HIGHLIGHTS •  20 young people from 10 ASEAN countries

participated in the Forum. •  Highly creative learning sessions included a

safe migration ‘role play’ and a migrant’s journey ‘city challenge’.

•  The Forum generated over 300 social media

posts with the hashtag #IAMIOMX, reaching more than 175,000 people online.

•  Representatives from USAID, World Vision,

Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, UN Women, International Labour Organization (ILO) and Global Fund to End Slavery participated in the Forum.

IOM X YOUTH LEADERS AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM IOM, USAID, UN AGENDIES AND NGOS.

PARTICIPANTS OBSERVE THE ROLE PLAY ACTIVITY.

POST-EVENT REPORT

IOM X ASEAN YOUTH FORUM BANGKOK, 12-14 FEBRUARY 2015

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ACTIVITIES DAY ONE The Forum kicked off with an introduction to IOM and the IOM X campaign. The participants then discussed trends in trafficking and migration in Southeast Asia, and took part in an ‘activity design’ workshop facilitated by Thai creative training agency Black Box. DAY TWO The second day started with a session on behaviour change communication, followed by a role play activity with guests from USAID, UN agencies and NGOs. During the role play, the young leaders had to decide whether or not to migrate for work based on conversations with family, a recruiter, a friend who migrated before and a migrant resource centre worker. Audience participation provided additional support to help the young job seeker make informed decisions, and therefore reduce the risk of exploitation. In the afternoon, the participants rotated between sessions on digital outreach, partnerships, measuring impact, and safety and sensitivity (covering child protection, gender equality and working with survivors of trafficking). DAY THREE The final day of the Forum involved a ‘city challenge’. The young leaders were equipped with GoPro cameras as they scoured Bangkok for important symbols of a migrant’s journey. The symbols – which fell into categories such as ‘transportation’ (i.e. buses, trains), ‘communication’ (i.e. phone booths, Internet cafés) and ‘information’ (i.e. job resources centres, embassies) – were photographed and uploaded to social media, using the hashtag #IAMIOMX.

TARA DERMOTT, IOM X PROGRAM LEADER, INTRODUCES TYPES OF EXPLOITATION.

YOUNG LEADERS ACT OUT ROLE PLAY WEARING GOPRO CAMERAS.

YOUNG LEADERS DEVELOP BEHAVIOUR CHANGE MESSAGES.

YOUNG LEADERS FIND A ‘MEANS OF COMMUNICATION’ DURING CITY CHALLENGE.

JONATHAN MARTENS, IOM SENIOR REGIONAL MIGRANT ASSISTANCE SPECIALIST, INTRODUCES IOM.

DON’T put away your phones! Participants were encouraged to take photos and update their social media pages throughout the Forum.

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DIGITAL FOCUS

PHOTO SHARING In partnership with OLAPIC, IOM X built a platform to share and display images directly on the IOMX.org website. This platform permits users to tag their Tweet, Facebook post or Instagram image with the hashtag #IAMIOMX and see it in the www.iomx.org/act section of the homepage.

LIVE STREAM To further promote digital participation during the Forum, a publicly accessible social monitoring platform was published on www.iomx.org/events-stream. Utilising STREAMA, participants and external audiences were able to observe a live stream of all associated social media contributions.

VIDEO IOM X used miniature cameras (GoPros) to document the ‘role play’ and ‘city challenge’ activities from the perspective of the participants. Six hours of video footage were collated and are currently being synthesized into an IOM X advocacy video.

YOUTH ACT OUT ROLE PLAY WEARING GOPRO CAMERAS.

SCREEN (TOP LEFT) SHOWS A LIVE STREAM OF ALL SOCIAL MEDIA UPDATES TO AUDIENCE.

OVER 150 REUSABLE MEDIA PIECES WERE GENERATED BY THE FORUM.

The Youth Forum used multiple digital solutions to add an element of technology to all activities.

