IREX Europe Capacities

Cross-Cutting

Designing, budgeting and implementing development programmes of all sizes
Establishing partnerships with indigenous organisations
Providing scholars, policymakers, business leaders, journalists and other professionals with resources for understanding international political, social, economic, and business developments
Staffing projects from an extensive international pool of experts
Ensuring project financial management and reporting to the highest standards
Conducting open and transparent recruitment and selection of programme participants
Implementing assessment, monitoring and evaluation procedures before, during and after projects

Civil Society

Independent Media

Building the capacity of independent media as a fundamental underpinning to democratic and economic development
Improving professionalism at all levels, including university journalism education, basic skills and mid-career training and media management and leadership training.
Growing the financial sustainability of media outlets through audience research, advertising, circulation and promotion
Training specialist journalists, including in HIV/AIDS, anti-trafficking, anti-corruption, investigative and computer-assisted reporting.
Television and radio production and infrastructure development
Developing media associations and support institutions
Fostering media-NGO and media-government relations

Education

Designing specialized educational and professional exchange programmes
Running international educational advising centres
Building partnerships with more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide
Basic education programming to expand the capacity of primary and secondary school teachers and administrators
Coordinating alumni activities