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.
At GPS, people work together across disciplines, sectors and regions, connecting knowledge, innovation, policy and enterprise so that they reinforce one another and transform ideas into action, impact and social transformation.
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 |