UN Agencies

Caritas Czech Republic cooperates with a number of agencies belonging to the United Nations (UN). Their support covered a total of 16% of our budget for international aid in 2019. We are working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR to improve conditions among refugee communities in Zambia. We emphasize increasing the availability of education and creating economic self-sufficiency.

Part of our UNICEF cooperation is, among other things, the development of a system for virtual medical consultations for children and the inclusion of this data in the system that CCR is developing to strengthen primary medical care in Georgia.

We also worked with the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN OCHA) to provide emergency shelter and food aid to vulnerable families in Iraq.

As part of the World Food Programme (WFP), we launched a school food program in Dohuk Governorate. Thanks to this initiative, we managed to ensure that children stay in schools. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has funded a project in Georgia to create a sustainable waste management system in the Pshav-Khevsureti National Park. Thanks to UNDP support, we have also launched our largest program to support Iraq's renewalup to this date.

We are partnered with The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) that delivers a world where every pregnancy is wanted, every birth is safe, every young person's potential is fulfilled.

International Labour Organization (ILO) promotes opportunities for women and men to obtain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, security and dignity.

Czech Development Agency (CzechAid)

CzechAid is one of our largest donors; in 2019, contributions from this organization, together with subsidies from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of the Interior, accounted for 46% of the total expenditure on our international projects.

CzechAid supported, for example, the establishment of a screening centre for oncological diseases in Georgia or the development of education in Zambia.

European Commission

The European Commission is an important partner and funder, it participates in many of our projects within foreign branches. It provides emergency aid and support (in the form of materials and services) to victims of conflicts and natural disasters, participates in development programs promoting recycling and sustainability in Mongolia or supporting civil society in Syria.

Funding is through ECHO (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations), INTPA (International Partnerships) and NEAR (European Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations).

Agence Française de Développement

The Agence Française de Développement (AFD) Group funds, supports and accelerates the transitions to a fairer and more sustainable world.

It participates in funding projects to improve mental health care in Georgia.

Italian Agency for Development Cooperation

AICS supports development initiatives across the globe. The key themes of the future are a more equal distribution of wealth, guaranteed access to quality healthcare, education, and environmental sustainability.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic cooperates with Caritas Czech Republic on many humanitarian aid and development cooperation projects in our country offices - for example, to support returnees from the Iraqi province of Nineveh or to involve Mongolian or Moldovan youth in civil society.

SlovakAid

In 2020, Caritas Czech Republic began cooperating with SlovakAid. We are working together to develop a waste management infrastructure in Georgia. In the Rača Mountains, thanks to SlovakAid's support, we help local communities manage the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Central Project Management Agency

An international agency dealing with project management, overseeing the responsible allocation of public funds. It provides methodological support and ensures compliance with internationally recognized rules.

The agency cooperates on projects in Ukraine or Georgia.

Výzkumný ústav vodohospodářský TGM

Výzkumný ústav vodohospodářský TGM (The TGM Water Research Institute) is one of the oldest scientific societies in the Czech Republic. Together with Caritas Czech Republic, it is collaborating on a project aimed at increasing economic prosperity and reducing poverty by supporting the development of an ecological, low-carbon and energy-efficient economy and strengthening the circular economy of Mongolia.

Australian Volunteers - Australian Aid

The Australian Volunteers Program is an Australian Government-funded initiative that supports global volunteerism. The program fosters strong relationships between Australia and communities around the world to contribute to equitable development outcomes in achieving locally-led change and realizing the Sustainable Development Goals.

Moldova National Youth Authority (ANT)

The National Youth Agency is an administrative body of the Ministry of Education and Research of the Republic of Moldova, whose mission is to ensure the implementation of state policy in the field of youth work, youth programs, human resources, work methodologies and research in the youth sector.