One foundation · Three flagships
POWER UP FUTURES
Foundation
GSTLW

Advancing skills, talent, leadership and workforce cooperation for inclusive global prosperity.

The Global Secretariat for Skills, Talent, Leadership & Workforce is a public-impact platform for international cooperation, evidence, convening and investment alignment across skills development, talent mobility, leadership capability, workforce transformation and sustainable livelihoods.

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The global challenge

Capability is abundant. Cooperation is not.

Economies are short of the skills they need while millions of capable people are short of the opportunities they are ready for. Qualifications do not travel. Recognition is slow. Employers and education systems negotiate through intermediaries rather than with each other. Public investment in skills is rarely measured against delivery.

GSTLW exists to close that gap institutionally: with evidence that can be argued with, convening that produces written commitments, financing that is separated by purpose, and an implementation ladder that reaches from a national ministry to a global compact.

Organising frame

Six strategic pillars

Skills and Talent Diplomacy
International cooperation, mobility, recognition and talent partnerships between countries, employers and institutions.
Evidence and Intelligence
GSLI, CPLI, observatories, reports and dashboards — published openly with methodology first.
Leadership and Workforce Transformation
Institutional leadership, organisational capability and future-workforce systems.
Global Convening and Compacts
GSTLW Global Week of Summits™, ministerial dialogue and the public Compact Tracker.
Skills and Enterprise Finance
The Global Skills Endowment Fund and the ecosystem-aligned Global Skills Enterprise Fund.
Regional and National Transformation
APLIS regional platforms and NPMTI country implementation programmes.
Flagships

Four instruments of the Secretariat

GSTLW Global Week of Summits™
One master convening: an Opening Global Plenary, seven tracks, the Global Skills and Talent Diplomacy Forum, the Allocation Ceremony and a single awards night. Registration and sponsorship are open through the Global Week pages.
GSLI
The Global Skills, Livelihoods and Leadership Index — the evidence and measurement instrument of Skills and Talent Diplomacy, released at the Opening Plenary.
GSTLW Skills & Talent Passport™
A portable, evidence-backed digital record of an individual's skills, qualifications, experience, assessed capabilities, professional readiness and mobility profile.
Skills and Talent Diplomacy
The core strategic function of the Secretariat and the doctrine connecting evidence, finance, convening and implementation.
Programme status

Global metrics

The Secretariat is in its founding activation phase. The figures below are stated Year 1–3 targets on the Foundation's governance activation gates, not achieved results. Delivered results are published on the Impact page as they are verified.

Target: 20 countries
Countries engaged through APLIS forums and NPMTI programmes by Year 3.
Target: 8 publications
Annual Evidence Suite titles, released on the Global Week calendar.
Target: 100 compacts
Registered GSTLW Compacts tracked publicly from Year 1.
Target: 7 tracks
Full Global Week architecture live by Year 3.
Convenings

Upcoming

  • GSTLW Global Week of Summits™ — Year 1 edition: Opening Plenary, Tracks A, B, D and G, the Diplomacy Forum core dialogues, the Allocation Ceremony and the Global Excellence Awards. Dates and host city announced on the Global Week page; registration waitlist open now.
  • APLIS CEMAC Forum — first Regional Seat of Honour, coordinated by APLIS Africa Foundation.
  • NPMTI Cameroon — pilot country programme launch and first State of National Project Delivery Report.
  • Ministerial Dialogue on Skills and Talent Mobility — convened within the Opening Plenary.
Publications

Latest from the Evidence Suite

GSLI Report
Flagship index of skills, livelihoods and leadership performance. Methodology note published ahead of the first release.
Africa Project Delivery Report
Continental synthesis of NPMTI national reports through APLIS regional forums.
AI Readiness Report
Workforce exposure, adoption capability and institutional readiness.
Open the Research Centre
Pathways

Find your entry point

Governments
APLIS regional forums, NPMTI country programmes, government compacts.
UN agencies & multilaterals
Diplomacy Forum dialogues and joint research — aspirational collaborations subject to your own approval processes.
Development finance institutions
Financing alignment through the Twin Funds and Track G.
Foundations & philanthropy
Endowment Fund co-funding, scholarships and inclusion programmes.
Universities
University and Industry Cooperation Forum, Campus PMO Congress, research partnership.
Corporate partners
Employer hiring compacts, workforce transformation, sponsorship.
Researchers & policy experts
Working groups, research submissions, methodological review.
Diaspora networks & volunteers
Africa–Diaspora Talent Partnership Forum and volunteer roles.
Get Involved
GSTLW is the institutional home of Skills and Talent Diplomacy. GSLI supplies the evidence, the GSEF Twin Funds align capital, the Global Week creates the compacts, APLIS coordinates regional implementation, and NPMTI translates cooperation into national project maturity and transformation.
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Four-entity mandate model
Power Up Futures Foundation (PUFF-USA)
Power Up Futures Foundation (PUFF-USA) is the U.S.-incorporated, IRS-recognised Section 501(c)(3) nonprofit organisation providing governance, philanthropy and public-benefit oversight for the ecosystem.
GSTLW
Global convening, partnerships, policy, research and publisher of record; institutional home of Skills and Talent Diplomacy.
APLIS Africa Foundation (NGO)
Continental institutional implementation partner: continental programme ownership, public-sector transformation and regional coordination of APLIS Forums.
NPMTI — National Project Maturity & Transformation Initiative
Country-level execution framework (maturity methodology, government engagement model, assessment and reporting mechanism). Never a separate brand, entity or event.

Fund governance: the Global Skills Endowment Fund is governed under PUFF-USA (public benefit). The Global Skills Enterprise Fund is governed through PCA Group or an appropriately authorised investment vehicle — never through the Secretariat. Accelera 1000 is a platform brand only; contracts issue through approved legal entities. Commercial services are delivered separately through approved ecosystem partners (Paraklete Institute / PCA Group). All references to UN and multilateral participation are aspirational and subject to those institutions' own priorities and approval processes.

GSTLW is the institutional home of Skills and Talent Diplomacy. GSLI supplies the evidence, the GSEF Twin Funds align capital, the Global Week creates the compacts, APLIS coordinates regional implementation, and NPMTI translates cooperation into national project maturity and transformation.