Areas of expertise & Fields of activity:
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Economic and Social:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Business and Industry
Children
Citizenship and Governance
Climate Change
Culture
Development
Economics and Finance
Environment
Extreme poverty
Food
Governance
Habitat
Human Rights
Humanitarian Affairs
Indigenous Peoples
Media
Peace and Security
Religion
Social Development
Sports for Peace and Development
Sustainable Development
Values
Volunteerism
Women
Women/gender Equality
Youth
Gender Issues and Advancement of Women:
Advocacy and outreach
Capacity building
Education and training of women
Human rights of women
Indigenous women
Men and boys
Women and health
Women and poverty
Women and the environment
Public Administration:
Governance and Public Administration
Social Development:
Cooperative
Employment
Indigenous issues
Poverty
Social policy
Youth
Sustainable Development:
Agriculture
Biodiversity
Capacity-building
Climate change
Consumption and production patterns
Education
Energy
Finance
Forests
Gender equality
Health
Human settlements
Institutional arrangements
Integrated decision-making
International cooperation for an enabling environment
Partnerships
Poverty
Protecting and managing the natural resources
Rural Development
Sustainable Tourism
Sustainable development in a globalizing world
NEPAD:
Agriculture and Food Security
Climate Change and Natural Resource Management
Crosscutting issues (Gender and Capacity Development)
Human Development
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Geographic scope: |
National
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Country of activity: |
Brazil
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Millennium Development Goals: |
Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger
Achieve universal primary education
Promote gender equality and empower women
Reduce child mortality
Ensure environmental sustainability
Develop global partnership for development
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Mission statement: |
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Year established: |
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Year of registration: |
2008 |
Organizational structure: |
The Institute has a Board with 10 members, elected through General Assemblies for a mandate of three years. The Board takes care of the general administrative and executive decisions.
Each project/workgroup (currently there are eight of them) has a Coordinator, nominated by the Board among those who are already involved in the project. The projects are generally open to members, subject to specific skills required in each case.
There is a weekly General Assembly, which gathers Board, Project Coordinators and interested members. This assembly is the place where visions are developed and strategic decisions are made, always based on ample discussion. |
Number and type of members: |
ICM has approximately 200 active members, and several hundred more people who follow and sympathize with the work from the larger CEBB network (community which founded ICM). |
Affiliation with NGO networks: |
ICM is both affiliated with several NGO networks and has led the development of a network. Today, ICM is most focused on the network it developed - Tupambae: Permanent Forum for Dignity and Sustainable Life, which brings together about 20 NGO's. |
Funding structure: |
Grants from Governments
Fees for education and training services
Donations and grants from domestic sources
Funds from other Non-Governmental Organizations
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