Nepal (June 23, 2020) and Shakti Samuha (June 24, 2020). Of the total possible overall baseline OPI score of 32, Biswas Nepal obtained 27 (i.e., 84%) and Shakti Samuha obtained 25 (i.e., 78%). The assessments were conducted virtually with facilitation by the project’s Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (MES), Grants and Contracts Specialist (GCS), and Grant Focal Person (GFP).

The assessments used a tool adapted from the OPI tool developed by Pact that covers four domains, with two sub-categories under each domain. The OPI assessment of Biswas Nepal involved 12 board members and senior staff, while Shakti Samuha’s OPI assessment included 13 board members and senior staff. In each assessment, the participants collectively ranked the performance status of their respective organizations for each sub-category on a scale of 1 to 4, with a higher score signifying better performance. The baseline scores are presented below in Table 1 and Figure 1.

Table 1: Baseline OPI Scores of Biswas Nepal and Shakti Samuha (June 2020) SN Areas Sub-Category Optimum Biswas Shakti Samuha level Score Percent Score Percent 1 Effectiveness Achieving Results 4 3 75 3 75

2 Meeting Standards 4 3 75 3 75 3 Efficiency Delivery of Services 4 4 100 4 100 4 Enhancing Reach 4 3 75 4 100 5 Relevance Engaging 4 4 100 Stakeholders 3 75 6 Learning 4 4 100 3 75 7 Sustainability Managing Resources 4 3 75 1 25 8 Increasing Social 4 3 75 Capital 4 100 Total 32 27 84.4 25 78.1

Figure 2: Baseline OPI Scores of Biswas Nepal and Shakti Samuha (June 2020)

Baseline OPI Analysis of Baseline OPI analysis of Biswas Nepal Shakti Samuha Achieving Achieving Results Results 4 Increasing 4 Increasing Meeitng Meeitng Social 3 Social 3 Standards Standards Capital 2 Capital 2 1 1 Managing Delivery of Managing Delivery of 0 0 Resources Services Resources Services

Enhancing Enhancing Learning Learning Reach Reach Engaging Engaging Stakeholders Stakeholder s Optimum level Baseline Optimum level Baseline

The organizational capacity and performance assessment highlights areas for improvement based on which organizations develop their capacity development plan and performance improvement plan. Hamro Samman will provide demand-driven capacity building support and technical assistance to the survivor network organization to help improve the survivor network organization’s capacities and performance to build survivor leadership and raise survivor voices, provide quality needs-based services to survivors, and to strengthen their network to engage in more effective survivor-led advocacy for better CTIP policies and programs. This will ultimately contribute to reducing the prevalence of TIP in Nepal while also improving the organizations’ scores in the midline and endline assessments.

Objective 3: Increase PS partnerships to increase services for TIP survivors and at-risk populations Hamro Samman builds partnerships with the private sector to promote responsible business and ethical recruitment practices, support capacity building for businesses to counter TIP in the supply chain and increase PS engagement in CTIP activities by mobilizing the Corporate Social Responsibility funds of the businesses. Hamro Samman facilitates the development and strengthening of partnerships between GON, CSOs, and PS to reduce the prevalence of TIP in Nepal through better prevention, protection and prosecution. CTIP partnerships focus on raising mass awareness; addressing the factors that makes a person vulnerable to trafficking; improving protection of survivors and at-risk people through enhanced access to quality services addressing

the differential needs and vulnerabilities of people; and increased prosecution of TIP with reduced legal barriers for survivors to access justice. Hamro Samman also supports the development and piloting of innovative solutions to prevent, protect, and prosecute TIP.

BUILDING CAPACITY OF RESPONSIBLE BUSINESSES TO COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS Hamro Samman partner NBI has collected pledges of support equivalent to NPR 2.2 million from within its network for CTIP activities, including vocational training and job placement services to survivors and people at risk of human trafficking, communications campaigns to raise awareness on TIP, and capacity building of stakeholders to effectively engage in countering human trafficking. NBI collected the pledges as part of its effort to leverage resources from its network members. The contributors were provided by Mr. Padma Jyoti (NPR 1.5 million), Mr. Kush Kumar Joshi (NPR 0.4 million), and Mr. Babin Pokhrel (NPR 0.3 million). In addition, NBI submitted an action plan co-signed by NBI and Nepal Association of Foreign Employment Agencies (NAFEA) in May 2020. The plan, drafted with support from Hamro Samman, aims to promote responsible business practices among NBI members who are recruitment companies.

In previous quarters, NBI organized a series of outreach activities by leveraging resources with PS business members in its network to collect pledges to support CTIP activities. NBI also organized a series of meetings with NAFEA and a workshop with NAFEA, GON, and CSO stakeholders to promote responsible business practices among NAFEA members that resulted in the development of an action plan to build the capacity of NAFEA and its members to practice and promote responsible business practices. The plan was co-signed in this quarter.

Similarly, a concept note for partnerships to build PS capacity for CTIP, focusing on building the capacity of responsible businesses to engage in CTIP activities by developing a better understanding of the risks of human trafficking and labor exploitation among PS businesses was developed following a virtual meeting between NBI and the Hong Kong-based organization The Mekong Club on May 21, 2020.

SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND AT-RISK PEOPLE (RETURNEES FROM FOREIGN EMPLOYMENT) Hamro Samman shelter partners AMKAS Nepal began providing emergency shelter support to migrant workers who returned in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic this quarter. Seventy-one women migrant workers who returned to Nepal following the COVID-19 crisis (many of whom lost their jobs due to the pandemic) received shelter services from AMKAS Nepal adhering to the special directives from GON for operation of offices and delivery of services to people, including maintaining social distancing in order to control new infections. AMKAS Nepal provided the services to returnee women migrant workers in close coordination with the relevant District Corona Crisis Management Committees, after receiving approval from the national Corona Crisis

Management Committee. In addition, AMKAS Nepal organized a virtual meeting of its shelter management committee on June 30, 2020 where the seven participants discussed how shelter operations could be improved in collaboration with GON to serve female TIP survivors and returnee migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Police and legal representatives on the committee pledged to support shelter clients in regard to cases of human trafficking, fraud, exploitation, and to Picture 2: Creative activities carried out by Shakti ensure mobility of clients during the Samuha Shelter during lockdown. lockdown. Photo Credit: Shakti Samuha

PNCC Nepal organized a virtual meeting of its shelter management committee on June 29, 2020. The nine participants at the meeting included representatives from the Nepal Police’s AHTB, People’s Forum for Human Rights, and NNSM and shelter staff. A stakeholder meeting was convened at which AMKAS Nepal shared their lessons on operating shelters in the time of the COVID-19 crisis, and representatives of the Foreign Employment Board and AHTB were invited to collaborate to provide services needed by returning migrant workers. The participants of the meetings decided to resume shelter services and provide support to about 50 male migrant workers who, having returned due to the pandemic, were experiencing grave economic hardship and were in need of either shelter support complying with GON-mandated quarantine measures or of transportation services to reach their homes. The shelter had been shut since the lockdown announced by GON in late March. In addition, Maiti Nepal provided shelter service to one female suspected survivor this quarter.

Hamro Samman also organized a virtual consultation on April 14, 2020 with partner CSOs, international agencies, and the NHRC to discuss potential collaborations to assess the needs of foreign labor migrant workers during the pandemic and to respond to the identified needs. Participant organizations shared about the activities they were currently implementing in response to the pandemic which was followed by discussion on how to avoid duplication of efforts and identification of areas for collaboration such as: repatriation of foreign labor migrant workers who want to return home; delivery of shelter services to returning workers; delivery of services to vulnerable workers and their families within the country who have lost their jobs (including entertainment sector and daily wage workers); and design and dissemination of short videos and awareness materials aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19 tailored to workers and businesses in the foreign labor migration and entertainment sectors. The participants established a committee to be led by NHRC to assess the situation of vulnerable Nepalis, track activities related to the COVID-19 response, and improve coordination.

SUPPORTING SURVIVORS AND AT-RISK PEOPLE IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR Hamro Samman partner Shakti Samuha provided shelter support to one woman and two girls who were referred after being rescued from an entertainment business in Kathmandu by the Nepal Police’s Chakrapath Station. A case of human trafficking has been filed in the Kathmandu district court against the entertainment business owner by the survivors with support from Shakti Samuha and the police. The adult (woman) survivor has since been reunited with her family. The two minor girls are still receiving services at Shakti Samuha’s shelter. NHRC is also closely monitoring the case for inclusion in its upcoming TIP report. In addition, Shakti Samuha has also been providing long-term shelter services to two female survivors.

Shakti Samuha, a survivor-led organization, maintains a very close partnership with the Nepal Police to identify and rescue survivors of human trafficking and to prosecute traffickers. Shakti Samuha works on joint rescues, supports police investigations into TIP cases, and gathers evidence to support cases in court to prosecute traffickers. They also work to provide survivors with the support they need, based on individual care plans, help them reunite with families, and gain confidence during their rehabilitation.

Shakti Samuha has also supports building the leadership capacity of survivors through the formation of a national network of TIP survivors to promote survivor-led advocacy. The network recently drafted its five-year strategic plan with support from another Hamro Samman Partner - SAN - and has completed consultations with its network members to finalize the document. Eight national TIP survivor network members and two Shakti Samuha staff during the consultation meeting discussed the plan at length and decided to include a section related to emergency fund collection and mobilization. Network members during the meeting highlighted the importance of a fund to support survivors and their livelihoods during crises, including those caused by natural disasters and pandemics. The meeting “I do not regret working in the participants also discussed the need to include male survivors of TIP in the network, and the entertainment sector, but this challenges faced by the survivors as a result of lockdown has complicated my COVID-19. The participants also agreed to share situation. I found it difficult to manage the document with the advisory committee of my emotions. But after I had a phone Shakti Samuha for further feedback before counseling session, I started to feel finalization, and to form an advisory committee to positive about my future.” guide and support the activities of the survivor – Aakriti (name changed) network. “Counseling has really helped me. It Biswas Nepal provided tele-counseling to eight makes me feel humanity is still alive. I entertainment sector workers. Biswas Nepal feel very comfortable talking about my previously provided a range of counseling and problems during these sessions, like I referral services at their drop-in centers, but these am talking to my own family member.” had to be closed during the GON-mandated COVID-19 lockdown. The organization adapted to – Meera (Name changed)

17 tele-counseling after considering the gravity of mental health and psychosocial issues amongst its beneficiaries and the potential aggravation of such problems due to increased stress and anxiety among entertainment sector workers.

Biswas Nepal also provided referral services to a female survivor and her two children aged 10 months and five years to obtain shelter services. The story of this case is presented in the text box below.

Rescue of a family facing hardship due to COVID-19 Anu Lama (name changed), a permanent resident of Nuwakot lived in dire conditions with her two children in Nagdhunga of Kathmandu after losing her job as a dancer in a restaurant due to the pandemic. The family did not have enough food and were living in a cowshed, homeless after being unable to pay rent. Biswas Nepal, upon being informed of the conditions of the family, provided them with immediate relief support and gave initial counselling to Anu Lama onsite. Biswas Nepal then provided the family with referral services and was able to find them shelter with NU – Venture Discovery and Development Center in Lalitpur. Biswas Nepal was also able to support Anu Lama to obtain her citizenship documents and birth certificates for her two children. She has been selected by the shelter the family is now living in for a six-month-long income generation training program to help her find alternative livelihood options and improve her family’s economic condition.

CREATING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE AT RISK OF TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS Hamro Samman organized a virtual knowledge sharing session with SAFAL Partners, Rojgari Services, NEEDS Nepal, PNCC, AATWIN, AMKAS, and SAN on the impact of the pandemic on employment opportunities locally as well as overseas. The event, organized on June 11, 2020, included discussions on the influx of foreign migrant workers returning to Nepal and the challenges to reaching them and providing the support they need. Discussions also explored possible areas of collaboration between the partners, as well as with the GON and PS.