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SOCIAL MEDIAREPORTING PERIOD: 9-19 FEBRUARY 2015 TWITTER

59 tweets by

@IOMXorg reached

21,700 people

134 tweets using

#IAMIOMX reached

110,400 people

72 mentions of

@IOMXorg reached

42,700 people

FACEBOOK

46 posts by IOM X

generated

381 likes

6,600 new fans ‘liked’ the

IOM X Facebook page during the

Youth Forum reporting period

64 posts using #IAMIOMX generated

25 new IOM_X

followers

INSTAGRAM

Article about the Forum generated

57 page views and

36 social shares

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BRANDING

AGENDA

NOTEBOOK

STANDING BANNER (YOUTH FORUM SPECIFIC)

STANDING BANNER (GENERIC)

BAG

FOLDER

T-SHIRT

PENS

STICKERS WITH HASHTAG #IAMIOMX

Strong IOM X and USAID branding was present throughout the Forum. Below are examples of branded items.

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GUESTS

MICHAEL EDDY TAKES A SELFIE WITH YOUTH LEADERS.

GUESTS AND YOUTH LEADERS WATCH ROLE PLAY.

MICHAEL EDDY (L) AND JONATHAN MARTENS (C) PREPARE YOUTH FOR THE ROLE PLAY.

FROM RIGHT: JONATHAN MARTENS, SAM SARBAN AND TARA DERMOTT.

JONATHAN MARTENS (L) AND MICHAEL EDDY (R) TALK WITH YE NAUNG (C) FROM MYANMAR.

“FATHER” DISCUSSES ROLE PLAY WITH MENNO GIBSON (R).

MICHAEL EDDY AND YOUTH LEADERS SEND OUT A TWEET.

IOM X was pleased to welcome the following guests to observe and participate in activities during the Forum: Michael Eddy, Governance and Vulnerable Populations Director, USAID Richard Nyberg, Senior Regional Communications Advisor, USAID Tinaflor Chaingram, Project Management Specialist, USAID Montakan Tanchaisawat, Communications Specialist, USAID Menno Gibson, Senior Programme Manager, Terre des Hommes Diego De La Rosa, Beijing+20 Regional Coordinator, UN Women Sam Sarban, Regional Director for Asia, Global Fund to End Slavery Thachamach Krairit, Programme Officer, Save the Children Thanyathip Chasatwat, Prevention Technical Officer, World Vision Aom Tananart, Saphan Siang Youth Ambassador, World Vision Chanakarn Hutayon, Youth Engagement Officer, World Vision Aanas Ali, Consultant, ILO GMS Triangle Project

TINAFLOR CHAINGRAM (C) AND YOUTH LEADERS PREPARE FOR THE ROLE PLAY.

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YOUTH LEADERS

BRUNEI

CAMBODIA

Amal Kasibah (L) and Norhayatunajibah Hj. Kifli (R) will organize a public arts-based event in September 2015 at the University of Brunei Darussalam with film screenings, discussion forums and an exhibition. 

Cheath Chansolinda (L) and Chhaya Chhin (R) are planning a number of activities, including a radio program, a training for 20 young people and a short documentary video with a human-trafficking related song. They are also interested in pushing information out through a Facebook campaign as social media engagement is growing in Cambodia.

During the IOM X ASEAN Youth Forum, participants worked with communication professionals to design events they will hold in their home countries from March to September of this year. These youth-led events (which are being funded by the Young South East Asian Leaders Initiative) will help build awareness about human trafficking and exploitation. A summary of each country’s activity plans are below. Please note that these plans are still under development, and therefore subject to change.

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YOUTH LEADERS

LAO P.D.R.

MALAYSIA

Vansanaphon Vongxaynha (L) and Saysi Sayaseng (R) will launch an online campaign in March to connect community youth networks. In April, they will hold a small concert with art exhibits, film screenings, information booths and games, in partnership with the Lao Photographers Community and local NGOs, such as DokLao Centre. They also hope to produce a short film and cartoon booklet with information about human trafficking and safe migration that could be distributed to rural areas in September.

DiSern Phoon (L) and SuYuen Tay (R) are members of Project Liber8. They are planning to organize a national youth conference on human trafficking and exploitation that will take place in Kuala Lumpur to help participants develop their own awareness-raising activities. 

INDONESIA Grace Christina Tobing (L) and Hardiansyah (R) are part of the youth-led group FIGHT.BDG in Bandung. They are planning to bring together 20 students from local high schools to help them develop human trafficking awareness-raising activities they can do in their schools.

