ICCO quick preview

Mission

Working for a world without poverty and injustice

Product

Financial and substantive support to organisations and activities that stimulate and enable people to create humane working and living conditions in their own manner. ICCO also sends experts abroad.

Special focus

Women, human rights, minorities and development cooperation

Annual turnover

€ 150 million

Number of countries

53, in Africa and the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Oceania, and Latin America

Number of partner organisations

938 organisations, of which 76 are being phased out Micro-credits included, ICCO works with 1141 organisations.

Financial assistance extended

1733 counts, including 399 microcredits

Amount

Variable,from € 575 to € 5,350,000

Project spending to intervention strategy

Direct poverty alleviation:   46%
Institutional development: 29%
Lobby and advocacy:         21%
Other:                               3%

Lobby themes

Fair trade, climate change, peace, women's rights (resolution 1325), development policy in the Netherlands and Europe.

Strategic alliances

Edukans, Prisma, Oikocredit, Share People, Kerk in Actie, CNV, Fairfood and others

Member of

Aprodev, IC Consult, Stop Aids Now, Netherlands Water Partnership, Sharenet and a variety of other networks

No. of employees

308, of which 237 permanent staff

Overhead average

12.8%

Main donors

Ministry of Foreign Affairs: €117, 9 million
European Union: €8.5 million
National Postcode Lottery: €1 million