Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Citizenship and Governance
Crime Prevention
Criminal Justice
Development
Disarmament
Drug Control
Governance
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
International Security
Peace and Security
Refugees
Social Development
Sustainable Development
Violence
Financing for Development:
Mobilizing international resources for development
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Human rights of women
Research
Violence against women
Population:
International migration
Morbidity and mortality
Population distribution and internal migration
Public Administration:
Ethics, Transparency and Accountability
Governance and Public Administration
Knowledge Systems and E-government
Social Development:
Conflict
Cooperative
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Technical cooperation
Youth
Statistics:
Crime and criminal justice statistics
Development indicators
International migration
Social Statistics and Social Monitoring
Sustainable Development:
Capacity-building
Gender equality
Human settlements
Indicators
Institutional arrangements
Partnerships
Poverty
Sustainable development for Africa
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
Peace and Development in Africa:
Development in Africa
Peace in Africa
Conflict Resolution in Africa:
Conflicts Resolution
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| Geographic scope: |
International
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| Country of activity: |
Congo
Nicaragua
Timor-Leste
Jamaica
Mali
El Salvador
United States of America
Colombia
Uruguay
Guinea Bissau
Uganda
Central African Republic
Paraguay
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ethiopia
Ecuador
South Africa
Honduras
Mexico
Brazil
Cape Verde
Burundi
Rwanda
Somalia
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Lebanon
Guatemala
Haiti
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| Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Promote gender equality and empower women
Develop global partnership for development
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| Mission statement: |
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| Year established: |
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| Year of registration: |
2011 |
| Organizational structure: |
The Igarapé Institute is a registered non-profit organization based in Brazil. The Institute is overseen by an executive director, a research director and a managing director. The Institute´s governance structure includes a board of directors, a fiscal council, an advisory board and, in 2015, an honorary board. The Institute undertakens independent audits annually, and all records of its accounts are transparent and online. The Institute also houses the Secretariat for the Global Commission on Drug Policy - an entity that includes nine former heads of state, a former UN Secretary General, as well as globally renowned business and finance leaders. For more on the Institute consult www.igarape.org.br. |
| Number and type of members: |
The Igarapé Institute includes 40 personnel working in Rio de Janeiro, Bogota, Mexico, Washington, London, and Lisbon. Additional partners and consultants are also based elsewhere in Brazil and South Africa. The team includes specialists in international relations, international law, security and development studies, economics, and computer science. Staff operate in English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish. The Institute also includes 5 financial and human resource administrative staff. What is more, the Institute has formal partnerships with 5 sub-contracted organizations providing additional inputs in relation to press and communications, graphic design and lay-out support, additional data science/software programming skills, and accounting. |
| Affiliation with NGO networks: |
The Igarapé Institute is partnered with over a dozen networks. These include the Violence Prevention Alliance (VPA), the Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime, the WEF Agenda Council on Fragility, Conflict and Violence, PeaceCap, and others |
| Funding structure: |
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
Fees for providing consulting or research services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Grants from Governments
Foreign and international grants
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