of humanity lives in the Global South — yet sets too little of the agenda
institutions and networks designed to plug into one another
regional hubs, extensible by design
participants expected in Kigali, October 2027
KPIs that mean what they say: Knowledge, Policy, Impact.
What the South produces
Publications and working papers · fellowships awarded · researchers in the network · joint research consortia · academic mobility agreements.
What decisions change
Policy briefs taken up · advisory engagements with ministries and cities · university–government dialogues institutionalized · frameworks influenced.
What changes on the ground
Pilots implemented · ventures accelerated · people trained · communities engaged · resources mobilized toward Southern priorities.
The GPS Impact Observatory — launching by 2029 — will publish these indicators openly, with monitoring, evaluation, and policy-tracking frameworks. Preview the Observatory
Early outcomes
GPS is in its foundation year. These are the milestones already behind us — reported plainly, with no inflation.
Founding documents adopted
Context & rationale, governance model, five-year strategic framework, and the KPI operating philosophy — adopted May 2026.
Kigali 2027 in motion
Concept note issued and partnership development underway with GCUB for the General Assembly and Knowledge Crossroads Week.
Digital launch
This platform — the public face of GPS — with the network, knowledge hub, and engagement architecture live from day one.
GPS Dialogues series
Virtual and regional conversations launching through 2026 — education transformation, AI & governance, indigenous knowledge systems. Join one
Impact stories
Numbers count what happened. Stories show who it happened to — the narrative arc from knowledge to partnership to implementation to impact.
From research to policy
How a Southern research finding becomes a government decision — documented step by step as the first advisory engagements complete.
From lab to livelihood
Innovation-lab pilots and the people whose work changes because of them — agriculture, health, education.
From network to opportunity
Fellows, young leaders, and diaspora professionals finding each other — and building together.