Convening platform
Events that bring the right voices into one room
The Foundation convenes international dialogues on strategic autonomy and development, bringing together regional experts and global stakeholders to test ideas against real conditions.
Formats range from roundtables and symposiums to policy forums, each shaped around a clear question and a considered list of participants.
Event frameworks
Three ways we convene
Each format is designed for a different kind of exchange, from private deliberation to open public discussion.
Closed-door
Policy dialogues
Confidential exchanges held under the Chatham House rule, giving decision-makers room to speak candidly about difficult trade-offs.
Open to all
Public forums
Symposiums that connect regional experts with a wider audience, opening the discussion beyond the room to researchers, students and the media.
Sustained work
Working group sessions
Smaller, recurring sessions where specialists develop a single theme over time, from draft analysis to shared recommendations.
Our approach
Constructive dialogue works best when it is candid and grounded in the regional realities the discussion is meant to serve.— Global South Foundation