IREX

Overview

IREX is a global development and education organization. They focus on people, not on vaccines, roads, or wells. With an annual portfolio of $80 million and 400 staff worldwide, they work with partners in more than 100 countries in four areas essential to progress: cultivating leaders, empowering youth, strengthening institutions, and increasing access to quality education and information.

They partner with civil society, journalists and media outlets, libraries, teachers, youth, and community leaders, among others. They implement comprehensive programs that integrate a focus on people, institutions, and communities and an understanding of how they interact to advance prosperity and social justice.

Category:
International Organization
Sectors of Interest:
Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Information Communication and Technology, Media Development, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Employment and jobs creation, Economic and social empowerment, Women equity and equality, Social and Economic Empowerment, Media independence and protection, ICT for Development, Curriculum Development, Higher Education, Civil society strengthening, Civic engagement participation and volunteerism, Girls Education, Youth Participation and Leadership, Inclusive Education, E-learning, Policy reform, Social empowerment , Economic empowerment
Type of Service:
Advocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training
Locations:
Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Headquarters:
United States