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Organisation aims and activities: ICCYS is a specialised unit for training,
research and policy analysis which focuses on
the needs of children and youth in developing,
transitional and developed societies. It seeks
to promote the holistic development of
children and youth, and believes in children
and youth as agents of development.

Further details: ICCYS undertakes and promotes multi- disciplinary training and research, policy analysis, programme development and local capacity building in a number of specific fields, mainly: education, health, abuse/ violence, work/ labour, sexuality, rights and and participation

Operational level: International

Works with age groups : Children 0 - 18

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Fund other organisations, Provide training or education on child rights, Research child rights, Work in partnership with organisations

Areas of expertise: Armed conflict, Child participation, Children and the media, Children living with HIV/AIDS, Children with disabilities, Children working and living on the street, Economic rights, Education and cultural rights, Emergency relief, Environment and habitat, Family and alternative care, Gender and girls, Health and welfare, Implementation, Individual cases of violations, Justice, Minority or indigenous children, Refugee and unaccompanied children, Reporting to and monitoring the CRC, Sexual exploitation and abuse, Violence

Countries in which this organisation works: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Andorra, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island [Norway], Brazil, British Indian Ocean Territory [United Kingdom], Brunei Darussalam, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Channel Islands [United Kingdom], Chile, China, Christmas Island [Australia], Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo, Democratic Republic of the, Cook Islands [New Zealand], Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Malvinas), Faroe Islands [Denmark], Fiji, Finland, France, French Guiana [France], French Polynesia [France], French Southern Territories [France], Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Gibraltar [United Kingdom], Greece, Greenland [Denmark], Grenada, Guadeloupe [France], Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Heard Island and McDonald Islands [Australia], Holy See, Honduras, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Islamic Republic of, Iraq, Ireland, Isle of Man [United Kingdom], Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Democratic People´s Republic of, Korea, Republic of, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao Special Administrative Region of China, Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique [France], Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte [France], Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Moldova, Republic of, Monaco, Mongolia, Montserrat, Morocco, Morocco (Western Sahara), Mozambique, Myanmar , Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles [Netherlands], New Caledonia [France], New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue [New Zealand], Norfolk Islands [Australia], Northern Ireland [United Kingdom], Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Palestinian Territory, Occupied, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Réunion [France], Romania, Russian Federation, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon [France], Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia , Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands [Norway], Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Taiwan, Province of China, Tajikistan, Tanzania, United Republic of, Thailand, Tibet, Autonomous Region of China, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Virgin Islands (British), Virgin Islands (United States), Wallis and Futuna Islands [France], Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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International Centre for Child and Youth Studies (ICCYS)