Four pillars. One ecosystem.
GPS generates knowledge, builds capacity, drives implementation, convenes actors, and mobilises partnerships — through four pillars that feed each other in every direction.
Knowledge Co-Creation, Sharing & Dissemination
Research, universities, knowledge networks, publications, training, and fellowships — the South generating its own evidence and ideas.
Technology & Innovation
AI, digital transformation, innovation labs, entrepreneurship, smart agriculture, and health innovation — research becoming practical solutions.
Policy, Governance & Public Leadership
Public policy, governance, diplomacy, policy advisory, and leadership dialogues — knowledge and innovation reaching policymaking.
Enterprise & Sustainable Development
Private sector, industry, start-ups, investment, business partnerships, and executive education — enterprise connected to knowledge and impact.
Interconnected, never linear.
Knowledge can influence policy; policy can stimulate innovation; enterprise can generate new knowledge; communities can identify challenges that drive research. Hover the diagram.
Knowledge Co-Creation, Sharing & Dissemination
Research, universities, publications, training and fellowships.
Technology & Innovation
AI, digital transformation and innovation labs.
Policy, Governance & Public Leadership
Governance, diplomacy and policy advisory.
Enterprise & Sustainable Development
Industry, start-ups, investment and executive education.
Impact & Social Transformation
Where the core domains live.
GPS operates through six interconnected core domains. Each finds its home across the pillars — most span more than one, which is exactly the point.
| Core domain | What it covers | Primary pillars |
|---|---|---|
| Education, Training & Research | Leadership formation, professional development, learning systems, knowledge production | Knowledge |
| Technology & Innovation | AI & digital transformation, innovation labs, data systems, foresight tools | Innovation |
| Economy & Society | Inclusive growth, entrepreneurship, green economies, food systems, trade | Enterprise |
| Creative Production | Arts, literature, film, cultural industries, memory and narratives | Knowledge Innovation |
| Cooperation, Finance & Sustainability | Partnerships, development finance, philanthropy, resource mobilization | Enterprise Policy |
| Convening & Dialogue | Summits, policy forums, Kigali Knowledge Crossroads Week, public engagement | Policy All pillars |