var MyView = Backbone.View.extend({

  initialize: function(){
    // manually bind event
    this.listenTo(this.model, "some:event", this.modelEvent);
  },

  modelEvent: function(a, b){
    // manually forward event
    this.trigger("some:event", a, b)
  }

});

var m = new MyModel();
var myView = new MyView({
  model: m
});

myView.on("some:event", function(a, b){
  // do stuff here
});

m.trigger("some:event", "foo", "bar");