Our work

Our Vision

Our Mission

Our work is organised into three areas: Research & Development, Strategic Advisory, and Knowledge Sharing. We transform ideas into practical solutions by taking innovations from concept to real-world testing. From there, we scale up processes and share proven methods to ensure lasting impact.

While we move between our three areas, we always focus on feedback and improvement to make sure our support, tools, and methods stay practical and effective. We are committed to bridging knowledge and experiences between different regions of the world, at a local, national or international level.

Research & Development

We conduct research to design new tools, methods, and technologies that drive real change.

For example, we developed the ADDIS – Decision Thinking approach to help citizens and decision-makers work together toward meaningful change.

We’ve launched and coordinated projects like the Global Assembly, the Governance Vocabularies Initiative, and the Citizen Engagement Platform. These initiatives rethink how we make decisions together at both national and international levels.

Strategic Advisory

We help governments, international organizations, and communities of practice adopt more inclusive ways of creating policies.

For example, in Rwanda, we worked with young people, civil society, and government officials to design a national entrepreneurship policy together.

We’ve also supported open policy discussions in countries like Senegal, Nigeria, and the Democratic Republic of Congo, leading to important reforms in innovation and digital economies.

Knowledge Sharing

We scale our impact by empowering change-makers to take control of their own futures.

Through programs like the Entrepreneurship Policy Learning Series and Decision Thinking, we have provided training to hundreds of change-makers across the globe.

These programs help them use participatory methods for different topics, promoting a more collaborative and informed way of making decisions.

Innovation & Impact

At i4Policy, we have consistently reimagined governance, driving innovation with a commitment to values and transformative change. The co>gov lab is the next bold chapter in this journey, allowing us to amplify our innovation capacity and impact. It provides a structured, systematic approach for vital research, prototyping, testing, monitoring, sharing insights, and disseminating findings. This means that it is a methodology that supports us to be rigorous in, and learn from, all three areas of our work.
The co>gov lab is i4Policy’s dedicated space for researching, experimenting, innovating, and implementing methods and frameworks in our own unique way, aiming to empower decision-makers, communities, and individuals with the tools needed to drive lasting, meaningful governance change.