Innovative Philanthropy

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Human Security & Youth Inclusion

Kabul, Afghanistan

Strategies employed in conflict zones in recent years have failed to stop a steady flow of young recruits to the ranks of insurgent groups. To prevent the process of recruitment and radicalisation, it is crucial to intervene at the earliest possible stage. Addressing the grievances and needs of the "Angry Young Men" is a means of early intervention to avoid radicalisation. The ICOS Centre of Excellence on Human Security and Youth Inclusion is based in London, UK, and Kabul, Afghanistan.

Education & Employment

Gulf Region

The ICOS initiative on Education and Employment aims to identify ongoing local challenges of a rapidly changing society and provide research, advocacy and innovative policy analysis to encourage pragmatic responses and cost-effective long-term solutions. The ICOS Centre of Excellence in Education and Employment is located in Sharjah, UAE.

Security & Citizenship

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The ICOS Security and Citizenship programme combines innovative research and policy analysis to promote pragmatic responses to today's most pressing social challenges. ICOS aims to promote the values of citizenship and empowerment in communities at the grassroots level: processes of social transformation are achieved through multi-sector policy initiatives and joint responsibility. ICOS supports communities to become safer, paving the way for social and economic development. The ICOS Centre of Excellence on Security and Citizenship is based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Global Food Security

New Delhi, India

In collaboration with the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and CINI, ICOS is developing a new project, The Global Food Security Initiative, examining the intersections between food security, development, and state security. The project currently has its focus on India and Brazil, as two countries that are widely affected by these issues. The ICOS Centre of Excellence in food security operates out of New Delhi, India.

Rome Consensus

Paris, France

The Rome Consensus For a Humanitarian Drug Policy commits 121 National Societies of Red Cross and Red Crescent from Africa, Asia, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe to promote and implement humanitarian approaches to drug use. The Rome Consensus aims to bring drugs and drug use to the forefront of social concerns, focussing drug response formulation and implementation on a public health approach. The Rome Consensus is based in London, UK.

The International Council on Security and Development

To achieve its aim of promoting innovative philanthropy, The Mercator Fund has developed the International Council on Security and Development, an international policy think tank working to combine grassroots research and policy innovation at the intersections of security, development , counter-narcotics and public health issues.

Through a unique mix of field research, reports and project implementation, ICOS examines the root causes of current crises, and works to achieve measurable and direct policy results.

ICOS works towards its goals through a series of projects run out of its regional centres of excellence, using its own unique cutting edge "Labs" methodology.

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