Igarapé Institute

Company profile

Igarapé Institute company profile

The Igarapé Institute is a think and do tank dedicated to the integration of security and development agendas with a strategic focus on the Global South. Your goal is to propose alternative solutions to complex social challenges through research, training of public policy, technology and articulation. We are a nonprofit, independent and nonpartisan, based in Rio de Janeiro, but whose performance transcends local, national and regional boundaries. Fundamentally, the Igarapé Institute is connected to a broad ecosystem of organizations and agencies in Brazil and around the world. The word Igarapé in Tupi, means "way of the canoe." The Igarapés are small rivers or canals, very common in the Amazon, essential for communication between people and responsible for connecting large rivers.