Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

What Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice does

The Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is an Austria-registered non-profit umbrella association headquartered in Vienna that coordinates civil society participation in United Nations crime prevention and criminal justice processes. It serves as the recognized coordination body for non-governmental engagement with the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice (CCPCJ), UN Crime Congresses, the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime (UNTOC) and its review mechanism, and the Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime. Its membership comprises more than 300 NGOs and stakeholders operating across crime prevention, criminal justice, human rights, and adjacent fields.

The Alliance delivers its mandate through a coordination platform rather than commercial products. Core activities include convening thematic working groups (Cybercrime, Access to Justice, Gender-Based Violence as torture by non-state actors, and Crimes that Affect the Environment), aggregating civil society inputs via surveys and consultations, and facilitating member participation in UN forums through briefings, workshops, regional convenings, and constructive dialogues such as the November 2025 Regional Workshop on UNTOC engagement co-organized with LIBERA and GI-TOC and the July 2025 Compendium of Civil Society Contributions for the 15th UN Crime Congress. The technology stack is limited to the crimealliance.org website for information dissemination and member coordination, supplemented by YouTube, Instagram, and standard virtual meeting tools; there are no proprietary technology products, patents, AI/ML capabilities, or commercial software assets.

The Alliance is funded through membership fees and donations, with donation channels including PayPal and bank transfer; no commercial revenue streams, grants portfolio, or audited revenue figures are disclosed. It is governed by an elected Board of Directors serving two-year terms, currently chaired by Ian Tennant (appointed May 2023, succeeding Anna Alvazzi del Frate), and operates with a staff of approximately 12 employees. Strategic partners include UNODC (including its Civil Society Unit), LIBERA, the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), the UNCAC Coalition, and the Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs.

Name

Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Legal name

Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

Website

https://crimealliance.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is an Austria-registered non-profit umbrella association coordinating 300+ NGOs' participation in UN crime prevention and criminal justice processes, including CCPCJ sessions, UN Crime Congresses, and UNTOC review mechanisms.

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Product category

Civil Society Policy Coordination

NAICS

Social Advocacy Organizations (8133), Civic and Social Organizations (813410), Human Rights Organizations (813311), Business Associations (813910)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

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Civil Society Strengthening & Civic Space

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Human Rights, Democracy & Governance

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Rule of Law, Justice & Corrections Support in Conflict Settings

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Peacekeeping, Conflict Resolution & Security Cooperation

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Human Rights & Anti-Discrimination Organizations

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Civil Rights, Advocacy & Public Policy Organizations

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United Nations System & Specialized Agencies

Business & Public Services/International Organizations & Development/Multilateral & Intergovernmental Organizations

Keywords

• Civil society coordination
• Crime prevention advocacy
• NGO umbrella network
• Criminal justice policy
• International policy engagement

Headquarters

HQ city

Vienna

HQ country

Austria

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership fees: The Alliance operates as a membership-based organization with ordinary members paying dues. The organization coordinates civil society engagement in UN crime prevention and criminal justice processes.
2. Donations: The organization accepts donations via PayPal as a non-profit entity, with IBAN AT58 1200 0100 2910 5094 listed for bank transfers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Alliance coordinates civil society engagement in UN crime prevention and criminal justice processes as the recognized umbrella body for NGOs at UN Crime Congresses, CCPCJ sessions, and UNTOC review mechanisms. It administers membership for NGOs, runs thematic working groups (Cybercrime, Access to Justice, GBV as torture by non-state actors, Crimes that Affect the Environment), and organizes events, constructive dialogues, surveys, and capacity-building programs such as the SE4U Summer School for its network of 300+ member organizations.

