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Foundation

Global Priorities

Seven priorities the Secretariat is accountable for

Each priority states the problem, the approach, the evidence that measures it and the Global Week track where it is negotiated. Nothing is listed here that the Secretariat is not prepared to report against.

Priorities

Skills, employability and livelihoods

Problem. Training systems certify completion rather than capability, and employers discount the result.
Approach. Capability standards, employer-verified outcomes and open measurement through the GSLI.
Where it is negotiated. Track B — Youth, Skills & Employment

Talent mobility and recognition

Problem. Qualifications and experience lose value at every border they cross.
Approach. Recognition agreements, portability pilots and ethical-recruitment commitments registered as compacts.
Where it is negotiated. Track G — Diplomacy, Finance & Compacts

Leadership and institutional capability

Problem. Strategy is rarely the binding constraint; institutional delivery capability is.
Approach. Leadership programmes, maturity assessment and public-sector transformation through NPMTI.
Where it is negotiated. Track E — Leadership & Public Institutions

AI, technology and the future of work

Problem. Adoption is outpacing workforce readiness and the evidence base behind policy responses.
Approach. The AI Readiness Report, sector exposure analysis and employer transition compacts.
Where it is negotiated. Track F — AI, Technology & Future of Work

Women's economic power

Problem. Participation gains are not converting into progression, pay or enterprise capital.
Approach. Power Up Women Africa pathways, procurement and finance access commitments.
Where it is negotiated. Track A — Women's Economic Power

Youth transitions

Problem. The education-to-earning transition breaks in the two years either side of graduation.
Approach. 1M Youths Voices: Africa FutureReady, Campus PMO and applied opportunity pipelines.
Where it is negotiated. Track B — Youth, Skills & Employment

Project delivery and national transformation

Problem. National plans are well written and poorly delivered; maturity is unmeasured.
Approach. NPMTI country programmes, maturity assessment and the State of National Project Delivery reports.
Where it is negotiated. Track D — Project Delivery & Transformation

Measurement

How progress is judged

Every priority maps to published GSLI indicators or an Evidence Suite title.
Every priority carries at least one registered compact with a named institution and deadline.
Progress is reported on the Impact page, separating targets from verified results.
Priorities without evidence or compacts are retired rather than restated.

See the indicators Open the Compact Tracker Impact reporting

Alignment

Regional and global frameworks

African Union Agenda 2063

Aspiration 1 and 6 — inclusive growth and people-driven development.

AfCFTA

Skills recognition and mobility as trade-enabling infrastructure.

UN SDGs

SDG 4, 5, 8, 9, 10 and 17 — referenced as alignment, not endorsement.

National plans

NPMTI programmes align to each country's own development plan and delivery unit.

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.