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YOUTH LEADERS

PHILIPPINES

SINGAPORE

Joey Dela Cruz (L) lives in Manila, while Charlene Gonzaga (R) lives in Tacloban. In Manila, Joey is planning to organize a film screening and forum on decent work and migration. He may also organize free jeepney rides along popular routes with information about human trafficking and safe migration being shared during each trip. In Tacloban, with Joey’s support, Charlene is planning to train 15 young people to lead activities in their own schools and then work together to plan one larger public event, such as a concert. 

Edwin Soh (L) and Sovereigna Lakhotia (R) from the National University of Singapore are planning to organize community engagement activities with foreign domestic workers in March, including a photo exhibition, domestic worker rights materials and discussion forums. In June, they want to hold a youth forum with film screenings, panel discussions and role play activities. They hope to collaborate with HOME and Emancipasia, as well as their university, the Ministry of Manpower and the U.S. Embassy.

MYANMAR Kaungsu Lamin (L) and Ye Naung (R) are planning to partner with local NGOs to organize a flash mob in People’s Park at the end of April, followed by a Call for Freedom pledge at a shopping centre to encourage awareness about human trafficking and a call to action on Labour Day. In September, they are hoping to hold a roundtable discussion with youth-based organizations to plan outreach activities targeting students in grades 8-10 with a tentative free public music concert at the end of the month.

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YOUTH LEADERS

VIETNAM Luong Manh Ha (L) and Pham Minh Hang (R) will organize an online campaign in March and April encouraging people to put a red X on their hands and take a photo to share online along with information about human trafficking and exploitation. In addition, they will organize a youth training for 20 young people in Hanoi in mid-April to help them better understand human trafficking and migration, and then help the trained youth carry out 4-5 outreach events in May, including film screenings and university radio programs.

THAILAND Dhiramedhist Lueng-ubon (L) and Dokmai (R) are planning to organize two drama performances with students from schools in Mahachai and Sangkhlaburi, with support from World Vision Thailand. In March, they will conduct research to better understand current levels of knowledge about human trafficking and migration and then identify student actors to work with to craft the dramas. The performances will be held in June for students and their families following a rehearsal period from April to May. 

CHALLENGES •  Disparate levels of human trafficking

knowledge among the participants made it difficult to cover the key information in the time allotted.

•  Some of the participants were quite far along in planning their community outreach activities while others were still in the initial stages and needed more support to help finalize their plans. 

•  The duration of the Forum (three days) made it difficult to accord adequate time for all sessions and resulted in long days for the participants.

SUCCESSES •  The photo challenge with safe migration

messages was well-received by the participants as an opportunity for teamwork and creativity. Several plan to replicate this activity in their home communities.

•  The role play with stakeholders, including USAID, UN agencies and NGO partners, proved to be very engaging and created meaningful interaction between the youth  participants and guests, while also incorporating behaviour change messages related to safe migration. Positive feedback was received from the stakeholders and young people, who identified this session as one of their favourite of the Forum. 

•  The incorporation of digital elements throughout the forum, such as the use of a live Twitter feed and GoPros, contributed to growth of IOM X’s online platforms and also garnered a heightened level of engagement from the youth participants and stakeholders.

LESSONS LEARNED •  Given the differing levels of knowledge about human trafficking among the participants, it

would be beneficial to devote a longer session to understanding the issue where those youth who are more knowledgeable could help facilitate discussions with their peers. 

•  To ensure more time during the Forum to develop community outreach plans, it would be best to have the participants share their ideas on the first day of the Forum and get initial feedback from IOM X staff and then schedule time on the last day for each project to be discussed separately. In addition, more activities during the Forum could be designed to link back to their own projects and the human trafficking prevention messages that they will use. 

•  It would be useful to provide a session with different workshops where participants could choose the topics that are most relevant to their planned community activities, such as digital outreach, private sector partnerships, child protection, and working with survivors of trafficking. 

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FINAL THOUGHTS

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For more information about the IOM X ASEAN Youth Forum, please contact Tara Dermott, IOM X Program Leader, at tdermott@iom.int