The CSO partners shared their knowledge and experience to identify channels to reach returnees, and the processes and pathways to cater to their differential needs. They also shared data on returning migrants from India, which found that many migrants would prefer local employment

opportunities rather than to return back to “The Jivika activity can be closely integrated India for work. The CSO partners also with the Prime Minister Employment Program at pointed out the immediate need for well- the local level to improve its sustainability. We equipped quarantine centers to host can utilize the government’s secondary data on returning migrants and the need for returnee migrant workers, and Jivika can strategic planning for data collection on support vocational training in sectors beyond returnees. agriculture, such as hairdressing, plumbing, The CSO partners then shared that, electrician training, factory work, and other based on the trends of migration industries. Also, as per the UN Women 2018 observed following the onset of COVID- Migrant Women Report, many women returnee 19, there were three types of returnee migrant workers prefer not to work in Nepal due migrant workers: a) those who lost jobs to social stigma and prejudice, despite being due to the pandemic; b) those from Gulf aware about those opportunities.” countries and developed nations (who -Writtu Bhatta, SAN could be survivors of forced labor and modern slavery); and c) migrant workers who received a general amnesty from their destination country government. The increase in vulnerabilities and the risk of TIP amongst migrant workers due to COVID-19 were also emphasized during the meeting and a specialized referral system was discussed that would help all of Hamro Samman’s CSOs and PS partners, including Jivika partners, as well as government stakeholders from the local to federal level, to adjust and adapt to the context and conditions created by COVID-19.

SAFAL Partners and Rojgari Services will utilize the information shared during the knowledge sharing “Hamro Samman CSO partners session to adapt the design of the Jivika training and can share information about placement activity to respond to the needs of the new Jivika with the returnee migrant context. Job placements will aim to match the needs workers in their network. They and preferences of vulnerable returnee migrant can also share with Jivika workers and GON’s initiatives to create livelihoods for partners information about those individuals. Jivika partners will coordinate and potential candidates and returnee collaborate with the CSO partners and local migrants interested in being governments as well as with Prime Minister entrepreneurs. The Jivika team Employment Program for larger impact and can then implement an outreach sustainability. Jivika partners have accepted that start- plan and engage for learning and up entrepreneurs often fail in the long run due to gaps finding possible areas for in many traditional training and placement programs, collaboration.” and have incorporated approaches to ensure the sustainability of their programs as well as to provide - Ashutosh Tiwari, Safal support to entrepreneurs related to financial literacy, Partners psychosocial counselling, and business mentorship.

Knowledge Management and Sharing Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning Hamro Samman provided virtual orientation and refresher sessions on monitoring, evaluation and learning (MEL) reporting requirements and the application of the tools and templates developed by the project for maintaining and sharing records to CSO partners. CSO partners also received coaching and mentoring through virtual sessions to improve the quality of program implementation and data management and to upload data into the project database in DevResults, with the objective of a complete roll-out of the platform by the end of the current fiscal year. Offline video tutorials on DevResults for reporting on each activity and indicator have been developed and shared with the CSO partners trained: AATWIN, AMKAS Nepal, Biswas Nepal, FWLD, PNCC Nepal, Maiti Nepal, NBI, NNSM, Saathi Nepal, and Shakti Samuha.

The M&E unit has been monitoring the, virtual events organized by Hamro Samman CSO partners, as well as verifying reported data based on electronic copies of evidence, adapting to the COVID- 19 context. The unit has also been developing a new framework and tools in accordance with the additional indicators and reporting requirements the project must satisfy, following the DFID modification. These includes the project’s value for money framework, learning questions and research agenda, and trackers for leveraging resources.

In addition, the M&E Specialist provided technical support to the USAID Asia CTIP Program (also implemented by Winrock) in development of Winrock’s CTIP MEL toolkit and GESI CTIP toolkit. The specialist also participated in regular MEL team meetings, knowledge sharing events, technical exchanges, and capacity building activities organized by both Asia CTIP and Winrock’s home office on a range of subjects including mobile data collection, conducting vulnerabilities research during a pandemic, visual storytelling, tele-counseling, lessons in vocational training and employment from Bangladesh, and GESI considerations during COVID-19.

A rapid assessment of the “feasibility of conducting key project events involving different stakeholders virtually” was completed, with the survey conducted internally by Hamro Samman program team and CSO partners, showed that events such as meetings, short workshops, and consultations could feasibly be conducted with GON, CSO, and PS stakeholders, albeit with joint planning in the case of GON.

Likewise, Hamro Samman partner Liberty Shared completed preparatory activities such as Nepali translation of the key components of their Victim Case Management System (VCMS) that would be common for the CSOs in the country development of training modules, and scheduling of the separate virtual training dates for each of the 5 shelter partners and 1 entertainment sector partner of Hamro Samman on VCMS and its operation. The training events are planned between the final week of July, 2020 and the second week of August, 2020. Liberty Shared has already completed training of one CSO (3 Angles) with support from USAID Asia CTIP project and training for one additional CSO is planned. Partners are expected to have a fully functional VCMS customized for their organization with reporting of client case management data into the system by the end of the fiscal year. This is expected to help improve identification of TIP survivors, improve case management with adequate documentation, and assure data quality in reporting.

Hamro Samman supported a phone • 36% of respondents had not received the salary or survey of returnee migrant workers benefits for the work they had completed; many of to assess their “situation and them had returned from India. support needs of migrants following COVID-19”, as part of a regional • Migrants returning from India without being paid study by USAID’s Asia CTIP salaries and benefits owed were primarily Program. The survey, conducted in employed in the security sector, followed by the first half of June 2020, construction and factory work. interviewed 195 returnee migrant workers, of which 89% were men • 52% of respondents planned to re-migrate for and 10% were women (with one work, and another 21% were “likely” to re-migrate. 4 non-response) . Hamro Samman • 55% of respondents would like to return to their partner PNCC collected the previous job in the destination countries. workers’ contacts based on the migrant workers its shelter served • 31% of respondents reported they did not have and from the list of returning migrant enough food to eat every day since returning to workers in quarantine facilities Nepal, and 66% said they did not have enough maintained by local governments income to support themselves. within the project area. The survey • found that 30% of returning migrant 26% of respondents reported that they had workers who responded worked in experienced discrimination and exclusion upon the hospitality/restaurant sector in returning, while 16% reported they were treated their destination countries, followed better, and 58% reported no change. by 20% in manufacturing or factory jobs, and 11% in construction jobs. The primary reason for returning was the fear of contracting COVID-19 (61%) while only 8% cited loss of employment as their reason for returning. Similarly, 65% reported they did not have an employment contract and many respondents had returned without receiving the salary they were owed or benefits from their employers. A vast majority of respondent (96%) had received information about COVID-19 while 73% said television was their trusted and preferred source of information followed by radio (70%), family/friends (33%) and social media (32%). A full 99% of respondents were aware of at least three ways to protect themselves.

4 Of the respondents, 41 percent were Brahmin/Chhetri/Thakuri, 39 percent were Janajati, and 16 percent were Dalit. Analysis of their ages showed that 29 percent were 18-24 years old, 26 percent were 25-31 years old, and 23 percent were 32-38 years old. The largest number, 40 percent, were from Province 5, followed by 32 percent from Sudurpaschim Pradesh, and 28 percent from Bagmati Pradesh.

Communications and Outreach Hamro Samman’s Facebook page is sharing GON and World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines and updates as part of the project’s COVID-19 response. Hamro Samman is working closely in the Risk Communication and Community Engagement working group consisting of the UN Country Team and 30 other international and national organizations on Picture 3: Some activities on Hamro Samman developing and disseminating Facebook Page anti-stigma messaging and targeting to control the rising cases of discrimination against returning migrants determined by United Nation’s International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) from periodic surveys. COVID-19 related precautions, as well as anti-stigma and non-discrimination messaging disseminated over Hamro Samman’s Facebook page reached 10,195 unique users and received 670 engagements over the reporting period. The anti-stigma messages and social media sharing guidelines were also shared with HS partners. Communication material, as part of the project’s COVID-19 response under the exception request approved by USAID, are being developed in partnership with government agencies to be disseminated in the upcoming quarter.

The communications campaign grant is in the process of being finalized. A desk study as part of the preparation for the campaign was carried out by Digital Broadcast Initiative - Equal Access (DBI - EA) to compile recommendations and findings from existing research and studies on CTIP awareness campaigns, to examine previous or ongoing campaigns to identify opportunities for collaboration, and for strategically building foundations for behavior change. The report reviewed 20 pieces of literature and listed lessons and recommendations relevant for CTIP-focused communications campaigns planned by Hamro Samman and partners. The report from the desk study was shared with Hamro Samman partners during the virtual branding strategy and marking plan refresher event on June 25, 2020.5

In addition, Information, Education, and Communication (IEC) or outreach material developed by Hamro Samman partner NNSM with project support was pre-tested this quarter by sharing a sample of the draft material using phone interviews with returnee migrant workers to whom the IEC material will target. The IEC material is currently being improved based on the findings and recommendations from the pre-test. The recommendations from the pre-test included using a photo of a migrant worker at the destination country, addition of contact information of government officials (labor associates) mentioned in the IEC materials at the destination countries, and additional information on the different websites and apps associated to foreign employment related to available services. The material contains information about the services available for

5 A total of 43 participants representing 16 organizations including Hamro Samman attended.

migrant workers from different government institutions related to safe migration for foreign employment, including MOLESS, MOWCSC, the Foreign Employment Bureau, the Department of Foreign Employment (DOFE), Nepal Police/AHTB, the Emigration Office, embassies, and labor officials. The outreach material also contains information about the services available from different non-government organizations such as AMKAS, Pourakhi Nepal, PNCC, Maiti Nepal, ABC Nepal, Asian Youth Action, Shakti Samuha, People’s Forum for Human Rights, and FWLD. Lack of access to information is a key risk factor for trafficking and exploitation in the foreign employment process. The outreach material is expected to increase access to accurate and complete information for aspiring migrants, returnee migrants and their families, as well as for frontline service providers and local communities in order to help strengthen the referral process.

Coordination and Collaboration On June 5, 2020. Hamro Samman facilitated a virtual meeting of the Inter-Agency Coordination Group on CTIP. The objective of the meeting was to exchange information about different CTIP activities being carried out or planned by various agencies so as to improve coordination, avoid duplication of efforts, and increase collaboration between agencies for more effective and impactful CTIP efforts. PPR presented its recent Hamro Samman-funded research on “New and Emerging Trends of Human Trafficking in the Entertainment Sector in Kathmandu”, and Anti- Slavery International presented its research on how child survivors of sexual exploitation and trafficking can overcome barriers to accessing justice in Nepal. Participants were also informed about the various COVID-19 related activities of GON, CSO, and PS stakeholders at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Each member shared contextual updates related to the COVID-19 situation and the responses of their agencies as well as of other stakeholders in their working areas. There was also discussion about the opportunities for collaboration to address the needs of returning foreign labor migrant workers and local entertainment sector workers, particularly their emergency needs due to the pandemic, and a consensus was reached among the participants to further engage for collaboration and information sharing.

GESI and Safeguarding GESI considerations are incorporated in all project activities to comply with USAID’s Policy on Gender Equality and Female Empowerment, and UK aid’s Strategic Vision for Gender Equality. Although Hamro Samman’s implementation of project activities was restricted to a few virtual events in this quarter due to COVID-19, the project prioritized and sped up the process to award pending grants and modifications/extensions to existing grants, and GESI considerations were part of the program descriptions of each grantee, with key considerations listed out. The plans include Leadership for Change (LfC) training of trainers (TOT) for staff from survivor network organizations by SAN, and LfC training of survivors by trained personnel from the survivor network organizations. Support to survivor network organization partners to establish, expand, and strengthen their network of survivors is planned with engagement of LfC trained survivors as members. Shelter services continue to provide required services and service referral support to

different types of survivors including male survivors, survivors of TIP in foreign employment sector, and entertainment sector workers. These services are provided with incorporation of GESI considerations of the survivors, including differential needs and vulnerabilities while the services are also in compliance with national minimum standards for the care and protection of TIP victims, the relevant national standard operation procedures for rehabilitation centers (shelters), and GON’s COVID-19 related guidelines. GESI is also incorporated in quality delivery of services to survivors and people at risk including services through the Jivika program, legal aid program, activities through the entertainment sector hub, and emergency relief support.

Information about services available for survivors of gender-based violence, legal support and psychosocial counselling for vulnerable populations provided by CSO, GON, and PS partners, as well as other stakeholders have been shared among project partners to facilitate coordination and referrals to increase access to those services of TIP survivors, entertainment workers, returnee and aspiring migrant workers, and other vulnerable people at risk of TIP. GESI considerations are also a priority in the design of mass media campaigns under the planned communications grant and in the development of different IEC and outreach materials. The materials consider the different target audiences as well as the resultant beneficiaries to include the broad range of survivors and people vulnerable to TIP.

