About us / Our impact in 2026
Our impact in 2026.
2026 was the year our way of working proved itself. By working inside the processes where decisions are made, we helped Southern governments and their partners take the lead in building a new cooperation ecosystem for all.
2026 in numbers.
Headlines.
01
A Coalition of Governments for Global Public Investment
We helped turn GPI from a respected idea into a government-led process. The Coalition, co-chaired by Colombia, Senegal and Timor-Leste, met at high-level meetings we conceived and organised in Bogotá, Nairobi and Madrid, and at the UN General Assembly.
02
Leading the social movements at Santa Marta
At the first conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, we led the social movements sector of more than 350 organisations and drafted its outcome statement, putting green industrial policy at the centre.
03
Uruguay at the head of CELAC and the G77
We became a trusted adviser to Uruguay as it chaired CELAC and the G77+China, presenting our green industrial policy work to ministers in Montevideo and joining its official mission to Addis Ababa.
04
Africa and Latin America, working together
We co-founded the Afri–LAC Think Tank Consortium with the Nkafu Policy Institute, bringing institutions from both regions together towards the first CELAC–African Union Summit.
05LAC Leads, launched in Bogotá
With Universidad del Rosario we launched LAC Leads on 1–2 October 2026, opened by former President Juan Manuel Santos, to help Latin America and the Caribbean set the cooperation agenda.
06
New narratives for cooperation
We launched A New Industrial Story with Oxfam International and CECG, convened a sold-out narrative conference with ODI Global, and saw Irish civil society adopt Model Power for a national campaign.
“GCI has become a valued strategic partner for Uruguay on international cooperation. Their support has strengthened our leadership of the G77 and CELAC, helping us develop innovative policy proposals, build international alliances and advance a more ambitious vision for the future of development finance and effective multilateralism.”
“GCI has provided exceptional strategic support to South Africa's work on the future financing of global public goods. Their ability to combine sharp policy thinking and narrative clarity has helped us advance a more ambitious agenda for international public finance.”
Also in 2026.
- We resourced UN leadership on the future of development cooperation, including through our report for UN DESA.
- We worked with South Africa's G20 team and the Ubuntu Commission on funding global public goods.
- We resourced Norway's work to move beyond the aid model.
- We wrote IATI's new five-year strategy, which it has adopted.
- We worked with WWF International on the post-2030 agenda and on biodiversity.
- We published The Afri–LAC Opportunity on Green Industrial Policy with the Policy Center for the New South.
What we learnt.
- Focus beats breadth. Our strongest results came where we worked in a defined political space, with the same governments, over time.
- Flexibility lets us move when windows open. Supporting Uruguay and launching the GPI Coalition depended on acting fast when an opportunity appeared. Flexible core funding made that possible.
- Ideas travel further with a coalition behind them. GPI became a Coalition of Governments, and three national agencies adopted Circular Cooperation, because each idea was carried into a political process.