Product overview

The Alliance of NGOs on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice is a civil society umbrella organization that does not offer commercial products or services. It serves as a network coordinating civil society engagement with UN processes on crime prevention and criminal justice, facilitating NGO participation in international forums, organizing events, maintaining working groups on specialized topics (cybercrime, access to justice, gender-based violence, environmental crime), and providing resources and publications to its member organizations.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Ordinary Membership

Quantifiable outcome

• Survey of 300+ NGOs contributed to the Compendium of Civil Society Contributions for the 15th UN Crime Congress
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• LIBERAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Co-organized the Regional Workshop on Non-governmental Stakeholders' Engagement in Practical Application of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Rome, November 2025.
• GI-TOC (Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 19 November 2025Co-organized the Regional Workshop on Non-governmental Stakeholders' Engagement in Practical Application of the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime in Rome with UNODC and LIBERA.
• UNODC Civil Society Unit (CSU)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 8 July 2021Collaborated on the first Workshop for Civil Society on the Self-assessment Questionnaire of the UNTOC Review Process, July 2021. Moderated by Mirella Dummar Frahi, Chief of CSU.
• Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC)majorGTM or Marketing Partner · 8 July 2021Facilitates civil society participation in CND (Commission on Narcotic Drugs) thematic discussions, selecting 17 civil society experts for discussions.
• UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Alliance serves as the primary civil society coordination partner for UNODC, facilitating civil society engagement in crime prevention and criminal justice processes. This includes joint organization of constructive dialogues, workshops on UNTOC review mechanisms, and civil society briefings for UN congresses.
• UNCAC CoalitionmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on lessons learned from the UNCAC review process for civil society engagement in UNTOC review mechanisms.
• Member NGOs (Ordinary Members)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Alliance coordinates a broad network of ordinary member NGOs contributing to crime prevention and criminal justice. These members participate in governance through voting at Annual General Assemblies and contribute to UN processes.
• WhatsOn Platform (UNODC)majorTechnology or IntegrationThe WhatsOn platform is an online platform designed to bring together relevant stakeholders in the fight against transnational organised crime, including NGOs, academia, and the private sector. The Alliance directs members to this resource.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Forus: International network of national and regional NGO platforms. Operates a comparable coalition-of-coalitions structure aimed at influencing multilateral policy processes, making it a structural peer in the NGO umbrella space.
• UNCAC Coalition: Global civil-society coalition promoting ratification and implementation of the UN Convention against Corruption. Mirrors the Alliance's role in coordinating NGO participation in UN treaty review mechanisms, and is a documented partner of the Alliance for lessons-learned exchange on UN review processes.
• Penal Reform International: Non-governmental organization working globally on criminal-justice reform, including penal policy, prison conditions, and alternatives to incarceration. Directly comparable mission within the criminal-justice NGO ecosystem the Alliance coordinates.
• Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC): Global civil-society network generating analysis and convening on organized crime. Already a documented partner and co-organizer of UNTOC workshops with the Alliance; operates at a larger analytical scale but shares the organized-crime policy-advocacy mandate.
• Vienna NGO Committee on Drugs (VNGOC): Direct peer operating as the umbrella body for civil society participation at the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna. Uses the same NGO coordination model as the Alliance, focused on CND rather than CCPCJ, and is already a documented partner of the Alliance.
• NGO Major Group: Mechanism organizing civil-society participation across UN processes, including High-Level Political Forum and ECOSOC. Comparable function as coordinator of NGO voice in multilateral governance, though broader in scope than the Alliance's crime-prevention focus.

Broad incumbents

• International Commission of Jurists (ICJ): Established international organization of jurists advancing rule-of-law and human-rights standards. Operates at much larger scale with broader mandate, but overlaps with the Alliance's rule-of-law and justice-policy advocacy at the UN level.
• Transparency International: Global civil-society organization focused on corruption and governance, with active engagement in UNCAC review processes. Comparable civil-society advocacy and UN-treaty engagement, though much larger and with a dedicated anti-corruption focus.
• Civicus: Global alliance of civil-society organizations focused on civic space and civic freedoms. Operates a comparable coalition-of-NGOs model at a much larger scale and provides infrastructure and monitoring work the Alliance does not.

Emerging players

• Together 2030: Civil-society consortium engaging in UN follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda, particularly SDG 16 which the Alliance explicitly cites as its central goal. Comparable coalition model focused on UN-level SDG accountability.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Profiles6 records

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