Inclusion of GESI considerations in policy recommendations and advocacy activities is a priority for Hamro Samman and all CSO partners while providing input to CTIP policies at the federal, provincial, and local levels. Joint advocacy planning among CSO partners is promoted to strengthen advocacy for policy development and the amendments needed to strengthen attention to the GESI dimensions of TIP and address the concerns of different types of survivors and vulnerable people. GESI is a crosscutting theme in engagement with GON, CSO, and PS stakeholders and in support to build their institutional capacities for increasing their engagement in CTIP activities in partnerships with each other to effectively reduce TIP.

Safeguarding in compliance with the principle of Do No Harm is an additional priority. Winrock is responsible for ensuring that no employee, partner, vendor, operations, and program activities harm our beneficiaries. This is including but not limited to children, young people, or vulnerable adults. Winrock also has the responsibility to ensure that the organization’s operations and program activities, as well as the different actions of employees, partners, and vendors do not expose our beneficiaries to the risks of discrimination, neglect, harm, or abuse, and that any concerns about the safety of the vulnerable people within the communities in which we work are reported to the appropriate authorities.

Hamro Samman assessed its 16 CSO partners on the 6 compliance areas (as shown in the text box) with a total 32 questions related to those areas on April 30, 2020. The Six Areas of Assessment of assessment determined the current status, the capacity gaps 16 CSO partners on SEAH: to meet compliances, and an action plan with timelines to • Safeguarding improve status of compliance. The assessment results as pictured below, shows that most partners had below 30% • Whistleblowing compliance, but all have submitted action plans on • Human Resources, Safeguarding and Prevention of Sexual Exploitation, Abuse, Recruitment and Selection and Harassment (SEAH) with a commitment to improve and • Risk Management have 100% compliance by October 31, 2020. Hamro Samman • Code of Conduct tracks the progress for each partner, and a status update review is planned in July 2020. Between July and October 2020 • Governance and Accountability there will be monthly monitoring and reporting on levels of compliance and the status of implementation of the action plans.

Table 2: Safeguarding assessment of partners

Challenges and Opportunities A. Contextual Updates: Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic severely affected Hamro Samman’s operations in all of its working areas, largely due to the GON-mandated nationwide lockdown and subsequent suspension of work order issued by USAID/Nepal on March 21, 2020. These have posed both challenges and opportunities, and Hamro Samman has explored different ways of working, while acknowledging

and supporting the physical wellbeing and mental health of the project team. On March 20, Winrock instituted mandatory work from home for 25 staff in Nepal. Support staff (five persons) were placed on administrative leave. All field activities including meetings and gatherings were put on hold unless carried out virtually, as per contingency planning. These adjustments obviously mean delays in implementation of project activities.

Activities related to grant and contract management, monitoring and evaluation, and technical support that required site visits (including those to offices of partners) were also put on hold. Restrictions on mobility challenged the project’s ability to verify reported data and documents, resulting in some delays in operations. However, Hamro Samman reviewed reported data and information through a review of electronic documentation using information from multiple sources.

Hamro Samman also applied virtual technologies to implement activities related to technical assistance, research and learning, and monitoring and evaluation, as well as to conduct meetings with GON, CSO, and PS partners. Hamro Samman plans to intensify the use of virtual technologies in implementing project activities including for meetings for policy formulation, training and capacity building for CSO partners, technical assistance to national and sub-national government entities, mass awareness and communications activities, research and learning, and monitoring and evaluation. Delivery of services to target beneficiaries (such as emergency relief, vocational training and placement, shelter support, legal aid, service referrals, etc.) along with organizing of consultation meetings and workshops, policy advocacy, and capacity building support to GON and PS partners is planned with appropriate implementation of GON-required safety and social distancing measures.

Hamro Samman carried out several consultations with government stakeholders, CSO partners, PS partners, and other international agencies to discuss heightened vulnerabilities due to COVID- 19. These consultations informed the development of the project’s COVID response as outlined in the project’s exception request approved by USAID. Hamro Samman’s CSO partners also contributed to the guidelines developed by MOWCSC related to management of projects by CSOs and procedures related to coordination and mobilization of CSOs for the control of and response to COVID-19.

In addition to the COVID-19 complications, the transitions in leadership at the Research and Planning Directorate and AHTB of the Nepal Police also stalled the formalization of the planned agreement between the project and these branches of the Nepal Police. The Hamro Samman team is engaging with the new leadership to bring them up to speed. Similarly, the shift in GON priorities at the national and sub-national level has also meant the halting of project activities that need to be carried out in coordination with the GON. Hamro Samman and its grantees are engaging with GON partners to strengthen partnership, increase prioritization, and engage in activities to achieve the shared goal of reduction of TIP in Nepal with effective coordination of CTIP efforts.

On June 14, 2020 GON partially eased lockdown restrictions, allowing operation of essential shops and offices, and some use of private vehicles (vehicles with odd- and even-numbered registration plates are allowed to ply on alternate days), while still restricting operation of long distance (inter-district) public transportation and organization of events with mass gathering.

Similarly, the work suspension order was lifted by USAID on June 19, 2020. Hamro Samman developed its risk management plan and implemented safety and precautionary measures as prescribed by the guidelines from GON and Home Office to protect project staff from COVID-19. The project plans to gradually open project and field offices in a phased manner in the next quarter, responding to the evolving COVID-19 situation.

B. Contextual Updates: Opportunities PALERMO PROTOCOL RATIFICATION AND AMENDMENT OF NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS AND POLICIES

Hamro Samman in FY19 supported MOWCSC to organize consultations with stakeholders (on May 2, 2019) to collect feedback on the drafting of amendments to the Human Trafficking and Transportation (Control) Regulation (HTTCR) and submitted a formal recommendation on the amendments needed to the regulation (on July 6, 2019). The amendments focus on the procedure for the establishment and operation of rehabilitation centers and the use of rehabilitation funds by provincial and local governments.

The Palermo Protocol was formally deposited at the UN on June 16, 2020 at the office of the Secretary-General of the UN, following GON’s formal correspondence for the process of its deposit dated May 10, 2020. The Palermo Protocol was published in the Nepal Gazette for the knowledge of the general public on May 11, 2020. The ratification requires that all relevant national legislations and policies be amended to bring them in line with the Palermo Protocol.

Hamro Samman organized a virtual meeting with its CSO partners6 (May 29, 2020) to develop a strategy for coordinated and/or joint policy advocacy around the necessary legislative reforms. FWLD presented on the implications of the ratification of the protocol and the ways that the HTTCA needed to be harmonized with the Palermo Protocol. The meeting discussed different legislations that need amendment or formulation and, after exploring strategies for advocacy, decided that the priority would be advocacy with MOWCSC for amendment of the HTTCA. Following that decision, Hamro Samman organized a virtual consultation meeting between its CSO partners7 and MOWCSC on May 19, 2020. AATWIN presented the amendments needed to different provisions in the HTTCA to bring the Act in line with the Palermo Protocol. Different CSO partners then shared about the amendments needed to both the HTTCA and other related policies and legislations to make them more robust, to prevent, protect, and prosecute TIP in Nepal and address the concerns of all types of survivors and at-risk people. MOWCSC, after hearing the recommendations and reasoning for the proposed amendments, agreed that the HTTCA would be the first legislation to be amended and committed to amending other national legislations in due course. MOWCSC has since formed a working committee to consult with relevant stakeholders and amend the HTTCA in line with international human rights standards and commitments under the Palermo Protocol. Hamro Samman and CSO partners, in coordination with MOWCSC, are providing technical support for the amendments.

6 CSO partners that participated were SAN, FWLD, PPR, LACC, CeLLRd, AMKASAMKAS, NNSM, AATWIN, PNCC, Maiti Nepal, Saathi Nepal, and Shakti Samuha. 7 CSO partners that participated were SAN, FWLD, PPR, LACC, CeLLRd, AMKASAMKAS, NNSM, AATWIN, PNCC, Maiti Nepal, Saathi Nepal, and Shakti Samuha.

PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION (PIL) BY HAMRO SAMMAN CSO PARTNERS

People’s Forum for Human Rights filed a PIL in the Supreme Court for the treatment, rescue, repatriation, and reintegration of Nepal migrant workers affected by COVID-19 as part of GON’s responsibility to protect the fundamental rights of each Nepali citizens as enshrined in the Constitution. The PIL called for the immediate rescue of stranded Nepali migrant workers, ensuring delivery of WHO-standard health services to infected migrant workers in destination countries without any discrimination through GON’s diplomatic missions, repatriation of bodies of Nepali migrant workers who die abroad, and assurance of payment of salaries and other compensation owed by employers to returning migrant workers. The Supreme Court issued an interim order on the case to GON agencies to study the conditions of migrant workers in destination countries, rescue those in vulnerable situations, and protect their fundamental rights, including access to adequate quantity and quality of food, shelter, security, health services, and other needs.

The GON has since begun the repatriation of migrant workers who want to return to Nepal, prioritizing those that are more vulnerable, as well as providing the required services to returning migrants in quarantine facilities and providing transportation support for them to reach their homes. Hamro Samman (through its CSO partners) is providing shelter services to returnee migrant workers and plans to provide emergency relief, transportation support, and referral services to returning migrant workers in coordination with GON as per the COVID-19 response plan in the extension request approved by USAID. The GON then circulated an order requiring that migrant workers returning with GON assistance bear certain of the costs of repatriation, specifically, airfare and the cost of quarantine facilities. People Forum for Human Rights thus filed a supplementary PIL against the government order on June 5, 2020. The PIL states the levying of these costs is inconsistent with Nepal’s Constitution and the relevant legislations and seeks the court to direct that GON bear the full cost of rescue and repatriation of migrant workers who are stranded and/or destitute and lack the ability to pay the costs.

Hamro Samman partner FWLD filed two PILs in the Supreme Court for social security allowances for single women and persons with disabilities, and for the formulation of a Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Rights Regulation, both on June 10, 2020. The Supreme Court issued a Show Cause notice to the Office of the Prime Minister, the Council of Ministers, and other relevant government agencies in both the cases, and prioritized their hearings. The first PIL is based on the Social Security Act 2018 and the second on the Safe Motherhood and Reproductive Health Right Regulation. Hamro Samman plans to support GON to provide the necessary quality of services to all groups of people vulnerable to human trafficking (including returnee and aspiring migrant workers, entertainment sector workers, TIP survivors, survivors of gender based violence, and marginalized and excluded individuals) consistent with the country’s constitution, legislations, and policies.

C. Contextual Updates: Management Report On May 6, 2020 Mr. Bharat Devkota joined the project as the new Chief of Party (COP). The senior management team with the new COP participated in the debriefing of the preliminary

28 findings from the mid-term evaluation by the consultants from CAMRIS. The mid-term evaluation started on March 2020 with an initial meeting between the consultants and Hamro Samman team during which a detailed overview of the project was shared along with feedback on the methodology and tools for the evaluation. An appreciative inquiry workshop involving Hamro Samman’s Deputy Chief of Party (DCOP), Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist (MES), Law and Governance Manager (LGM), Private Sector Engagement Specialist (PSES), and Communications and Partnerships Specialist (CPS) was then organized by the consultants to better understand the project, its beneficiaries, and its impacts to identify critical areas of focus for the evaluation along with the key stakeholders that were interviewed during the evaluation. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and GON mandated nationwide lockdown from March 24, 2020 meant the methodology for the evaluation had to be adapted to use of desk reviews and virtual interviews with staff from the project, representatives from partners, and stakeholders. The first draft of the mid-term evaluation is expected from the consultants by the middle of July 2020 for review by Hamro Samman.

All Hamro Samman staff at Winrock have been oriented on the organization’s new procurement and the standard procedures for budget preparation. The orientation was provided virtually on June 19, 2020 with the objective of strengthening internal control systems and improving compliance with organizational policy. A review of the Hamro Samman Project’s organizational structure has also been initiated.

