The International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC)

Our program areas:each program area includes initiatives across our three strategic pillars, and we are prepared to grow our existing initiatives, to replicate existing initiatives in other places, and to innovate for greater impact in each program area to increase our impact across our pillars.national capacity building - we empower The global community to create systematic and sustainable protections for Children at The national and state level. We facilitate and strengthen multisectoral, strategic response and assist in The development of coordinated systems, policies, and capabilities. (continued on schedule o)we promote investment in child protection by governments and The business sector. Policy and business sector engagement - we engage with multilateral organizations and with groups of businesses to develop policies and promote information sharing and collective action for protecting Children from sexual abuse and exploitation, disrupting processes related to The sexual exploitation of Children, and addressing issues around Missing Children. Research and thought leadership - we improve national, regional, and global responses to The sexual abuse and exploitation of Children and to issues related to Missing Children by developing and disseminating ideas that foster greater awareness and understanding of critical issues, prompt The creation of better approaches, and provide The rationale for collective action. We assemble and draw insights and conclusions from existing information and generate new knowledge to inform The field at large as well as our own program initiatives.