Universities
A transcontinental ecosystem of collaborating institutions — the regional university associations of Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, Asia-Pacific and the Arab world, alongside GCUB member universities and partners in the Global North.
Grupo de Cooperação Internacional de Universidades Brasileiras — host network of the General Assembly at Kigali 2027.
Continental university cooperation, mobility, and joint research agendas.
Unión de Universidades de América Latina y el Caribe — regional academic integration.
Association of Universities of Asia and the Pacific — toward a future Asia hub.
Arab world academic cooperation, ahead of a Middle East hub.
Research-intensive university collaboration across Asia.
Island-university cooperation and climate resilience research.
Regional consortium engagement via the Martinique hub.
Logos appear as MoUs are signed. The Kigali Knowledge Crossroads Week (October 2027) is the flagship venue for university partnership agreements. About the Week
Governments
GPS works with ministries, cities, and regional institutions seeking evidence-based, context-sensitive policy.
Policy advisory
Structured advisory programs with ministries, cities, and development agencies — from 2028.
University–government dialogue
Roundtables and institutionalized research-to-policy pathways, anchored by the convening calendar.
Diplomatic engagement
South–South cooperation frameworks and diplomatic outreach around Kigali 2027 and beyond.
Private Sector
Corporate and industry partners — research-informed innovation, graduates aligned with real needs, and market access across six regions.
AI and digital transformation partnerships across education, health, and governance.
Smart agriculture, climate technologies, and food-systems ventures.
Health technologies and research-informed systems strengthening.
Investment-ready research and the GPS Accelerator pipeline.
International Organizations
Multilateral and regional institutions engaged through convenings, research, and policy work.
Alignment with SDG delivery and global knowledge agendas.
Continental integration agendas in the lineage of the Lagos Plan of Action and the Abuja Treaty.
Regional cooperation, integration, and academic mobility.
The ASEAN Community Vision and Arab regional frameworks — toward future hubs.
Civil Society
CSO partners ground the platform in lived realities — co-designing research questions and carrying implementation into communities.
Participatory development and community-scale implementation pilots.
Learning access, youth empowerment, and emerging-leader programs.
Climate resilience and just-transition advocacy.
Creative production, cultural industries, and historical memory work.
Development Partners
Development banks, philanthropic foundations, and bilateral funders who finance the ecosystem's growth — engaged through the sustainability and resource mobilization strategy.
Program funding
Fellowships, innovation labs, convenings, and publications — fundable as discrete programs. Support a program
Institutional partnership
Multi-year framework agreements supporting hubs and core capacity.
Endowment (long-term)
The endowment vision anchors institutional sustainability beyond the founding phase.