Finance and Expenditures The financial expenditures against approved budget are mentioned in the table below. Table 3: Hamro Samman Expenditures Total Approved Actual Amount DESCRIPTION Projected Variance Budget Expenditures Remaining Expenditure (B-C) (A-C) A B C D Salary, Fringe, Allowances $4,282,931 $1,992,245 $1,995,925 $(3,680) $2,287,006 Travel and Per Diem $367,464 $168,641 $163,641 45,000 $203,823 Procurement $130,878 $76,104 $76,104 $0 $54,774 Contractual $5,232,415 $756,496 $724,883 $31,613 $4,507,532 Other Direct Costs $726,358 $314,012 $311,517 $2,495 $414,841 Indirect $3,297,604 $1,505,609 $1,499,440 $6,169 $1,798,164 TOTAL $14,037,650 $4,813,107 $4,771,511 $41,596 $9,266,139

Hamro Samman was not able to implement field program activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The GON announced a nation-wide lockdown effective from March 24, 2020 in addition to the work suspension order issued by USAID effective from March 22, 2020. Adhering to these guidelines, the Hamro Samman team including all of its grantees started working from home. There was limited expenditures this quarter due to the postponement of all travel and prohibited implementation of field activities by all grantees until the partial lifting of the lockdown by GON on June 13, 2020 and USAID lifting of the suspension order on June 19, 2020. In addition, Hamro Samman grantees were unable to submit their expenditures for the quarter due to their offices also being closed during the lockdown period. These partners have committed to submitting their expense report in July.

On June 29, 2020 Hamro Samman project office was able to assess the situation and complete safety measures for the office re-opening as per organizational procedures following the partial easing of the lockdown by GON and lifting of work suspension order by USAID. After receiving approval for office reopening from Winrock Head Office, Hamro Samman project office was able to reopen from July 13, 2020. Hamro Samman upon receiving the expenditure reports from all grantees will complete their entries within the same month while also speeding up activities under the USAID approved exception request.

Annex 1: Events in this Quarter S.N. Activity Lead Lead April May Jun Remarks Partner Person 2020 2020 2020 1. Virtual consultation meeting with HS CTIP April 14 Participants decided to form a committee under the CSO partners, international Co- leadership of the NHRC to assess the situation of agencies and NHRC for possible FLM vulnerable Nepalis, track COVID-19 response-related collaboration for a COVID-19 activities in the country and improve coordination and response. collaboration to support vulnerable people. 2. Virtual consultation with CSO HS LGM May 19 Developed common understanding among partners. Partners for advocacy strategy Decided to organize a meeting between MOWCSC, following ratification of the Hamro Samman, CSO partners. Palermo. 3. Virtual meeting between NBI and NBI PC May 21 Explored the possibility of bringing international Hong Kong-based The Mekong expertise to build capacities of PS players for their Club . increased engagement in CTIP. The six participants included three from HS, two from NBI, and one from The Mekong Club. Of these, four were female and two male, and two Brahmin/Chhetri/Thakuri, two Newar, one Other. 4. Virtual consultation with MOWCSC HS LGM May 29 Shared inputs on the amendments necessary to and CSO partners on amendment legislations following Palermo Protocol ratification, to national legislations following including amendments to the HTTCA. Palermo Protocol ratification. 5. Virtual interaction between Biswas Biswas PC June 2 Participants decided to form a coordination mechanism Nepal and restaurant owners on Nepal and jointly organize a meeting with GON. Seven of the issues facing workers and the 11 participants were business owners. impact of COVID-19 on employees and employers in the entertainment sector. 6. Virtual meeting between Biswas PC June 4 Received commitments from GON representatives to MOWCSC, CSO, and business Nepal provide relief support to entertainment sector workers owners and support business owners affected by the COVID- 19 lockdown. Of the 19 participants, seven were business owners. 7. Virtual meeting with SAN, Shanti Biswas PO June 4 Participants discussed preparations for the upcoming Foundation, and Biswas Nepal on Nepal meeting with Ministries.

Page i S.N. Activity Lead Lead April May Jun Remarks Partner Person 2020 2020 2020 how to support entertainment sector workers.

8. Inter -Agency Coordination Meeting HS CTIP June 5 Participants shared updates on COVID-19 response on CTIP Co- activities to reduce duplication and increase FLM collaboration to support vulnerable people. 9. Virtual meeting with MOWCSC to HS LGM June Hamro Samman is part of the 10-member working discuss revision of National Plan of 10 group formed in December, 2019 to revise the Plan. Action on CTIP. The group first met on January 3, 2020 and the second meeting of the working group has been planned in the second week of July. The consultant will be hired for preparation of the document by the time of the second meeting. 10. Virtual knowledge sharing session Jivika PSES June CSO partners shared learnings in regard to reaching among SAFAL Partners, Rojgari HS 11 returnee migrant workers and job seekers for more Services, NEEDS Nepal, PNCC, implem effective vocational training and job placement AATWIN, AMKAS, and SAN. enting programs. Of the 16 participants, five were from PS, Partner five from CSOs. and six from HS. Of the eight men and s eight women, 10 were Brahmin/Chhetri, three Newar, and three Janajati. 11. Submission of memorandum to Biswas PC June This was part of advocacy to raise the voices of Honorable Minister Parbat Gurung Nepal 19 entertainment sector workers and highlight their critical of MOWCSC. needs and vulnerabilities, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. 12. OPI assessment of Biswas Nepal HS MES June Biswas obtained 27 out of 32, or 84.4 percent (virtual). 23 13. OPI assessment of Shakti Samuha HS MES June Shakti Samuha obtained 25 out of 32, or 78.1 percent. (virtual) 24 14. Shelter Management Committee PNCC PC June Committee decided to restart shelter services and Meeting of PNCC (virtual). 29 provide support to 50 male returnee migrant workers. 15. Shelter Management Committee AMKA PC June Committee discussed how to improve shelter Meeting of AMKAS (virtual). S 30 operations to serve female TIP survivors and returnee migrant workers during the COVID-19 crisis in collaboration with GON.

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep OPERATIONAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE 0.0.1 Recruitment and WI HR Recruitment for 13 positions including the COP orientation of staff has been completed. Review of team structure is in process and new recruitment is planned.

0.0.2 Team building WI HR Completed in November, 2019. 0.0.3 Establish District Offices WI FAM Completed in February, 2020. & District offices are in Sindhupalchok, Makwanpur, FCs Rupandehi, Banke, and Kailali. 0.0.4 Orientation for new WI GFP All grantees were oriented and technical follow-up grantees including on GCS support and refresher orientations provided as M&E & needed. This quarter 5 CSO partners with grant M&E modifications were oriented on MEL while 10 CSO partners were oriented on DevResults

Orientation to new grantees and grantees with modifications to their grants to be completed in August, 2020. 0.0.5 COP transition plan WI HR Completed in May 2020 with new COP on board. 0.0.6 Emergency WI FAM Code of Conduct orientation completed in May preparedness and code 2020. Orientation for emergency preparedness is of conduct orientation to postponed to September, 2020 due to COVID-19. staff 0.0.7 Safeguarding and SEAH WI HR & Training completed in February, 2020. for staffs and partners GFP Assessment and development of action plans for CSOs completed on April 30, 2020. 100 percent compliance targeted by October 31, 2020 with monthly tracking. COMMUNICATIONS, MEL AND PROGRAM QUALITY

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 0.0.8 Revise Hamro Samman WI CPS Revised branding and marking strategy submitted Communications Plan in January, 2020. Branding and marking and branding and orientations are conducted as partners are marking refresher onboarded and refreshers have been conducted training for staff and once in each quarter. This quarter it was grantees conducted virtually on June 25. 0.0.9 Update HS Facebook WI Page is active with regular uploads of project CPS page updates. 0.0.10 Publish one success WI A case/success story submitted with each story quarter’s progress report. 0.0.11 Convene PAG meeting WI LGM Second PAG meeting conducted in February, and 2020. Preparation is underway to organize the MES third PAG meeting in August (possibly virtual). 0.0.12 Bi-annual review, WI MES The annual planning event is planned for the next learning, sharing and and quarter. The semi-annual review event was

planning meetings with GFP cancelled due to COVID-19 restrictions. A review partners meeting is planned in December. 0.0.13 M&E Working Group WI MES Completed in February, 2020. Meetings 0.0.14 M&E orientation, WI MES Completed as per plan until June, 2020. MEL technical support, and refreshers with monitoring and onsite support are monitoring of program planned for the next quarter as well, in activities compliance with social distancing and other COVID-19 measures that may be in place. 0.0.15 Update GESI Action Plan WI MES. The TOR to recruit a consultant is under review by home office with Hamro Samman in the process of reviewing team structure considering

the GESI recommendations and preliminary findings shared during the mid-term evaluation debriefing by the evaluation consultants. USAID ASIA CTIP COORDINATION AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO BILATERAL PROGRAMS AND ASSOCIATE AWARDS 0.0.19 COP monthly meeting ASIA COP Meeting organized regularly as per plan. CTIP 0.0.20 Communication monthly ASIA CPS Short capacity building session for consultation CTIP communication organized by Asia CTIP on 23 June, 2020

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 0.0.21 Technical quarterly ASIA MES Three events organized: in February, 2020; May, exchange calls CTIP 2020; and on June 29, 2020. Two capacity building events on data visualization and social network analysis were also held in June. 0.0.22 PS knowledge sharing ASIA PSES First meeting with The Mekong Club held on May CTIP 21, 2020 0.0.23 Partners’ meeting ASIA MES The meeting, to be organized by Asia CTIP, CTIP appears to have been delayed. 0.0.24 M&E Working Group ASIA MES Completed (same as activity 0.013) CTIP SUB-OBJECTIVE 1.1: IMPROVE GON DATA COLLECTION, SHARING AND USAGE TO STRENGTHEN POLICY, COORDINATION AND PUBLIC REPORTING 1.1.1 Start discussions with WI COP/ Hamro Samman is currently revisiting the concept local stakeholders and DCOP and the strategy for implementation of the CTIP , TBD convene data forum data platform component. As such, the data 1.2.1 Conduct CTIP data Consul forum event has been postponed. -tant system assessment Planned meetings with government stakeholders 1.1.3 Round table discussion WI to discuss revisions to the concept for the data preliminary feedback platform were suspended due the GON- 1.1.4 Finalize final data ICT mandated nationwide lockdown between March assessment report and Partner and July in response to COVID-19. WI round table meeting to The dependent activities 1.1.2, 1.1.3, 1.1.4 , 1.1.5 share final data and 1.1.6 have thus been delayed. assessment report 1.1.5 Receive feedback and WI endorsement from NCCHT on integrated data platform 1.1.6 Develop model ICT TBD integrated data system Partner and platform 1.1.7 Identify and design Inter- RC The activity has been delayed considering the nation- research methodology al priorities of MOWCSC. However, engagement to with MOWCSC Partner finalize the learning agenda, form the research steering committee to identify research topics and provide oversight to the researches is ongoing, and expected to be completed by August.

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 1.1.8 Support MOWCSC WI LGM MOWCSC has shared that they do not need annual TIP report support to prepare the report. Thus, the activity is dropped. Support is instead planned for the NHRC TIP report in the next quarter. 1.1.9 Support MOLESS’ WI LGM The activity is postponed as the area of annual Labor Migration collaboration with MOLESS is still under for Employment report development. Hamro Samman is increasing engagement to speed up the process with the newly appointed focal persons at the Ministry. SUB-OBJECTIVE 1.2: STRENGTHEN GON FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL COMMITTEES FOR CONTROLLING HUMAN TRAFFICKING TO PREVENT, PROTECT, AND PROSECUTE TIP 1.2.1 NCCHT thematic WI DCO One meeting was held in November, 2019. The coordination meetings P second meeting was postponed considering MOWCSC’s priorities and the COVID-19 context. Hamro Samman and partner CSO member at the NCCHT is engaging with the Ministry to organize the NCCHT meeting. 1.2.2 Revise and finalize GESI WI MES The report was finalized in May, 2020. assessment report & HQ 1.2.3 Contract consultant to WI LGM The working group was formed and met in support MOWCSC to January, 2020. The recruitment of a consultant revise NPA has been agreed upon, as has planning for a 1.2.4 Hold national and three WI LGM second meeting in the next quarter. provincial consultations on revisions and finalize draft revisions of NPA 1.2.5 Contract national WI LGM A consultant has been hired to develop consultant to provide “Guidelines on Referral Mechanism to Strengthen technical support to Referral Networks at the Province and District develop national Levels.” The guidelines will include the framework guidelines to develop a national referral system. 1.2.6 Consultations on national WI LGM guidelines 1.2.7 CTIP Advisory Group SAN LGM Activity delayed due to conflicts in priorities of formation and meetings CTIP stakeholders, and limited clarity on national Co, legislations. SAN is following-up with provincial FCs

