USAID ASIA COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM ANNUAL REPORT DECEMBER 21, 2016 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 SUBMISSION DATE: October 30, 2017 REVISED: January 08, 2018 COOPERATIVE3 | P a g e AGREEMENT NUMBER: AID-486-L-17-00001 USAID ASIA COUNTER TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS PROGRAM YEAR ONE ANNUAL REPORT 2017 DECEMBER 21, 2016 – SEPTEMBER 30, 2017 DISCLAIMER This report was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Winrock International under cooperative agreement AID- 486-L-17-00001. 4 | P a g e TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations ............................................................................................................................................... ii I. Executive Summary ........................................................................................................................... 1 II. Highlights and Key Accomplishments ........................................................................................... 2 III. Summary of Activities – Leader Award ........................................................................................ 4 A. Summary of Activities ............................................................................................................ 4 B. Management and Administration ....................................................................................... 23 IV. Summary of Activities – Associate Awards and Country Program Coodination ............. 24 V. Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) ................................................................................................ 25 VI. Contributions to the RDMA Development Screens ............................................................... 25 VII. Challenges and Problems Encountered ...................................................................................... 26 VIII. Future Direction and Upcoming Events ..................................................................................... 27 ANNEXES ANNEX I: USAID Asia CTIP Preliminary Learning Agenda and Roadmap for Promoting Evidence Based Practices ....................................................................................................................... 29 ANNEX II: Proposed 10 Key Outcome Indicator for Associates Awards (USAID Asia CTIP-AA Indicators) ....................................................................................................... 42 ANNEX III: Methodology for Measuring Impact of USAID CTIP Interventions ....................... 58 ANNEX IV: Concept Note: Setting a Collaborative CTIP Learning Agenda .......................... 67 ANNEX V: Briefing Paper: Civil Society Perspectives on Advocacy Around Trafficking in Persons in the ASEAN Region .............................................................................................................. 78 ANNEX VI: Legal Impact Hub: Law Firms & Attorney Partners ................................................. 89 ANNEX VII: The Mekong Club Survey Report ........................................................................................ 90 ANNEX VIII: M&E Areas of Technical Assistance from USAID Asia CTIP to Associate Awards / Country Programs ............................................................................................................... 108 ANNEX IX: USAID Asia CTIP Key Indicators ............................................................................... 110 i | P a g e ABBREVIATIONS AAPTIP Australia Asia Program to Combat Trafficking in Persons AAT Alliance Anti-Trafic ACTIP ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children ACWC ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children ADHOC Cambodian Human Rights and Development Association AICHR ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights AML Anti-Money Laundering APLE Action Pour les Enfants ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations CIMB Commerce International Merchant Bankers CLA Collaborating, Learning and Adapting CSLA Civil Society Landscape Assessment CSO Civil Society Organization CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CTIP Counter-Trafficking in Persons EBP Evidence Based Practice FATF Financial Action Task Force FATF APGML Financial Action Task Force Asia Pacific Group on Money Laundering FATF RTMG Financial Action Task Force Risk Threats Mitigation Group FIU Financial Intelligence Unit FM Force Multiplier FY Fiscal Year GAATW Global Alliance Against Traffic in Women GESI Gender Equality and Social Inclusion HRDF Human Rights and Development Foundation HRLA Human Rights Lawyers Association ICT Information and Communication Technology IJM International Justice Mission ILO International Labour Organganization INGO International Non-Governmental Organization IOM International Organization for Migration IT Information Technology ii | P a g e JDR John D. Rockefeller KII Key Informant Interview LA Liberty Asia LICADHO Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights LPN Labor Rights Promotion Network Foundation LSCW Legal Support for Children and Women M&E Monitoring and Evaluation MEL Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning MoU Memorandum of Understanding MWRN Migrant Workers Rights Network NGO Non-governmental organization NRM National Referral Mechanism PEA Political Economy Analysis PDR People’s Democratic Republic PROGRESS ASEAN-U.S. Partnership for Good Governance, Equitable and Sustainable Development PSLA Private Sector Landscape Assessment RAC Research Advisory Committee RAM Risk Assessment Matrix RDMA USAID’s Regional Development Mission for Asia SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SOMTC ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crime SSG SSG Advisors TIP Trafficking in Persons TMC The Mekong Club UN United Nations UNACT United Nations Action for Cooperation Against Trafficking in Persons U.S. United States USAID United States Agency for International Development USD United States Dollar USG United States Government VCMS Victim Case Management System WG Working Group iii | P a g e I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY USAID/RDMA awarded Cooperative Agreement AID-486-L-17-00001 to Winrock International for implementation of the USAID Asia Counter Trafficking in Persons (CTIP) program on December 21, 2016. This five-year activity focuses on transnational and regional challenges to combat trafficking in persons with activities intended to: strengthen learning around TIP; improve coordination and cooperation between source, transit and destination countries; and reduce incentives for trafficking in persons through private sector engagement. This report details project implementation, including activities, achievements and challenges, for the period from December 21, 2016-September 30, 2017. In this the first project year, Winrock: set up operations in Bangkok; put together a strong core team; and brought on and built a consortium with SSG Advisors (SSG), NEXUS Institute, Liberty Asia (LA), the Mekong Club (TMC) and Global Alliance Against Trafficking in Woman (GAATW), a diverse group of implementing partners. We reached out and built relationships with a wide range of actors, civil society organizations, businesses, agencies and officials who are active in CTIP throughout the region and beyond. These efforts were accompanied by the launch of foundational research and analysis and a range of initiatives across all three project Force Multipliers (FMs). Under FM 1, USAID Asia CTIP consulted stakeholders and initiated activities to understand from both those who produce and those who use or seek knowledge to combat TIP, in what areas and in what ways the project can generate, collect and disseminate knowledge and strengthen learning. These efforts included NEXUS Institute’s design and initiation of a comprehensive Research Review to determine key knowledge gaps around TIP and the most effect research methodologies focusing on Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, Myanmar and Vietnam; a Mapping of Research Institutes by GAATW that identified potential local partners for ongoing TIP research; and a roadmap to promote evidence based practice and strengthen the knowledge to practice cycle, improve measurement of USAID Asia CTIP interventions and enhance the capacity of local researchers to develop and use CTIP research. With input from stakeholders at the Learning Summit scheduled for January 2018, USAID Asia CTIP will finalize a learning agenda to guide project research and activities over the coming project years. Winrock also set up a Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) Working Group to discuss and seek consensus on the measurement of USAID CTIP interventions in Asia as well as for collaboration, learning and adaptive management (CLA). The Working Group is comprised of M&E specialists from USAID – Winrock bi-lateral CTIP programs in Bangladesh, Cambodia and Nepal and led by the USAID Asia CTIP MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) Specialist with support from a Senior Researcher from NEXUS. As part of their initial efforts to improve measurement of the USAID Asia CTIP interventions, the Working Group laid out their measurement logic for CTIP interventions, methods, and indicators. Under FM2 the project commenced development of ‘foundation blocks’ towards the effective implementation and monitoring of regional and transnational policy instruments, particularly the ASEAN Convention against Trafficking in Persons, especially Women and Children (ACTIP), entered into force in March of this year. These foundation blocks included analysis of civil society