Progressio Ireland

Progressio Ireland is an international development organisation that works toward “sustainable development and the eradication of poverty in Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.”

Founded in Dublin in 2004, the organisation stresses a “skill-share” approach to development practices, supporting the work of local organisations by providing the tools and education to develop long-term solutions to barriers to sustainable development and resource management in their 10 project countries. Progressio employs “development workers,” that work on-site with the local organisations and communities and share their skills. The organisation places an emphasis on continuing education rather than other more short-term solutions to development issues. Progressio aims to provide communities with the skills and knowledge necessary to solve the problems that stand in the way of development and marginalise the poor.

Progressio Ireland is a sister company of Progressio, a UK-based international development charity. Progressio was founded in 1940 as “Sword of the Spirit,” a movement aimed at translating the principles of Catholic Social Teaching into practical action. In 1965 the name was changed to the Catholic Institute for International Relations (CIIR). The name “Progressio” is taken from the 1967 Encyclical of Pope Paul VI, Populorum Progressio, or, “the development of peoples.” The document stresses social responsibility toward a just world and confronts the challenges to development. Progressio Ireland was founded in 2004 with the purpose of promoting sustainable development techniques in underdeveloped countries, providing the tools for sustainable self-governance, and contributing to debate on development issues within Ireland.

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