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep governments to re-initiate discussions around the formation of province level CTIP advisory group. 1.2.8 Orientation and selection SAN LGM Activity completed in November and December, of local governments in FCs 2019. It is tied to activity 1.2.11. Province 3 and Province 5 at provincial level 1.2.9 Baseline capacity and WI CTIP Completed in November and December, 2019. performance index for Co The baseline assessment for Shivapuri Rural local governments and Municipality will take place when travel MES restrictions are lifted. This municipality replaces Dupcheshwor Municipality in Nuwakot, due to duplication with another DFID project. 1.2.10 Develop CTIP orientation SAN LGM, The module has been developed and is under module CTIP review by WI for finalization, publication, and Co dissemination. 1.2.11 Training for potential SAN LGM, Training was completed in November and LCCHT members from CTIP December, 2019. Training of members from 36 local governments at Co, Shivapuri Rural Municipality will conducted district level FCs together with ward-level training. 1.2.12 Support local SAN LGM, Activity is ongoing, although field visits by the HS government to establish CTIP team have been on hold since March due to LCCHT Co, COVID-19 restrictions. FCs 1.2.13 Training for Ward SAN LGM, The activity originally planned for March, 2020 Chairpersons on CTIP CTIP has been postponed due to COVID-19 Co, restrictions. FCs SUB-OBJECTIVE 1.3: STRENGTHEN FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL AND LOCAL GON MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF POLICIES RELATED TO FOREIGN LABOR RECRUITMENT, THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR, AND TIP 1.3.1 Identify local government Biswa CTIP Activity was delayed due to the grant process to to engage in monitoring s Co- bring the grantee onboard as well as GON’s entertainment sector ES nationwide lockdown in response to COVID-19 businesses and the priorities of the local government. 1.3.2 Train target local Biswa CTIP government on s Co- monitoring entertainment ES sector and minimum standards under Labor

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1.3.3 Train entertainment Biswa GFP Biswas Nepal is taking the lead to develop the sector owners and s & training materials in collaboration with NBI and Legal operators in target Conso legal consortium partners. municipality on minimum rtium standards 1.3.4 Train entertainment Biswa GFP Biswas Nepal is taking the lead to develop the sector workers in target s & training materials in collaboration with legal Legal municipality on their Conso consortium partners. rights and responsibilities rtium 1.3.5 Demand-driven capacity WI FCs, FCs have been providing technical support to development to monitor CTIP local governments, but field visits have been and enforce policies Co. paused since March due to COVID-19 restrictions. 1.3.6 Training for Labor CeLRRd LGM The activity is delayed due to the grant process to Officials to Monitor and bring legal aid partners onboard to provide the Enforce Policies. training. Grant documents have been submitted to USAID for approval. 1.3.7 Digitalize and format pre- WI CTIP NNSM have submitted the draft manual for pre- departure training Co- decision training while the curriculum depends on curriculum FLM demand from MOLESS 1.3.8 Monitoring TIP in the WI CTIP Planned NHRC visit to India was postponed to foreign labor migration Co- due COVID-19. The visit was to monitor brothels and entertainment sector FLM and workplaces to collect data on trafficking of by NHRC Nepalis to India and the status of Nepalis workers in India to develop a thematic report and include the findings with recommendations in NHRC’s annual TIP report. 1.3.9 NHRC national level WI CTIP NHRC plans to initiate consultations for consultation with key Co- preparation of the annual TIP report for 2020 at stakeholders on CTIP- FLM the end of the next quarter (September, 2020) related Acts and policies 1.3.10 Technical support to the WI CTIP NHRC TIP Report Co- FLM

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep SUB-OBJECTIVE 1.4. INCREASE GON IMPLEMENTATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS TO MITIGATE AND ADDRESS HUMAN TRAFFICKING 1.4.1 Legislative gap analysis, FWLD LGM FWLD has submitted the analysis report which is legislative revision, under review by WI. development of guidelines (legal consortium) 1.4.2 Technical support to Legal LGM Consultation meeting held between MOWCSC revision of legislation Conso and CSOs on legislations that must be amended rtium following ratification of the Palermo Protocol. 1.4.3 Development of WI LGM guidelines 1.4.4 Strengthen Nepal Police WI LGM This activity has been cancelled as AHTB has AHTB, provide support to decided to develop the plan on its own. develop a five-year strategic plan 1.4.5 Develop handbook for SAN LGM, The handbook has been prepared and is under provincial governments CTIP review from WI for finalization and publication. on countering human Co Feedback on it will be collected when discussion trafficking (SAN) with provincial level parliamentarians is possible. 1.4.6 Province-level discussion SAN LGM, The activity has been delayed as a result of with parliamentarians on CTIP conflicts in the priorities of stakeholders and countering human Co COVID-19 restrictions. trafficking (SAN) SUB-OBJECTIVE 2.1: IMPROVE CSO DATA COLLECTION, SHARING AND USAGE TO STRENGTHEN POLICY, COORDINATION, AND PUBLIC REPORTING 2.1.2 Finalize VCMS contract Liberty MES Liberty Shared has completed the pre onboarding Shared with Liberty Shared and assessment report of five HS partners as well as complete Phase 1 the first round of translations of the VCMS activities (translation and system. Translations will be an ongoing iterative pre-assessment calls) process. Liberty Shared has prepared to organize 2.1.3 Phase 2 activities: Liberty MES. the training virtually, given the COVID-19 Shared assessment of CSO restrictions. The trainings will be completed by partners mid-August, 2020. Liberty Shared have also launched a lite version and mobile app version of the VCMS and have identified two CSOs to be trained with Asia CTIP support. One of these virtual trainings has been completed.

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 2.1.4 Phase 2 activities: half- Liberty LGM Brief presentations to GON and CSOs with HS Shared day presentation of and team were conducted in December, 2019 and VCMS to GON, CSO, GFP February, 2020 respectively. and HS team 2.1.5 Phase 3 activities: in- Liberty MES The training has been planned to be conducted Shared person training in & virtually (refer to activity 2.1.2), followed by Kathmandu and Tarai GFP support both virtually and onsite, following project areas COVID-19 safety directives. 2.1.6 Follow-up and support Liberty MES Shared & GFP 2.1.7 Award international WI HQ IDS has signed on as partner to provide technical research grant support to JDR3 grantees. The full grant award is anticipated in August, 2020. 2.1.8 Finalize Hamro Samman WI MES Activity was delayed, as PAG members learning agenda requested more time to review, following significant changes in membership (GON representatives turnover). Additional questions have been added to the agenda and final consultations (with GON) partners is ongoing. 2.1.9 Identify three priority WI, RC, Activity delayed as it is dependent upon Inter- pieces of research and nationa MES completion of activities 2.17 and 2.1.8 finalize research l methodology Partner 2.1.10 Initiate field research Inter- RC nationa l Partner 2.1.11 Issue two RFAs for JDR3 WI RC & research scholar GCS 2.1.12 Award JDR research WI GCS grant (JDR3) 2.1.13 Provide training to JDR3 WI, RC, Inter- scholars, develop nationa MES methodology and begin l Partner field collection 2.1.14 Media monitoring and AAT- MES Activity is underway. Daily monitoring of national sharing WIN CTIP newspapers is done by AATWIN, which prepares

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Co- a thematic news round-up. It will be shared with ES AATWIN network members. 2.1.15 Research on CTIP and NNSM MES The report of the research (conducted last year foreign labor migration Co- as part of NNSM’ s thematic monitoring) was FLM finalized this year, and a draft advocacy brief has been prepared. 2.1.16 Finalize and publish PPR MES The research has been completed and the research on emerging LGM research report is being finalized. trends in human trafficking SUB-OBJECTIVE 2.2 STRENGTHEN SURVIVOR NETWORKS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO LEAD ADVOCACY, OVERSIGHT AND PARTICIPATION IN ANTI-TIP ACTIVITIES 2.2.1 Grants to survivor WI GCS Completed with award to Biswas Nepal in networks January, 2020; to Shakti Samuha in February, 2020, and to AMKAS in June, 2020. 2.2.2 Finalize OCA and OPI for WI MES OPI of Shakti Samuha and Biswas Nepal was survivor hubs GFP completed in June, 2020. OCA was completed in December, 2019 and January, 2020 respectively. 2.2.3 Finalize Nepali version of SAN LGM Manual has been finalized but a final review will LfC manual and conduct CTIP be done during the LfC TOT for survivor network TOT on LfC manual with Co. and shelter partners before the document is trainers from survivor printed for distribution. The TOT has been hubs delayed due to COVID-19 restrictions. 2.2.4 Identify and train network SAN CTIP Completed in three batches between September, of CTIP champions at the Co- 2019 and February, 2020. A total of 59 CTIP local-level ES Champions trained 2.2.5 Refresher training for SAN CTIP Planned for September, 2020 network of CTIP Co- champions at local level ES 2.2.6 Advocacy and outreach Biswas GFP Six champions have completed advocacy, while , by CTIP champions AMKA 18 are pending grants (delayed due to COVID-19) S, and others are working on their concept notes. Shakti Samu- ha

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 2.2.7 National Survivors’ Shakti CTIP Completed in September, 2019. Another event is Samu- Conference ha Co- planned for September, 2020 but the actual date ES depends on the COVID-19 situation. 2.2.8 National Foreign Labor NNSM CTIP Postponed to September, 2020 but the actual Migrants’ Conference Co date depends on the COVID-19 situation. 2.2.9 National Entertainment Biswas Workers’ Conference SUB-OBJECTIVE 2.3: STRENGTHEN CSO MONITORING AND ENFORCEMENT OF POLICIES RELATED TO LABOR RECRUITMENT, THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR AND TIP 2.3.1 Set priority monitoring SAN LGM Set for AATWIN and NNSM. Plans for other and advocacy issues for GFP CSOs to be set by next quarter CSO Hubs 2.3.2 Members engage in CSO MES Completed by NNSM on localization of services monitoring on identified Hubs and for migrants and by PPR on trends and issues GFP dimensions of TIP in the entertainment sector. 2.3.3 Finalize summary and CSO MES Media monitoring by AATWIN is ongoing. thematic reports and hold Hubs and Shelters are collecting TIP case management seminar to share findings GFP data. Survivor hubs will initiate monitoring on with stakeholders prioritized issues in the next quarter. 2.3.4 Court monitoring PPR LGM In process. Quarterly report is attached. SUB-OBJECTIVE 2.4: BUILD CSO OR CSO NETWORKS FOR EFFECTIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH GON AND PS TO PREVENT, PROTECT AND PROSECUTE TIP 2.4.1 CSO Hub partners WI GCS Completed. contracted 2.4.2 Assessments of CSO WI MES Baseline OCA and OPI assessments of Shakti hubs GFP Samuha and Biswas Nepal completed. Assessments for AMKAS are planned to be completed by August. 2.4.3 Strengthening of CSO WI GFP Ongoing activity. hubs 2.4.4 Quarterly district CTIP Provinc FCs Activity is delayed as it is dependent upon ial coordination meetings CSO completion of activity 2.4.1. 2.4.5 E-bulletin published and AAT- GFP NNSM has published its second e-bulletin and WIN distributed and AATWIN has published its second and third NNSM e-bulletins.

