Partnerships strengthen efforts and increase impact.
To advance our mission, we collaborate with national, regional, and international partners through a participatory, cross-disciplinary approach.
We prioritise alignment across public, private, and philanthropic sectors, ensuring our efforts complement rather than duplicate existing initiatives in the AMR space. Learn more about partnership opportunities below.
These include partners in LMICs who lead projects and provide expertise, ensuring that joint efforts are relevant, responsive and impactful. Projects are implemented by local, multidisciplinary teams with the engagement of ministries and other stakeholders from the public and private sectors, as well as civil society. We also collaborate with institutions and organisations globally to support the testing, adaption and implementation of innovations and evidence-based solutions.
ICARS supports projects that are country-led and address local AMR priorities.
Countries on the OECD DAC list may apply for funding and technical partnerships. Expressions of Interest are accepted from Ministries, or groups of Ministries, working together with national research institutions.
These are LMIC governments who share our vision and support our mission. They are ambassadors for ICARS and join us in facilitating knowledge transfer, cross-country learning and advocacy, ensuring that LMIC perspectives reach regional and global policy fora. Mission Partners become part of a global network dedicated to sustainable AMR mitigation and are invited (on a rolling basis) to nominate a member to our Board of Directors.
These include governments, foundations, international organisations and institutions who contribute financial resources for our organisation and activities. Their financial contributions and partnership help to strengthen our capacity, consolidate organisational sustainability and expand our project portfolio. Funding partners are essential in supporting both our work and the generation of sustainable impact and results from our efforts.
Funders who commit to a significant multi-year investment become strategic funding partners and may nominate a member to our Board of Directors, helping shape the strategic direction of ICARS. These partners support our financial sustainability, and their investments advance the broader global response to AMR, contributing to interconnected progress in health security, resilience, and sustainable development.
“Fighting antibiotic resistance comes in small steps that should be strategic, orderly and well thought out. Well within the one health concept, our interventions start on the consumer’s table and ends in the environment. We are confident that with the solution we offer we can have an impact in the fight against antimicrobial resistance.”
“ICARS is a unique international funding agency that our project team has had the opportunity to work with. Beyond providing financial support, ICARS also offers valuable technical assistance through a co-development approach, ensuring that projects are designed and implemented in accordance with the country’s context, needs, and available resources.”
“It wasn’t unusual to find a patient on three antibiotics when they needed one. That’s a cost first to the hospital, but also puts the patient at unnecessary risk as well. But, following the introduction of an antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programme, behaviours began to change. We have seen a significant reduction, largely I think due to awareness that not every patient needs an antibiotic, and also, the use of laboratory information.”
