Our Work
Five areas of work, one objective: the advancement of humanity and the common good. Here is what the institute focuses on, the projects that carry it, and what we publish along the way.
What we do
We turn cooperation into coordinated, sustainable and meaningful action.
The institute's approach to advancing humanity is simple to say and hard to do: find the people who care about a problem, give them a way to work together, and stay long enough to learn something that can be passed on.
We do not run programmes at communities. We coordinate them with communities, connect them to knowledge and to each other, and make sure the work leaves behind capacity rather than dependence.
Cooperation
Shared ownership of every project.
Coordination
Connecting people, knowledge and resources.
Sustainability
Nothing borrowed against the future.
Meaningful action
Results that people can feel and reuse.
Areas of work
Five questions we keep asking.
Human Development
How can we strengthen the conditions for people to live, learn and flourish?
Projects in this areaKnowledge & Education
How can knowledge be built and shared as a common good?
Projects in this areaCooperation
How can people and institutions work together across borders?
Projects in this areaInnovation
How can new approaches reach the people who need them?
Projects in this areaSustainable Futures
How can development stop borrowing against the future?
Projects in this areaAll areas
Every project, current and past, in one place.
All projectsOur projects
Current and past projects
Projects will appear here once they have been added.
Initiatives & programmes
Ongoing ways of working
Publications
What we have written down
Publications will appear here once they have been added.