Our Impact

As we celebrate our 20th anniversary, we are positioned to take on an even greater role to make the world a safer place for all children.

For two decades, we have dedicated ourselves to making the lives of children around the world better.

Global Missing Children’s Center

  • We have helped 19 countries develop Rapid Emergency Child Alert Systems similar to AMBER Alert in the U.S. There are now at least 32 countries with alert systems in place.
  • The Global Missing Children’s Network, which offers resources to law enforcement and the public at large, to assist with preventing and responding to reports of missing children, currently has 30 member countries and 33 total members, on 4 continents.
  • We have worked with 8 countries to develop comprehensive responses to the issue of missing children.
  • The Global Health Coalition includes 33 health-sector members, including 4 of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, who have joined forces to address child sexual exploitation as a public health crisis.
  • Through the Global Initiative for Child Health & Well-Being, ICMEC is partnering with the International Task Force on Child Protection, which is comprised of members of the international school community, and the U.S. Department of State to deliver resources and training to educators and school personnel in more than 1,135 schools across 109 countries to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation.
  • ICMEC’s Global Educator Centre for Excellence partners with the International Task Force on Child Protection, the U.S. Department of State and regional education associations to provide resources, training and support to educators and school personnel in thousands of schools across the world to combat child sexual abuse and exploitation.

The Koons Family Institute on International Law & Policy

  • Since 2009, The Koons Family Institute has hosted more than 300 research interns and volunteers, resulting in more than 73,000 volunteer research hours.
  • Since Child Sexual Abuse Material: Model Legislation & Global Review was first released in 2006, 150 countries have refined or implemented new anti-child sexual abuse material laws.

Global Training Academy

  • Since 2003, ICMEC has conducted more than 128 law enforcement training programs across 6 continents.
  • ICMEC has trained more than 16,000 law enforcement officers, investigators, prosecutors, and other specialists from 128 countries.

Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation

  • Members of the U.S. Financial Coalition Against Child Sexual Exploitation make up 90% of the U.S. payments industry.