STRENGTH

1 Experienced and flexible workforce that is willing and able to quickly respond to emerging needs/requests
2 Multi-disciplinary approach
3 Existing partnerships with LE & Judiciary System, aftercare facilities and selected CSOs/NGOs
4 Qualified and professional reputation
5 Access to certain technology
6 Focus on both offenders & victims
7 Passion to do good / “Can Do” - attitude
CHALLENGES
8 High staff / leadership turnover
9 Imbalance between (priority given) to sections of our work
10 Minimal focus on empowerment of LE & JS
11 Weak communication, understanding and interaction between individuals and departments
12 Weak monitoring and learning agenda
13 Lack of in-depth knowledge and experience in human trafficking, victim identification and other critical areas
14 “Policing” mentality, often leading to parallel investigations, duplications and confusion/friction
15 Weak understanding of capacity needs and institutional goals of (LE-)partners
16 Multi-cultural team and partners (ways of working, language, standards, etc.)
17 Focus on Open Source data; mostly micro, not macro
18 Not maximizing intelligence and evidentiary potential
19 Limited partnership portfolio
20 Weak pro-activity / staff only moving by direction
21 Weak internal and external reporting
22 Insufficient human resources in certain areas
23 Limited capacity and activity geared towards fundraising
24 Strong reputation limited to a select group of partners
25 Limited focus on Prevention
26 Minimal focus on systemic change (depth in work)
27 Unclear Case Management (activate, terminate, timed deliverable, etc.)
28 Limited/no strategic/high-level conversations/partners
29 Prosecution often not seen as driver of investigation, but as a result/next action
OPPORTUNITIES
30 Electronically Enabled Human Trafficking / Online Sexual Exploitation
31 Thailand has made Trafficking in Person a national priority (new needs, opportunities for collaboration, laws,
policies, practices, needs)
32 Demand/need for capacity strengthening
33 Opportunities to strategically expand our partnership portfolio (eg. high-level, non-traditional, etc.)
34 Benefits in other forms of trafficking (eg. increase in labour trafficking)
35 Weak victim / perpetrator identification capacity of LE agencies, public, civil society and service providers
36 Rapid development of ICT
37 (Reversed) Modern Slavery Liaison concept
38 Intensifying legal aspect of our work (policy advocacy, precedent setting)
39 Performing weakness/gap/need assessments among partners
40 Vetting and capacity-building of After-Care facilities
41 Survivors as sources of intelligence/learning (victim-survivor-champion)
42 Use of local volunteers / community groups
43 Shed spotlight on issue of sex trafficking/sexual exploitation
44 Increase in tips on EEHT
45 Investigating / mapping illegal channels of migration and trafficking routes
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THREATS
46 Increase in clandestine trafficking
47 Increased access to technology to support trafficking
48 Reduction in funding and grant-making
49 Shift of resources away from combatting trafficking to addressing Covid-19 and other issues
50 Weak victim / trafficking identification
51 Increased vulnerability of large group of people
52 Recruitment / staffing challenges due to Covid-19
53 National regulations and laws that are not supported
54 Slow/delaying bureaucratic system
55 Corruption
56 Limited mobility and need for quarantining
57 Reduced opportunity to host/visit meetings and events
58 Non-collaborative approach to combat human trafficking
59 Dangerous mix between arrogance and incompetence
60 Over-vocalization of fishery industry