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 2.4.6 Advocacy actions for CSO GFP Ongoing activity. CSO partners Hubs SUB-OBJECTIVE 3.1: IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF EXISTING GON, CSO AND PRIVATE SERVICES AND RELATED REFERRAL SYSTEM TO ASSIST TIP SURVIVORS AND AT-RISK POPULATIONS 3.1.1 Co-creation meeting with WI PSES Co-creation meetings in five pilot districts were service directory partner, organized in October-December 2019. Meetings GON, and CSOs in the remaining five districts will take place after potential businesses are identified. 3.1.2 Develop concept and get ICT DCO Partner endorsement from GON P 3.1.3 Piloting referral Provinc LGM Consultant is working on developing a guideline ial mechanism for TIP CSO CTIP for the referral mechanism. victims Co 3.1.4 Mobile outreach and Biswas CTIP Postponed due to COVID-19, but outreach drop-in center for Co- workers are conducting follow-up with entertainment sector ES entertainment sector workers via phone. workers 3.1.5 Contract national WI CTIP Draft pre-decision training manual has been consultant to develop Co- developed by NNSM. pre-decision training FLM curriculum 3.1.6 Conduct master training NNSM CTIP for employment center Co- trainers FLM 3.1.7 Grant to shelter to WI GCS Grant awarded to PNCC in December, 2019. provide services to men Grants renewed to Maiti Nepal and Saathi in June, 2020 3.1.8 Learning exchanges Shelter GFP One learning exchange event was organized in between shelters both the first and second quarters of FY 20. The event was cancelled for this quarter due to COVID-19. It is expected to resume next quarter with the lifting of the lockdown by GON. 3.1.9 Life-skills orientation for Shakti GFP One orientation event was organized by Shakti Samu- shelter users ha Samuha in Q1 of FY 20. SUB-OBJECTIVE 3.2: REDUCE LEGAL BARRIERS THROUGH GON, CSO AND PS PARTNERSHIPS FOR SURVIVORS TO ACCESS JUSTICE AND INCREASE PROSECUTION

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 3.2.1 Legal aid provided to Legal LGM Activity is delayed due to grant process. Grant Aid CTIP survivors and at- Partner documents have been sent to USAID for risk people in all 10 approval. Grant is expected to be approved and districts awarded by the end of August. 3.2.2 Legal consultations and Legal LGM Aid legal information Partner sessions in shelters 3.2.3 Identify pro-bono CTIP Legal LGM Aid network of lawyers Partner 3.2.4 Training for legal aid CeLRRd LGM network 3.2.5 Develop training Consult LGM The process is on hold due to COVID-19, a ant curriculum for joint change in leadership in the Research and training for police and Planning Directorate and AHTB of the Nepal prosecutors Police, and because grant documents for legal aid partners (who will support in organization of the training events) are pending approval from USAID. A meeting will be planned for the end of the next quarter, when the letter of agreement can be signed. The development and finalization of the training curriculum, organization of MTOT with AHTB, and commencement of training in provinces are most likely to take place in the early half of the next fiscal year. 3.2.6 Joint training for police Legal LGM Consor and prosecutors tium 3.2.7 Develop four short LACC LGM Two training curricula and four IEC materials training curricula and prepared by LACC are slated for publication. The complementary IEC training event was postponed due to COVID-19 materials and is planned for the next quarter. 3.2.8 Training for LACC LGM entertainment sector workers on their rights and obligations SUB-OBJECTIVE 3.3: RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS AND FOSTER SAFE MIGRATION AND SAFE EMPLOYMENT IN THE ENTERTAINMENT SECTOR VIA GON, CSO AND PS PARTNERSHIPS

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep 3.3.1 Training for Legal LGM Activity delayed as it is dependent on completion Consor entertainment sector tium of activity 3.2.7. businesses on compliance with minimum employment standards 3.3.2 Multi-year TIP awareness DBI CPS Activity delayed due to grant process, which is campaigns EA now nearing completion. 3.3.3 Communication support SAN LGM, Support is ongoing, along with quarterly capacity to CSO hubs CPS strengthening sessions on various communication aspects. This quarter’s session on June 25 covered pre-testing guidelines, and COVID-19 communication needs and tools. 3.3.4 Mark World Day Against WI DCO Trafficking in Persons P & LGM 3.3.5 Mark National Anti- WI DCO Human Trafficking Day P, & CTIP Co SUB-OBJECTIVE 3.4: GENERATE INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS USING PS FUNDING TO SUPPORT AT-RISK PEOPLE AND TRAFFICKING SURVIVORS 3.4.1 Co-creation workshop NBI PSES Completed in December, 2019. with Responsible Business Alliance Nepal members to develop models for training and employment 3.4.2 Quarterly meetings of NBI PSES This activity is on hold, because NBI’s previous Responsible Business grant expired in January, 2020. Approval is Alliance Nepal awaited for the fresh grant. 3.4.3 Select up to six finalists WI GCS Completed in December, 2019. for the Hamro Samman Innovation Challenge 3.4.4 Select and onboard three WI PSES Activity delayed due to grant process. Grant winners as sub-grantees documents are being finalized and are planned to of Hamro Samman be submitted to USAID for approval in July. Innovation Challenge

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Activity Part- 20 Progress 20 20 19 19 20 - 20 - 19 20 - 20 - - - 20 - 20 - - - ner - - Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Approval and award of the grant are anticipated in August, 2020. 3.4.5 Challenge grantees IC PSES develop and launch Grantee solutions 3.4.6 Award Jivika grant WI GCS The grant was awarded to Safal Partners in January, 2019 and to Rojgari Services in February, 2020. 3.4.7 Map employers, jobs, TPP PSES Activity was delayed due to COVID_19. With the and skills in demand, and partial easing of the GON-mandated lockdown. profitable trades / Safal Partners has resumed work on it. business sectors in four districts 3.4.8 Onboard local and TPP PSES national employers 3.4.9 Conduct life skills training TPP PSES at Hamro Samman CTIP shelters in four districts Co 3.4.10 Conduct entrepreneurial / TPP PSES vocational / on-the-job training in four districts

Page xvi ANNEX 3: Performance Indicator Tracking Table Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress 1.1.1 Number of project Number 0 317 0 0 0 0 125 0 0 0 125 0 assisted entities or of organizations entities collecting and or reporting TIP data organiz to GON [Custom] ations Remarks: Winrock was required to make multiple rounds of changes in its approach and strategies to support relevant GON entities at the national and sub-national levels, adapting to the changing system, structures and priorities of GON following the transition to federalism as well as to the changing contexts and dimensions of trafficking in persons. This unfortunately meant delays in engagement and support to the GON entities relevant for CTIP until there was clarity in the CTIP structures and their mandates under the federal governance system. Hamro Samman has prioritized engagement and technical support to local governments since FY 19 following the DFID modification, while continuing engagement with federal, provincial, district and local level GON entities relevant for CTIP. Partner SAN provided training to 36 local governments in the first quarter of FY 20 on their CTIP roles and responsibilities, including the responsibility to collect and report TIP data and monitor and enforce CTIP policies. 1.2.1 Number of project Number 0 36 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 18 0 assisted sub- of national govern government entities ment with improved entities capacity and/or performance scores [Custom] Remarks: The CCPI assessment to establish the baseline capacity and performance scores of 36 local government was completed in first quarter of FY 20 and a midline assessment to measure changes in the scores is planned for FY 21. The Hamro Samman project team is providing demand-driven capacity development support to selected local governments on countering TIP. This was limited to virtual technical support during March-July of FY 20 due to the COVID-19 situation. The midline assessment of the capacity and performance of the selected local governments is planned in FY 21 and the progress against the set annual targets for the indicator can only be reported then. 1.3.1 Percent increase in Percent 0 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 number of penalties imposed on agencies and business for TIP

Page xxi Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress related activities by GON Ministries or Courts [Custom] Remarks: In consultation with implementing partners on the ground, Winrock has determined that it is not possible to measure this indicator as originally envisioned for the following reasons: it is not possible to regularly get access to decisions from DOFE or the Labor Tribunal, and the TIP cases before the courts under the HTTCA involve individuals rather than agencies and businesses. Additionally, the judgments or decisions are not public and are often not written down. Winrock has thus proposed to drop this indicator in the revised MEL plan. 1.3.1 Number of project Number 0 29 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 6 0 (new) supported of government entities Entities engaged in monitoring [Custom] Remarks: This indicator is a new indicator proposed in the revised MEL plan to replace the indicator 1.3.1 above. The Hamro Samman project team is providing demand-driven capacity development support to the selected local governments on countering TIP. This was limited to virtual technical support during March-July of FY 20 due to COVID-19. Onsites are planned once inter-district travel restrictions are lifted by GON. 1.3.2 Number of ICT Number 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 solutions adopted of and implemented Solutio by GON to monitor ns TIP [Custom] Remarks: This is a new indicator proposed in the revised MEL plan. 1.4.1 The number of Number 0 49 1 1 22 4 15 0 14 1 38 20 anti-TIP policies, of laws or policies international agreements strengthened and/or created with USG assistance [F-1.5.3- 19] Remarks: Achievement of this target is delayed due to changes in Winrock’s strategy, as mentioned under Indicator 1.1.1 but Hamro Samman has made following policy engagements till date: Engagement:

Page xxii Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress Stage 1 – Submitted recommendations for proposed revisions to the FEA (FY 20); on HTTCA (FY 19); on HTTCR (FY 19); on Legal aid policy (FY 19); and shared analysis on Palermo Protocol ( FY 18) with advocacy by CSO partners in every quarter till date. Stage 2 – Supported stakeholder consultation on HTTCR (FY 19); on Legal aid policy (FY 19) Stage 3 – Provided model CCHT guideline with technical support to (14) local governments to develop their own LCCHT guideline (FY 20) Stage 5 – Support for CEDAW Shadow Reporting (FY 19) Current Status of policies (in which engagement previously made): Stage 1 - HTTCA and FEA Stage 3 - HTTCR; Palermo Protocol (approved by national assembly and house of representatives) Stage 4 – 14 Local governments have endorsed their respective LCCHT formation and operation guideline, Integrated Legal Aid Policy Stage 5 - CEDAW (Shadow Reporting) 1.4.2 Number of policies/ Number 0 49 1 1 22 4 15 0 14 1 38 20 regulations/ of administrative policies procedures in each of the following stages of development: 1. Analysis, 2. Stakeholder consultation/public debate, 3. Drafting or revision, 4. Approved (legislative or regulatory), 5. Full and effective implementation [USAID Nepal PMP1.4-1] Remarks: Please refer to remarks under indicator 1.4.1 2.1.1 Number of Number 0 2400 0 0 400 278 500 221 224 6 900 729 survivors of TIP of identified by survivor service providers s and/or police [Custom]

Page xxiii Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress Remarks: A total of 729 presumed survivors have been identified till date (278 in FY 2019, 451 in FY 20). 2.1.2 Number of research Number 0 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 studies completed of that are used for research advocacy activities es [Custom] Remarks: Letter of Agreement has been signed with IDS to lead five research activities and mentor local research teams supported by Hamro Samman. Similarly, one JDR3 research grant to AATWIN has been awarded (formal agreement to be completed in the first week of July). 2.2.1 Percentage of LfC Percent 0 75% 0 0 75% 0 75% 15.39 10.17 10.17 75% 10.17% workshop % % % participants who lead advocacy or facilitate “safe space” forums for at-risk populations [Custom] Remarks: Project experienced delays in completing the trainings due to delays in finalizing the LfC training manual. The first batch of training in September, 2019 (FY19) trained 20 people, the second batch in December, 2019 (FY20) trained 19 people and the third batch in January, 2020 (FY 20) trained 20 people resulting to a total of 59 people trained. Only 6 LfC trained champions have received microgrants and completed advocacy activities till date (October-December, FY 20). 6/59 gives a percentage value for the indicator of 10.17. The planned release of the microgrant to over 24 LfC trained champions was stalled during March-July of FY 20 due to the COVID-19 related lockdown and USAID’s stop work order. However, release of fund, using the microgrant for advocacy activities that do not require mass gathering or that can be conducted with precautionary measures against COVID-19 will be prioritized in the next quarter. 2.2.2 Percentage of Percent 0 10% 0 0 2% 0 0 0 0 0 2% 0 leadership positions in USG-supported management entities (such as CCHTs and CSOs) that are filled by a woman or member of a vulnerable group [Custom]

Page xxiv Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress Remarks: Winrock has proposed to drop this indicator in revised MEL plan, as leadership positions are determined by the guidelines for formation of the entities. Winrock will instead measure and report on the project-supported survivors who are engaged in advocacy through the survivor network and/or taking up in leadership positions in other entities. 2.3.1 Number of Number 0 35 5 3 17 9 17 2 2 1 17 9 (old) community-based of organizations CSOs receiving USG support engaged in CTIP monitoring and reporting [Custom] Remarks: Hamro Samman has changed in the strategy following the DFID modification funding. Instead of mobilizing the CSO hub network for a one- off monitoring activities, a continuous monitoring strategy has been selected as part of improving CSO practices of monitoring and data collection, analysis and utilization of the data for more effective advocacy and service delivery, and sharing/reporting of the monitoring findings and data. As the MEL plan is not yet accepted, we are reporting on this indicator for the quarters in this year to mirror progress in the new indicator 2.3.1 below. 2.3.1 Number of CSOs Number 0 10 0 0 0 1 10 2 2 1 10 2 (new) engaged in CTIP of that provide CSOs evidence for advocacy through monitoring and reporting [Custom] Remarks: This indicator is proposed as a replacement to the old indicator with data that is proposed to be closed in the revised MEL plan. In previous quarters NNSM and PPR contributed to the indicator, while in this quarter PPR continued court monitoring. 2.4.1 Number of CSOs Number 0 17 5 4 17 13 17 3 4 1 17 14 receiving USG of assistance engaged CSOs in advocacy interventions [F 2.4.1-9] Remarks: In FY 19, 13 CSOs partners (AATWIN, NNSM, NBI, PNCC, AMKAS, Shakti Samuha, Saathi, Maiti Nepal, SAN, FWLD, LACC, PPR, and CeLLRd) engaged in advocacy. In FY 20, 7 CSO partners (NNSM, FWLD, PPR, AATWIN, Shakti Samhua, SAN and Biswas Nepal) were engaged in advocacy. Biswas Nepal was engaged in advocacy in June,2020 to raise the concerns of entertainment sector workers (they submitted memo to the Minister of MOWCSC). Other CSO partners carried out preparatory work to be ready to conduct advocacy activities in the upcoming quarters for amendment of national legislations following ratification of the Palermo Protocol.

