Irex Europe

IREX Europe was founded in 2004, in Lyon (France). Over the past fifteen years we've worked in 37 countries, mainly in the Eastern Partnership and Russia, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Europe and Central Asia. Our work focuses on supporting human rights, good governance and promoting democracy by supporting and working with activists and... civil society organisations directly, by seeking to improve education, strengthen independent media and reduce conflict. The IREX Europe approach emphasises partnerships with local development organisations and provides training and capacity building in order to create sustainable change. We believe we have a particular and unique approach to our work based on our hands-on, labour intensive partnership approach where our project team is constantly involved at every level of our projects' implementation. We seek to build holistic projects working at multiple levels and over extended periods of time (5 years +) to effect real change where we work. We do this by seeking to build multi-funded projects that work to strengthen local organisations both as institutions and as more effective actors in their domain. We identify and work with local partners, building long-standing close relationships founded on trust, equal partnership, a sharing of knowledge, expertise and skills, and seek to empower and strengthen our partners and individuals within partner organisations. IREX Europe operates with funding support from multiple donors, including the EU, United Nations, and bilateral governments.Read More