[Ssc-dev] JustPayPhone opportunity: Protecting Asian Migrant Workers

Thu Mar 27 17:47:29 EDT 2014

This looks interesting. I wonder if this is in response to all the human rights abuses reported in the Gulf countries lately. This would be the obvious case to work on.

Reading the RFP we would need at least two partners in two different developing countries, basically as a South-South cooperation project any that is in this list http://www.g77.org/doc/members.html. However, one has to be where migrants come from (ex India, Bangladesh, Nepal) and the other where they work (ex Qatar).  

There are a couple of organizations in the Gulf working on these issues. I can talk to some this week and see how something like JustPay could fit into what's going on there. We would also need to partner with at least another organization in a country where the migrants are coming from - How do you see this playing out in the proposal?

If this example is not convincing we could also look for partners in Burma and Thailand. This is also a good example and very relevant after the stolen passports story of the Malaysian plane.

I will talk to a few people this week and keep you posted.

Diana

On Mar 26, 2014, at 10:23 AM, David Oliver wrote:

> A partner is important since we don't know what sorts of issues plague Asian workers (vs southern USA).
> 
> At $200k max (and $150k min) this looks like it would be an opportunity to "operationalize" JustPayPhone, rather than develop anything new.
>  
> 
> David M. Oliver | david at guardianproject.info | http://guardianproject.info | @davidmoliver | +1 970 368 2366
> 
> 
> On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:06 AM, Nathan of Guardian <nathan at guardianproject.info> wrote:
> Something to dig into... we would need to find a GLSP-type partner
> focused on Asian migrant workers first!
> 
> ****
> 
> DRLA-DRLAQM-14-033
> South-South Cooperation to Protect Asian Migrant Workers
> Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor — Department of State
> 
> http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=252982
> 
> General Information
> Document Type:  Grants Notice
> Funding Opportunity Number:     DRLA-DRLAQM-14-033
> Funding Opportunity Title:      South-South Cooperation to Protect Asian
> Migrant Workers
> Opportunity Category:   Discretionary
> Funding Instrument Type:        Grant
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> Posted Date:    Mar 25, 2014
> Creation Date:  Mar 25, 2014
> Original Closing Date for Applications: Apr 23, 2014  No Explanation
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> Archive Date:   May 23, 2014
> Estimated Total Program Funding:
> Award Ceiling:  $200,000
> Award Floor:    $150,000
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> similar challenges and opportunities. DRL requests proposals for an
> innovative program to promote the labor rights of workers in major
> transnational labor migration corridors, namely for workers migrating
> from South Asia and/or East Asia and Pacific regions to destination
> countries with significant populations of foreign workers. The proposal
> should have a particular emphasis on promoting freedom of association,
> through advocacy efforts and technical assistance, and should focus the
> scope of activities on 1) South-South cooperation around a particular
> sector or country and 2) building or expanding upon South-South capacity
> for knowledge-sharing among labor and civil society organi zations in
> origin and destination countries. Additionally, applications should
> focus on building the capacity of migrant workers to organize and
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> Competitive applications will demonstrate a sound plan for gaining
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> expand ongoing activities. International NGOs or regional networks may
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> south-south partners. DRL will not select proposals centered on one-time
> conferences, academic research, or a series of meetings. Pending avail
> ability of funding and evaluation of programmatic progress, DRL may
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