Kofi Annan Foundation

Overview

The Kofi Annan Foundation is an independent not-for-profit organization, established in Switzerland in 2007 by the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. Its Board comprises prominent personalities from the public and private sectors, and we have a small, agile team based in Geneva, Switzerland. Within its core work areas of peace, youth empowerment, democracy and international cooperation, they:

bring experts together to address global challenges
facilitate transitions to peace and promote dialogue and reconciliation to build trust
put forward recommendations to governments, civil society and business to protect democracy
create and select initiatives that promote Kofi Annan’s values.

Category:
International Organization
Sectors of Interest:
Democratic Governance, Youth Empowerment
Sub Sectors of Interest:
Election Management, Social and Economic Empowerment, Conflict prevention and peace building , Youth Participation and Leadership
Type of Service:
Capacity building and training, Institutional Strengthening, Research and assessment
Sub Services:
Procedures and policies development, Scoping studies
Locations:
Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Sudan, Syria
Headquarters:
Switzerland

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Name	Category	Countries of Coverage	Sectors & Services
UN Secretariat	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Child Rights, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Environment and Energy, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Women Rights and Empowerment
Open Society Foundations	International Organization	Jordan, Tunisia	Arts and Culture, Democratic Governance, Education, Entrepreneurship, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Media Development, Refugees and Migration, Social DevelopmentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training
Rockefeller Foundation	International Organization	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Sudan	Agriculture, Child Rights, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Health, Refugees and Migration, Social Development, Urban & Rural Development, Water and WastewaterAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Institutional Strengthening, Research and assessment
Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD)	International Organization	Algeria, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia	Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment, Social DevelopmentResearch and assessment, Capacity building and training, Monitoring and evaluation, Institutional Strengthening
U.S. State Department	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen	Agriculture, Arts and Culture, Child Rights, Climate Change and Global Warming, Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Entrepreneurship, Environment and Energy, Health, Human Rights, Humanitarian aid, Media Development, Refugees and Migration, Social Development, Water and Wastewater, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth Empowerment
UNECA	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia	Economic Growth, Entrepreneurship, Information Communication and Technology, Trade
European Partnership for Democracy (EPD)	International Organization	Jordan, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia, Turkey	Democratic Governance, Human RightsPolicy and legislative reform , Research and assessment
The Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Syria, Tunisia, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Economic Growth, Education, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration, Water and Wastewater
European Commission	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Palestine, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen	Economic Growth, Humanitarian aid, Refugees and Migration
Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF)	Bilateral and Multilateral Agency	Iraq, Tunisia, Yemen	Democratic Governance, Women Rights and Empowerment, Youth EmpowermentAdvocacy and awareness raising, Capacity building and training, Monitoring and evaluation