3 – 7 March 2008, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

About GKP

Global Knowledge Partnership (GKP) is the world's first multi-stakeholder network promoting innovation and advancement in Knowledge for Development (K4D) and Information and Communication Technologies for Development (ICT4D). GKP brings together Public Sector, Private Sector and Civil Society organisations with the goal of Sharing Knowledge and Building Partnerships in K4D and ICT4D.

GKP activities and programmes foster the innovative application of knowledge and technology to address and solve development issues in four strategic themes - Access to Knowledge, Education, Poverty Reduction and Resource Mobilisation.

GKP operates globally as well as in 7 regions: Africa, Central and Eastern Europe; East Asia; Latin America and the Caribbean; Middle East and North Africa; Oceania and South Asia. GKP members demonstrate ideas through projects on the ground; and they influence policy at a global level.

GKP was founded in 1997. The network comprises over 100 members spanning 40 countries. It is governed by an elected Executive Committee and supported by a Secretariat based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Vision

A world of equal opportunities for all people to have access to and use knowledge and information to improve their lives.

Mission

As an evolving network of commercial, public and civil society organisations, GKP shares knowledge and builds partnerships to realise the transformative potential of knowledge, communication and information technologies to improve lives, reduce poverty and empower people.