BICE

What BICE does

BICE (Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance) is a French-law non-governmental organization founded in 1948 at the initiative of the Pope, dedicated to the protection of children's rights and their integral development worldwide, without discrimination or proselytism. The organization operates through a federated network of approximately 80 member organizations and delivers field programs in roughly 27-30 countries across Africa, Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, reaching 50,602 children and 9,103 parents in 2025 through 56 active projects.

BICE's programmatic portfolio is anchored on a proprietary resilience methodology refined over 40+ years of research, operationalized through the 'Tuteurs de Résilience' (Resilience Tutors) training program developed in academic partnership with the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano since 2015. The portfolio spans six main verticals: violence prevention and trauma healing (Enfance sans violences), education access for out-of-school children (Écoles sans murs), restorative juvenile justice (Enfance sans Barreaux), refugee and internally displaced children support, disability inclusion, and humanitarian food security. Beyond direct field action, BICE holds consultative status with ECOSOC and conducts international advocacy at the UN Human Rights Council, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the Universal Periodic Review.

The organization's business model is donation-driven: as a French organization of general interest, BICE benefits from a 66% tax deduction for French individual donors and accepts individual giving, corporate donations, and legacies/life insurance bequests through an online donation platform. The suggested donation tiers are €90, €120, and €150. Governance is supported by the Don en Confiance certification held continuously since 2008, renewed in 2026. The organization maintains two offices: a communication and donor relations office in Paris, and an advocacy, research and development office in Geneva. No commercial revenue, government contracts, or institutional grants are disclosed in the available data.

Name

BICE

Legal name

Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance

Website

https://bice.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1948

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Protection and Humanitarian Services

NAICS

Human Rights Organizations (813311), Child and Youth Services (62411)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Refugee, Crisis & Humanitarian Education Partnerships (EiE) (EDADALAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Social & Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) for Nutrition (BPADAJAK), Inclusion-Focused SEL for Diverse Learners (ECE) (EDACAOAK)

Keywords

• Child rights advocacy
• Humanitarian child protection
• Psychosocial support services
• International NGO programs
• Child welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Paris

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Legacies: As a French law NGO recognized as an organization of general interest, BICE operates primarily through donations from individuals, companies, and institutional donors. Tax deductions (66% in France) incentivize individual giving. Legacies and life insurance donations are also accepted.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

BICE is a French-law NGO that protects children's rights worldwide through field programs and international advocacy. It delivers psychosocial support, inclusive education, violence prevention, juvenile restorative justice, refugee assistance, and food-security initiatives for vulnerable children across approximately 30 countries, alongside advocacy at UN human-rights mechanisms. Programs are funded by donations and executed through a network of 80 member organizations and local partners, applying a 40+ year resilience-based methodology.

Product overview

BICE (Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance) is a French NGO founded in 1948 at the call of the Pope, dedicated to child rights protection and the integral development of every child without discrimination. The organization operates through a network of approximately 80 member organizations worldwide and delivers field programs in approximately 30 countries, reaching over 50,000 children and 30,000 parents annually. BICE's programmatic portfolio includes resilience training (Tuteurs de Résilience), education access programs (Écoles sans murs), violence prevention (Enfance sans violences), restorative juvenile justice (Enfance sans Barreaux), refugee support, disability inclusion, and food security initiatives. Beyond direct field operations, BICE conducts international advocacy at UN mechanisms including the Human Rights Council, Committee on the Rights of the Child, and Universal Periodic Review.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tuteurs de Résilience (Resilience Tutors) Resilience training program that helps professionals working with children who have experienced trauma (conflict, violence, abuse, street life) to provide adapted psychosocial support. Delivered in partnership with the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan.
• Écoles sans murs (Schools Without Walls) Multi-country education program focused on ensuring access to quality education for vulnerable children, including those in informal settlements and underserved areas.
• Enfance sans violences (Childhood Without Violence) Program dedicated to preventing and addressing violence against children, including psychological support and trauma healing for children affected by war and conflict.
• Enfance sans Barreaux (Childhood Without Bars) Juvenile justice program promoting restorative justice approaches, working to prevent children in conflict with the law from being incarcerated and supporting their reintegration into society.
• International Advocacy and UN Representation International advocacy services at the UN Human Rights Council, Committee on the Rights of the Child, and Universal Periodic Review mechanisms to promote and protect children's rights.
• Humanitarian Response and Food Aid Emergency food assistance combined with development activities, providing nutritional support to vulnerable children and families in crisis situations.

Quantifiable outcome

• 50,602 children and 9,103 parents reached in 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2015Academic partnership for resilience tutor training programs. Since 2015, the university has partnered with BICE to develop and deliver 'Tuteurs de résilience' (Resilience Tutors) training, providing professionals with methods and tools for adapted psychosocial support to children who have experienced trauma.
• CECODAPcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal partner organization in Venezuela providing emergency response including material aid, psychosocial support, and child protection following the devastating earthquakes of June 2026.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• UNICEF: UN-mandated agency for child rights and wellbeing operating globally across education, protection, health, and emergency response. Operates at a scale and scope several orders of magnitude larger than BICE, but shares child-rights advocacy and field programming DNA.
• Caritas Internationalis: Global Catholic confederation of charitable organizations with humanitarian and development work spanning relief, migration, and social inclusion. Shares BICE's Catholic affiliation and global federation structure but operates at much greater breadth.
• Save the Children International: Large-scale international NGO working on child rights, education, protection, and emergency response across more than 100 countries. Overlaps with BICE's programmatic areas but operates at vastly greater scale and institutional funding base.

Direct peers

• Plan International: International child-rights NGO delivering education, protection, and youth empowerment programs in dozens of countries, with active UN advocacy. Direct program-model peer delivering child-focused humanitarian and development work in similar geographies.
• Defence for Children International (DCI): Independent international NGO with a federation of national sections focused on children's rights advocacy and legal protection. Strong overlap with BICE's juvenile justice, advocacy, and rights-monitoring work.
• ChildFund International: International child-focused development and protection NGO operating across multiple regions with sponsorship-based donor model. Comparable program areas (education, protection, youth livelihood) and federated field presence.
• Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS): Catholic-affiliated international NGO serving refugees and forcibly displaced people, with substantial overlap on BICE's 'children refugees and internally displaced' domain. Operates field programs in many of the same countries and shares faith-based funding channels.
• War Child Alliance: International NGO supporting children affected by armed conflict through protection, education, and psychosocial support — directly comparable to BICE's resilience and war-trauma programs in Ukraine, DRC, Armenia, and the Sahel.
• SOS Children's Villages International: International NGO focused on children without parental care and at risk of losing it, with member associations in more than 130 countries. Peer in child protection scope and federated member-organization model.
• Terre des Hommes International Federation: International federation headquartered in Europe that defends children's rights through field programs and advocacy, with very similar origins, values, and a comparable project portfolio in child protection, education access, and juvenile justice. Closest structural analogue to BICE.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCWyVc1jfCdt6wVGDVvXsFwQ
• Facebookfacebook.com/OngBICE
• LinkedInfr.linkedin.com/company/bice-bureau-international-catholique-de-l%27enfance-
• Instagraminstagram.com/ong_bice
• Pinterestfr.pinterest.com/bice_enfance
• Xx.com/ongbice

Compliance1 record

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