International Rescue Committee Inc
Acronym: IRC
General Information
Identification Code: 336765244362-96
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Entity Form: NGO
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 10/12/2021
Last Update: 8/18/2023
EP Accredited Number: 0
Mission & Interests
Goals: The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict
and disaster to survive, recover, and gain control of their future.
IRC teams provide health care, infrastructure, learning and economic support to people in 40 countries,
with special programs designed for women and children.
With programmes in Africa, Asia, the Middle East and the Caribbean, we work in refugee camps, disaster
areas
and countries that host refugees. We also work with communities recovering from war or experiencing
prolonged crisis or conflict. The IRC was founded in 1933 at the request of Albert Einstein.
When an emergency arises, the IRC arrives on the scene within 72 hours with urgently needed supplies
and expertise that protect people caught in the midst of chaos. We commit to stay as long as we are
needed, helping survivors to heal, recover and rebuild their communities to be stronger, more stable and
more democratic.
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Interests Represented: Does not represent commercial interests
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Budget
- Climate action
- Education and training
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Humanitarian aid and civil protection
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Migration and asylum
- Trans-European Networks
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: The IRC has been engaging in advocacy and policy activities towards the EU Institutions, with particular
focus on the EU Commission. DG ECHO and DEVCO are IRC's key targets for policy activities especialy in
the following areas:
European
refugee crisis
Women/
girls protection and empowerment (e.g. ECHO policy on "Gender in Humanitarian Aid:
Different Needs, Adapted Assistance" and the EU Gender Action Plan 20162020)
Urban
refugees and protracted displacement situations;
Context specific
policies and programmes;
EU
humanitarian funding.
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: N/A
Head Office
Address: East 42nd Street, 122New York 10168
City: New York
Country: UNITED STATES
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EU Office
Address: 5-6 Square de Meeus
Post Code: 1000
City: Bruxelles
Country: BELGIUM
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Financial Data
New Organisation: false
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Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 0
Members25 Percent: 0
Members50 Percent: 0
Members75 Percent: 0
Members: 20
Members F T E: 20
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: In Europe, the IRC’s global network is represented by IRC UK, IRC’s European headquarters in London
(established in 1997), IRC offices in Geneva (since 1956), and IRC Belgium asbl/vzw established in
Brussels since 2001.
Organisation Members: Voluntary Organisations in Cooperation in Emergencies (VOICE)
European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)
Human Rights and Democracy Network (HRDN)