The Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People’s Affairs (MHDFIPA), launched the new TIP Module on the Ministry’s case management system: FAMCare in partnership with The International Organization for Migration (IOM), under the framework of the Western Hemisphere Program (WHP). The WHP, which is a regional project funded by the US Department of State’s Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration (PRM), aims to strengthen the personal capacities of governments and civil society actors to manage migration in a sustainable and humane manner.
The IOM partnered with the MHDFIPA since 2018 to strengthen the data collection and case management systems for the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council which is chaired by the Ministry. The TIP’s module will strengthen the M&E processes of the Council, specifically, by strengthening the information system and Results-Based Management (RBM), developing a multi-agency online platform to investigate, track, and manage cases of human trafficking, providing an accurate platform for statistical reports and analysis, incorporate a comprehensive security system, with access to information defined by a combination of agency, role and user levels.
According to Hon. Dolores Balderamos-Garcia “The launch today is so much more than the Human Trafficking Data Management System. It is symbolic towards that progress and change that we so fervently work towards in combating Human Trafficking in Belize, regionally, and globally. We know that the fight against Human Trafficking is one of the great Human Rights causes of our time, and our Ministry of Human Development, Families and Indigenous People’s Affairs is committed to working assiduously in eradicating Human Trafficking in our country… ”
Attending the Launch were Government and IOM Belize representatives including:
- Minister Dolores Balderamos-Garcia | Minister of Ministry of Human Development, Families, and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs
- Diana Locke| Head of Office at IOM Belize
- Tanya Santos-Neal |CEO Ministry of Human Development, Families, and Indigenous Peoples’ Affairs
- Andrea De Arment |Political and Economic Section Chief
- Michelle Segura-McGann| Program Manager, Western Hemisphere Program Belize
- Shawn Vargas | Director of Department of Human Services
- Jaunna Murrillo | Focal Point – Anti-Trafficking in Persons Council
- Landee Longsworth | Senior Project Assistant, Western Hemisphere Program Belize
- Krysten Gillett | Consultant – Strengthening the Management Information System: FAMCare
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