When GCSI was formed, one of its guiding principles was simple: no one country has all the answers. Senegal’s experience with community-led governance looks very different from Brazil’s participatory budgeting model. France has built strong frameworks for the social economy, while Canada’s policies on inclusion and reconciliation are reshaping how legitimacy is understood.
What brings these countries together is not uniformity, but shared purpose. By pooling these approaches, GCSI creates a global space where governments can exchange lessons, adapt ideas, and scale what works in their own contexts.
Read more about country commitments in the strategy: governmentcouncil.org