Our goals

The IRC has been working with the EU since 2003 to provide life-saving support to people in the hardest-to-reach places and to help rebuild the lives of refugees and asylum seekers in Europe.
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Our work with EU Humanitarian Aid

The Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO) has funded our programmes since 2003.

In the spotlight: DG ECHO funding enabled us to:  

  • In Syria, in 2023, provide critical health services to more than 220,000 people in the North-East and North-West of the country, together with Mercy Corps and local partners.  
  • In Afghanistan, in 2023, provide improved access to integrated health, nutrition, food security, and protection services to more than 640,000 people among host communities, IDPs and returnees in underserved areas.
  • In Sudan, since 2021, support over 9,000 individuals with prevention and response services to gender-based violence, and, in 2024, provide emergency food aid, access to water, and evacuation services to some 50,000 households in Khartoum that are unreachable for most humanitarian actors. 
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Our work with the Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA)

The European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) has been working with the IRC since 2011.

In the spotlight: DG INTPA funding allowed us: 

  • in Pakistan (between February and July of 2024), to enrol 33,305 children with severe acute malnutrition in schools  
  • in the Central African Republic (from June 2022 to June 2023), to support 100,775 people with psychosocial care, medical services, legal aid, literacy programs, and economic empowerment 
  • in Burundi (fromMarch 2023 to February 2024), train 8 civil society organisations on Gender Based Violence (GBV) prevention and response leading to the socio-economic reintegration of 100 women survivors of GBV, and raising awareness among 703 men and community leaders. 
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Our work with the Directorate-General for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations

The Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations has been funding IRC programmes in Libya since 2018.

In the spotlight: in 2023, DG NEAR helped us to deploy mobile health teams in Libya to:

  • Provide reproductive health consultations to 26,418 people 
  • Deliver primary health care services to 42,540 individuals 
  • Train 312 staff from the Libyan Ministry of Health to improve healthcare service delivery. 

Our work with the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers

The IRC has been working with the Directorate-General for Justice and Consumers (DG JUST) since 2018.

In the spotlight: in 2019, funding from DG JUST enabled the IRC in Greece to:

  • Provide training to 43 community leaders to help them identify, support and refer survivors of gender-based violence to relevant services

  • Provide training on child protection and caring for child survivors to 21 professionals -police officers, psychologists, social workers and medical staff

  • Conduct exchange visits between Greece, France and Bulgaria to share best practices on supporting women affected by violence

 

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Our work with the Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs

The Directorate General for Home Affairs and Interior (DG HOME) has been funding IRC programmes since 2018.

In the spotlight: in 2019, funding for the EURITA programme has helped us to train 175 people from 14 different countries on how to provide best-in-class refugee integration services