Page xxv Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress 2.4.2 Number of public Number 0 36 0 0 21 0 8 0 13 0 29 13 policies introduced, of adopted, repealed, policies changed or implemented consistent with citizen input [F2.4.1-12 archived Remarks: Achievement of this target is delayed due to changes in Winrock strategy as mentioned under Indicator 1.1.1. However, Hamro Samman has made policy engagements as described under indicator 1.4.1. A total of 13 local governments endorsed their respective LCCHT formation and operation guidelines with citizen input in FY 20. Palermo Protocol will be reported after the wait period following formal deposition of ratification documentation is complete. 2.4.3 Percent of local Percent 0 80% 0 0 80% 10% 80% 5% 0% 0% 80% 5% organizations with improved capacity and/or performance scores (measured by OCA and OPI) [USAID Nepal PMP 1.3.1-2] Remarks: The baseline PECAN and OPI assessment of AATWIN and NNSM was completed in FY 18. The midline PECAN assessments of both partners conducted in FY 19 showed improved scores, as did the midline OPI assessment of NNSM. The midline OPI assessment of AATWIN completed in FY 20 also showed improvement. The baseline OCA of Shakti Samuha and baseline CCPI of 36 local government was established in Q1 of FY 20 while the baseline OCA of Biswas Nepal was completed in January-March of FY 20 and the baseline OPI assessments of Biswas Nepal and Shakti Samuha was completed in April-June of FY 20. The denominator for FY 20 is set at 20 (organizations) with the targeted numerator set at 16. Two targets have been achieved so far (AATWIN, NNSM). The midline shelter capacity assessment of five shelters is planned in the next quarter, the scores of which will be compared with baselines set in FY 18 to determine if improvement in capacity scores are observed and contributes to the indicator. 3.1.1 Number of victims Number 0 620 50 0 112 278 145 221 224 6 307 729 of TIP receiving of services provided Survivo [F1.5.3-18] rs

Page xxvi Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress Remarks: A total of 729 presumed survivors have received services till date (278 in FY 2019, and 451 in FY 20). Service delivery is demand-driven and as such may not comply with a set target. As we have exceeded the LOA targets, we will soon propose raising targets in the remaining period and the LOA target. 3.1.2 Number of at-risk Number 0 4000 0 0 0 0 1500 0 2 3 1500 5 TIP individuals of provided with People referral opportunities [Custom] Remarks: Biswas Nepal in previous quarter had referred two survivors to shelter services of CAP Nepal and in this quarter referred three people at risk to shelter services of NU – Venture Discovery and Development Center. 3.1.3 Number of Number 0 5 5 0 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 shelters/safe houses of established for TIP Shelters victims that are supported [Custom] Remarks: Shelter grants to AMKAS, Maiti Nepal, Saathi, and Shakti Samuha were active from FY 19. The organizations have been providing services to TIP victims and at-risk people with project support while also striving to comply with National Minimum Standards and Standard Operating Procedures. 3.1.4 Number of Number 0 285 0 0 9 0 20 0 0 0 20 0 identified private of sector service Service providers added to Provide Directory of rs Services [Custom] Remarks: Winrock is delayed in achieving this indicator due to delays in formalizing relationships with municipal governments and the challenge to obtain formal commitments from the private sector. However, partner NBI has been engaging to obtain commitments of support from the PS. 3.2.1 The number of host Number 0 344 0 0 86 60 80 0 0 0 86 60 nation criminal of justice personnel people who received USG- funded anti-TIP training during the life of the project [F-1.5.3-17]

Page xxvii Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress Remarks: In FY 19, 60 people were trained. Hamro Samman is working to develop a curriculum and help train police personnel from the AHTB in FY 20 (training is planned for over 200 police personnel in total over FY 20 and FY 21). Likewise, the grant document for the legal aid grant also includes activities to train criminal justice personnel. It has been sent to USAID for approval. 3.3.2 Number of new Number 0 50 0 0 7 0 20 0 0 0 7 0 cases filed under of new the TIP Act cases [Custom] Remarks: Winrock’s initial assumption that lawyers within the project's legal consortium would provide pro bono assistance to TIP survivors to file cases under the TIP Act has proven to be invalid and thus, the project is delayed in meeting this target. Adapting to the address the issue, a grant to a CSO partner to provide legal aid has been designed and the process for awarding it is currently underway. 3.3.1 Number of people Number 0 25000 0 0 10000 11550 5000 0 0 0 10000 1155044 in targeted of 00 00 44 00 00 populations, People including vulnerable populations, law enforcement, health care providers, educators, and others exposed to a USG-funded mass media campaign that provides information about TIP [F 1.5.3-14] Remarks: Progress was reported in FY 19, but modifications in the measurement method have been proposed in the revised MEL plan. A review of the reported data and further reporting on the progress on the indicator will be made based on the new methodology,. Likewise, the process to award a grant for a communications partner to lead development and dissemination of media products with CTIP messages through mass media campaigns is also underway. 3.3.2 Number of private Number 0 360 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 100 0 sector of representatives people oriented on TIP [Custom] Remarks: Indicator added with DFID modification funding. Preparation is ongoing to finalize the curriculum/modules for the orientation program under the leadership of partner NBI with engagement of CSO partners as Biswas Nepal, LACC, AMKAS, and Shakti Samuha, among others.

Page xxviii Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress 3.4.1 Number of Number 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 enterprises of accessing enterpri institutional ses financial services as a result of USG assistance [Custom] Remarks: This indicator does not reflect the project context. The project has no data to report on this indicator as Hamro Samman is not working with enterprises to access institutional financial services. 3.4.1 Number of people Number 0 1125 25 0 100 0 400 0 0 0 525 0 trained in of entrepreneurial people skills through USG supported programs [USAID Nepal PMP 2.2.1-1] Remarks: The grant was awarded to Safal Partners in January and to Rojgari Services in February of FY 20 but the training has been postponed due to the COVID-19 situation. The partners have submitted the initial deliverables (documents) required under the grant agreement and has been engaged in preparatory work to implement the training quickly, once the pandemic situation permits. They have prioritized and engaged in providing on-the-job training and job placement services to at-risk people. 3.4.2 Number of TIP Number 0 900 0 0 0 0 500 0 0 0 500 0 survivors and at- of risk people people employed 6 months after participating in training and/or placement opportunities [Custom] Remarks: Indicator added with DFID modification funding and is dependent upon placement of beneficiaries into jobs, a service being provided by partner Rojgari Services (Jivika Grant). Activities were limited in this quarter and the previous quarter due to COVID-19. 3.4.3 Percentage of Percent 0 35% 0 0 35% 0 35% 0 0 0 35% 0% female participants in USG-assisted

Page xxix Indicator Unit Base LOA Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Cumulative till S.N. line Target date[1] Target Progress Target Progress Target Q1 Q2 Q3 Target Progress [2] Progress Progress Progress program designed to increase access to productive economic resources (assets, credit, income or employment) [GNDR-2] Remarks: This indicator is linked directly with 3.4.1; please refer to comments under it.

[1] Cumulative refers to sum total for fiscal year 2018, fiscal year 2019 and fiscal year 2020 (until December 31, 2019)

[2] The target is annual for Year 3 not quarterly.

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ORGANIZATION Winrock International NAME PROJECT NAME Hamro Samman Project IMPACT Impact Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: July Indicator 1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) 2022) Reduction in modern slavery in Planned foreign employment and Achieved

entertainment sector in Nepal Source

OUTCOME 1 Outcome Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: July Assumptions Indicator (2017) (Sept. 2019) (Sept. 2020) 2022) 1.1 Strengthened Number of Planned 0 Entities 0 Entities 39 Entities 39 Entities with The national legislation HTTCA does not have federal, provincial sub-national are improved provisions allowing the provincial governments and local government established performance scores to form CCHTs and it is not certain that the government efforts entities or with in end line compared amendment to the HTTCA with the provisions to combat TIP organization baselines set to baseline will be made on time for the project to provide s with Achieved 0 Baselines support. Thus, the project has not been able to improved CCPI scores engage much with the provincial government performanc of 36 LG while engagement with local governments for e scores assessed; 2 formation of CCHTs at the local levels has been LCCHTs made based on the mandate in the Local established Governance Operation Act 2074 that allows the (June 30, local governments to form and mobilize 2020) thematic (subject) committees. Source The progress on this indicator is still dependent Participatory capacity and performance assessment reports. upon the partner local governments allocating (The milestones each year are not to be added up to form adequate resources and continues to support cumulative value of LOA) those committees in their CTIP activities. The INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE (%) committee members are receptive to the project's 50 support and actively undertakes CTIP activities INPUTS (HR) DFID over the course of the project. (FTEs)

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OUTCOME 1 Outcome Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: July Assumptions Indicator (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) 2022) 1.2 Strengthened Number of Planned 0 0 Policies 21 policies 49 Policies GON passes the policies, regulations, or federal, provincial anti-TIP Policies administrative procedures incorporating formal and local policies, Achieved 0 14 LG have recommendations from the project and initiates government efforts laws or endorsed their implementation within the duration of the to combat TIP international their project. agreements respective The creation or strengthening of the policies will strengthened LCCHT be result of cumulative efforts of multiple and/or guideline stakeholders created (June 30, 2020) Source GON meeting minutes, policy discussion event or policy analysis reports, published laws and policies. (The milestones each year are added up to get cumulative value of LOA) INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE (%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxii OUTCOME 2 Outcome Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: July Assumptions Indicator (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) 2022) 2.1 Improved CSO Number of Planned 0 1 Policy on Inputs 36 Policies Our selected 36 local governments and advocacy and public Policies which provided by influenced by provincial governments do not yet have formal engagement to policies recommenda citizens on citizen input policies establishing their CCHTs. Assumes that address TIP influenced tion policies to local government partners are willing to consult by citizen submitted 18 local with citizens and civil society organizations on input governments the development of the CCHT policy. Assumes Achieved Recommend Recommend that leadership for change champions and CSO ations on 3 ations on 1 partners are able and willing to engage with the federal level more federal local government. Assuming policies are passed policies and policies9 on time and incorporate inputs from the public. analysis on submitted; 1 13 LCCHT international guidelines convention endorsed submitted8 (June 30, 2020) Source Published policies and documentations of citizen inputs provided. INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE (%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

8 HTTCA, HTTCR, Legal Aid, Palermo Protocol 9 FEA

Page xxxiii OUTCOME 3 Outcome Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) 3.1 Increased PS Number of Planned 0 People 0 500 900 PS organizations are interested and agree to build partnerships to TIP partnerships with GON and CSOs to combat TIP. service the TIP survivors GON and/or CSOs are interested and agree to survivors and at-risk and at-risk build partnerships with PS organizations population people supporting them to undertake CTIP actions. The employed 6 PS organizations comply with responsible months after recruitment or responsible business practices and participating take own initiatives to provide quality services to in training TIP survivors and at-risk population or counter and/or trafficking following partnerships with GON or placement CSO and the project. opportunitie Training provided is market driven and responds s to needs in the market. Trainees are job-ready and Achieved 0 0 (June 30, sufficiently able to engage in the workplace.

2020) Trainees are provided with sufficient support to Source enable them to function professionally in a formal Monitoring reports with records of training and/or placement, work environment. The employment and records of employment (job employment, self-employment opportunities offered are long term (more than 6

and/or own business). (The milestones each year are added months) with terms of employment adhering to up to form cumulative value of LOA) labor laws. The employment agreement and labor laws is adhered by both employers and INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) employees during the employment. 80% of the 50 people trained and/or placed in employments INPUTS (HR) DFID continue to be employed 6 months after the (FTEs) training and/or placement.

