Report on – 33rd IC Resolution 4: Restoring Family Links while respecting privacy, including as it relates to personal data protection (33IC/19/R4) – Bangladesh Red Crescent Society

¿ Ha incorporado el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en los planes estratégicos u operativos pertinentes?

Los compromisos han sido incorporados en
estrategia
política
plan operativo

A internacional, regional, nacional, local nivel

Explicación:

NS adopts the RFL strategy 2020 – 2025. Which has been developed through a 3-years consultation process with all the components of the Movement (NS, ICRC, IFRC).
Apart from this, BDRCS Strategic Plan 2021-2025 considered RFL under Goal 1 as a priority service. After that a detailed plan was included in the yearly operational plan.
We have a government permission to visit all the prisons and to take the pre-departure session in the Technical Training Centers under the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training authority for providing the RFL services.

Ha trabajado el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución con otros asociados para poner en práctica los empeños contenidos en esta resolución?

En asociación con:
gobierno y/o autoridades públicas
CICR/Federación Internacional
asociados en los ámbitos humanitario y de desarrollo (por ejemplo, Naciones Unidas, organizaciones no gubernamentales)

Ejemplos de cooperación:

•We have a MoU with the IMO for smoothly provide the RFL services specially the migrant people.
•We have a government permission to visit all prisons for provided the RFL services to the foreign detainee.
•We have a government permission to take the pre-departure session in the Technical Training Centers under the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training authority.
•We have also good understanding with the District Information Authority for dissemination the RFL documentary film show for avoid the irregular migration.
•We have good cooperation with the district relief and fire service office for provide the RFL services in the natural/man-made disaster.
•Referral communication with UNCHR regarding child protection issues.

¿Ha habido dificultades para poner en práctica los empeños contenidos en esta resolución?

Dificultades en relación con:
recursos humanos
limitaciones de financiación

Describa detalladamente estas dificultades:

-Human resources – There is a lack of knowledgeable RFL staff such as Data protection Manager in the RFL context.
-Funding constraints – Need fund for building awareness at local level. Due to fund constraint specific RFL services are interrupted in the prison.
-Funding constraints creating issues in implementing RFL yearly operational plan.

¿Han incidido los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en el trabajo y la dirección del Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución?

Tipo de repercusión:
fortalecimiento de la cooperación entre el gobierno o las autoridades públicas y la Sociedad Nacional
aumento de la eficacia y la eficiencia de los programas y operaciones
desarrollo y uso de herramientas o metodologías innovadoras
formación y capacidad de los miembros del personal y de los voluntarios (en el caso de las Sociedades Nacionales);

Describa detalladamente las repercusiones:

Type of Impact:

•Cooperation between Government authorities like Jail & the Bureau of Manpower, Employment and Training (BMET) and National Society has been strengthened.
•Cooperation with IMO and UNHCR make a good partnership for providing the RFL services.

Details about the impact:

•Especially jail authority makes a censorship for any kind of RFL services (RCM, TR and Embassy Notification).
•RFL services adopted the case management tools- FLAnswers and case transferring tools ASPERA FASPEX.
•RFL service always follow the RFL Code of Conduct for handing all RFL cases.

5. Han incidido los empeños contenidos en esta resolución en las comunidades a las que el Estado/la Sociedad Nacional/la institución presta servicios?

Describa las repercusiones:

Increased the trust level of beneficiaries as well as communities about RCRC Movement and their commitments. Fixt point set up at the FDMN camp in the Cox’s Bazar and beneficiaries are coming willingly to the point for taking the RFL services.

RFL services of BDRCS committed to the following goals:
•Clarify key stakeholders and the process for identification and registration of deceased migrants and communication to their families in Bangladesh.
•Uses the potential ways of collaboration between relevant authorities and the National Society (Tracing service) to assist families in finding missing or deceased family members.
•Identify concrete channels of communications with the concerned families regarding the fate of their deceased family members.