Guiding how we work and how you work with us.

Partners and Donors

Donors

We are grateful for the funding that we receive from several Governments and donors:

  • Core funding is provided by Norway and Switzerland.
  • A significant donor is the EU via the Enact Consortium and the Sahel Migration Monitoring Project.
  • There are long standing partnerships in place with the UK, Germany, the Netherlands and the OECD.

Partners

The Global Initiative considers a diverse number of multilateral and civil society groups as partners in our work.

  • We have close working relationships with the UN, including UNODC and DPKO in the UN Secretariat, and UNHCR, OHCHR, UNEP, UN University and IOM amongst the specialised agencies.
  • Law enforcement is a key constituent for the Global Initiative, and we have positive collaborations with INTERPOL and EUROPOL, as well as Police Directorates in the UK, Germany and Norway.
  • We have an advanced cooperation with the African Union, and some of the Regional Economic Commissions, such as IGAD and ECOWAS.

We have partnered with a number of other NGOs on different thematic issues, for example:

  • In the environmental field, we have excellent cooperation with WWF and EIA.
  • We have a longstanding partnership the International IDEA on various projects relating to electoral integrity.
  • The Institute for Security Studies in Pretoria, who has been a key partner on a range of projects and programmes on organised crime in Africa, including the ENACT project.
  • InSight Crime, an organised crime observatory in the Americas is a key partner for the region.
  • RUSI, IISS and the Brookings Institute have been collaborators on projects relating to organised crime, conflict, terrorism and security.

In Geneva, we benefit from excellent and mutually supporting working relationships with the Geneva Peacebuilding Platform, the Geneva Centre on Security Policy (GCSP), and the ICRC.

We also work regularly with a number of academic institutions.  To name just a few: Babson College, USA; George Mason, USA; London School of Economics, UK; University of Cape Town, South Africa