Six operating hubs and three planned — a network spanning Africa, Latin America & the Caribbean, with engagement across Asia, the Middle East, and the diasporas.
South–South, by design
GPS stands in a lineage of Southern cooperation — Bandung, the Lagos Plan of Action, the Abuja Treaty, the ASEAN Community Vision, the Buenos Aires Plan of Action, CELAC, CARICOM — and turns that heritage into working infrastructure: shared research agendas, academic mobility, joint ventures, and policy exchange between Southern institutions.
South–Global, on equal terms
Partnerships with North American and European institutions, multilateral organizations, and global funders are part of the design — with priorities defined by the South and cooperation on equitable terms. GPS is a platform where the South not only participates in global conversations, but helps co-shape them.
The diasporas
Global South diasporas — scholars, entrepreneurs, artists, professionals — are treated as a structural part of the ecosystem, engaged through the Diaspora Network.
University associations across Africa, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, the Arab world, and the Caribbean · multilateral and development institutions · philanthropies · city and regional governments — engaged through the GPS Network.