Page xxxiv OUTPUT 1.1 Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator 1.1.1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Strengthen sub- Number of sub- Planned 0 Entities 0 Entities 39 Entities 39 Entities with The law is revised to permit provinces to national entities to national established improved capacity form CCHTs and partner local and provincial prevent, protect and government with scores governments timely forms appropriate prosecute TIP entities with baselines committees to counter human trafficking at improved assessed the province and Palika levels (and in each capacity scores Achieved 0 Baselines wards). The partner local and provincial to counter scores of 36 governments allocate adequate resources and trafficking in LGs continues to support those committees in persons assessed their CTIP activities. The committee (June 30, members are receptive to the project's 2020) support and actively undertakes CTIP Impact Weightage Source activities over the course of the project. (%) Participatory capacity and performance assessment reports.

(The milestones each year are not cumulative) INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxv OUTPUT 1.2 Output Indicator 1.2.1 Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Legislative and Number of Planned 0 1 Policy on 23 Policies on 49 Policies on Each target local government and policy framework policies/regulations/ Policies which which which province uses a formal policy or improved administrative recommendati recommendati recommendation regulation to establish a CCHT. procedures in each of on submitted on submitted submitted GON accepts CSO inputs on the the following stages of Achieved Recommendati Recommendati policies and initiates actions for development: 1. ons on 3 on on 1 more policy formation/revision and Analysis, 2. federal level on federal enforcement incorporating those Stakeholder policies and 1 level policy; inputs. The development of the consultation/public analysis on 14 LCCHT policies will be result of debate, 3. Drafting or international guideline cumulative efforts of multiple revision, 4. Approval convention; 2 endorsed (June stakeholders (legislative or memo 30, 2020) regulatory), 5. Full and submitted to effective relevant implementation ministries Impact Weightage Source

(%) GON meeting minutes, policy discussion event or policy analysis reports, published laws and policies, and documentations of inputs/recommendations provided by project/CSO partner. INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxvi OUTPUT 2.1 Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator 2.1.1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Research studies Number of Planned 0 0 research/ 4 research/ 10 research/ studies All research is completed in time to be used provide effective research studies research/ studies studies for project advocacy initiatives. Assumes evidence base for completed that studies that all research comes up with advocacy are used for recommendations and findings that can Impact Weightage advocacy Achieved 0 0 (June 30, influence advocacy. Assumes that GON (%) activities 2020) provides permission for research by Source international organization to be undertaken. Research or study reports. INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

OUTPUT 2.2 Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator 2.2.1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Monitoring provides Number of Planned 0 CSOs 2 CSOs 10 CSOs 10 CSOs Partner CSOs have access to court evidence base for CSOs engaged Achieved 1 CSO 2 CSOs documents, proceedings and MOLESS labor advocacy in CTIP that (Corrected (June 30, exploitation complaints in order to monitor. provide in June 30, 2020) Partners are given access to government evidence for 2020) processes. Partners are willing to share data, Impact Weightage advocacy Source information and monitoring results for (%) through advocacy purposes. monitoring and CSO partner monitoring reports, documentations of reporting reporting of TIP data and/or monitoring findings by partner CSO. (The milestones each year are not cumulative) INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxvii OUTPUT 2.3 Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator 2.3.1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Survivors engage in Percentage of Planned 0% of 75% of 60 75% of 180 total Survivors and people at risk are willing to advocacy LfC workshop participa participants workshop engage in public advocacy. Stigma doesn't participants nts (45 participants prevent them from speaking out. Other who lead participants) survivors or people at risk are willing to advocacy or Achieved 10.17% or 6 participate in safe space forums. facilitate 'safe people space" forums (June 30, for at-risk 2020) Impact Weightage populations Source (%) CSO hub/partner reports and monitoring reports, workshop report with participant list. (The milestones each year not cumulative) INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE(%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxviii Output 3.1 Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: Assumptions Indicator 3.1.1 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) Increased linkages Number of Planned 0 People 0 People 625 People 1125 People TPPs can identify 1125 survivors or and coordination people trained Achieved 0 0 (June 30, 2020) at-risk people who are job ready. PS between PS, CSO in Source organizations are interested and agree and GON to address entrepreneurial to build partnerships with GON and Training report with participant list. (The milestones each year are TIP skills CSOs to combat TIP. GON and/or added up to get cumulative value of LOA.) CSOs are interested and agree to build Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: partnerships with PS organizations Indicator 3.1.2 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) supporting them to undertake CTIP Number of 0 Victims 70 Victims 225 Victims 620 Victims Planned actions. The PS organizations comply victims of TIP Achieved 278 451 with responsible recruitment or receiving (June 30, 2020) responsible business practices and services Source take own initiatives to provide quality Case entries in case tracking/management system, and partner reports services to TIP survivors and at-risk (from GON, CSO or PS partners). Disaggregated by sex, ethnicity, population or counter trafficking age, disability, location and TIP type. following partnerships with GON or (The milestones each year are added up to get cumulative value CSO and the project. of LOA.) The TIP survivors and at-risk people Output Baseline Milestone 1 Milestone 2 Target (LOA: provide accurate data/information to Indicator 3.1.3 (2017) (Sept, 2019) (Sept, 2020) July 2022) the police, GON officials, CSOs, Number of at- Planned 0 People 0 People 1500 People 4000 People service providers (GON, CSO, PS) Impact Weightage risk TIP Achieved 0 5 Survivors and researchers. The TIP survivors (%) individuals (June 30, 2020) and at-risk people accept support and provided with Source services offered to them. referral Mobile camp reports, referral records, and partner reports (from opportunities GON, CSO or PS partners). (The milestones each year are added up to get cumulative value of LOA.) INPUTS (£) DFID (£) Govt (£) Total (£) Total (£) DFID SHARE (%) 50 INPUTS (HR) DFID (FTEs)

Page xxxix ANNEX 5: Report on Monitoring and Advocacy Hamro Samman April - June 2020

I. Background The context and dimensions of trafficking of human beings in Nepal is rapidly changing. Twenty to thirty years ago, almost all the trafficking was of Nepali women and children to India for the sex industry and the entertainment industry, where children were used in circuses. Very few were trafficked to other parts of the world. More recently, this has begun to change. Human trafficking has emerged in new forms such as the illegal trade in kidneys, forced or sham marriages, study abroad schemes, forced labor in the entertainment industry (hotels, restaurants, and khaja ghars or small tea and snack shops), and trafficking in the foreign labor migration process. Human trafficking has become more complex and difficult to address, and remedies to combat and control human trafficking remain inadequate. Very few cases are filed and of these, even fewer are convicted. To better understand the situation and to regularly observe/monitor the changing dimensions of human trafficking, PPR reviewed the data records at DOFE and Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET), and monitored the cases in the Supreme Court and the media coverage of TIP cases. Due to the nationwide lockdown in this reporting quarter, data and information from DOFE and FET could not be collected. This report covers the monitoring of Supreme Court cases, and media responses/coverage of cases of human trafficking. The report includes updates of human trafficking cases and developments, victims’ access to justice including legal representation, compensation, sentencing, and tracking cases against companies/businesses involved. The percentage increase in the number of penalties imposed by the courts on businesses or agencies for TIP-related offences is also analyzed. The report also includes recommendations that can be monitored.

II. Objective The objective of the monitoring is to identify victims’ access to justice including legal representation, compensation and protection mechanisms; sentencing; and tracking cases including cases against companies/businesses involved.

III. Methodology Case records from DOFE, FET, Supreme Court and coverage in different (print and electronic) media were collected and reviewed along with direct observation and monitoring of the cases during their hearing and analysis of the case records to establish patterns in case hearing and resolution of the cases. Through the method of comparison, parallels and differences between the cases were drawn and all the issues in the prosecution process were clearly reflected.

IV. Limitation The report only deals with cases in the Supreme Court cases and news of human trafficking cases covered by national dailies and online news portals.

Page xl V. Findings 5.1 Foreign Employment Tribunal (FET) Due to the GON-mandated lockdown, data and information from the FET could not be included in this quarter. 5.2 Department of Foreign Employment Due to the GON-mandated lockdown, data and information from the DOFE could not be included in this quarter. 5.3 Supreme Court During the reporting period, the Supreme Court published only one Kaanoon Patrikaa, in which cases related to human trafficking and foreign employment were not included. 5.4 Media During this reporting period, two online news outlets and one national daily were considered. Almost all the media reports captured events that took place recently. Some extracts are as follows: • On June 30, 2020 The Kathmandu Post daily reported on a case of a 13 year-old girl being trafficked to India, having been promised a better job by two alleged criminals. The girl was rescued by the AHTB of the Nepal Police and the case is under investigation. • On June 29, 2020 the Online Khabar published news about a 13 year-old girl being trafficked to Indi with the promise of a good job in a dance troupe. When the girl, who lived with her parents in Lagankhel, went missing, her parents filed a complaint at the nearby police station. The girl was later rescued and the traffickers arrested. • On June 28, 2020 Ratopati, a news website, published a report about a 13 year-old girl living in Lagankhel with her parents in a rented room who went missing. When her parents searched for her but could not find her, they went to a nearby Lalitpur Police Circle and filed a complaint. The police received information that a girl had been trafficked to India by a woman who offered to celebrate the girl’s birthday. The police circle immediately shared the news and a photograph of the girl with the AHTB. After the Bureau was able to locate the girl a few days later, by tracing her mobile phone. Two alleged perpetrators from Sindhupalchok were arrested and the case in under investigation. • On May 9 and 10, 2020, two girls aged 17 and 14 from Sunsari were lured with the promise of better jobs by two men, Lalan Mandal and Mahesh Prasad Yadav, and headed with them towards the Nepal-India border on motorcycles. The perpetrators were arrested and the girls were rescued. Further investigation is being carried out. • In Chitwan, two women aged 28 and 19 were forced into prostitution by Ganga Kumari Katuwal of Bharatpur. On May 8, 2020, the survivors were rescued from the perpetrator's house (where the brothel was also located) and forced women and girls into prostitution with false promises and threats. • On April 14, 2020, a girl aged 14 from Kailali was lured by Tilak Bahadur Saud and Mukesh Saud and kept captive far from her home. The girl was rescued and the perpetrators were arrested. • On March 15 and 16, 2020 two women aged 25 and 30 were rescued from Parasi Bazaar while they were being trafficked to India, having been promised better foreign employment. Two alleged perpetrators, one from Kathmandu and another from Nawalparasi, were arrested. • On March 19, 2020 Mahesh BK from Achham made a false promise of marriage to a 31 year- old woman from Kailali, claiming he was in the Indian Army, While they were travelling to India, they were interrogated by Nepal’s border security forces, who found them suspicious. The deception was discovered, the woman was rescued, and the man arrested. A complaint was filed against the perpetrator and the case in under investigation.

Page xli • On February 12, 2020 two girls aged 19 and 20 of Kaski district were brought to Baglung with the false promise of a better job, and forced into prostitution in a khaja ghar. The girls were rescued and the three perpetrators involved in trafficking of them were arrested on May 19, 2020. The case is under investigation. • On November 22, 2019 a woman from Kanchanpur was lured with the promise of a better job in India by the alleged perpetrator, Pawan Joshi of Kanchanpur, and sold to a brothel in Laxmipur, Delhi of India. She escaped, returned home, and later filed a complaint against the perpetrator. He was arrested on May 18, 2020.

VI. Conclusion Media monitoring shows that the online news outlets regularly cover news of human trafficking. The reports reveal that hotels and various khaja ghars forcing women and girls into prostitution. During the three-month GON-mandated lockdown, eight cases of human trafficking, labor exploitation, and sexual abuse were reported. Despite the lockdown, complaints were filed, and organizations and institutions working to combat human trafficking continued to investigate cases of human trafficking and labor exploitation.

VII. Recommendations • The recently-established security check posts of the Armed Police Force in border areas are helping control human trafficking. Such check posts need to be established permanently. • The existing technical skills of the Nepal Police are helping combat and control organized crime including human trafficking. Now, resources need to be invested to make investigations more effective and technical. • Due to COVID-19, a large number of people have lost their jobs. As a result, vulnerability to trafficking is increasing, of for women and children. GON should target these populations for relief support and awareness raising activities in collaboration of with CSOs.

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