Shift The Power

This plan resonates with calls from leaders in the Global South: we exchange knowledge and connections with and between local experts across Flying Labs, helping them reinforce their capacity, credibility and visibility; driving new funding, technologies and leadership opportunities to local experts while actively crediting and building their human resources based on their priorities. We are actively ceding market share to local experts. Our impact metrics reflect these priorities. Together with country-level Flying Labs, we’re co-creating FlyingLabs.org as an independent legal entity to further expand direct South-to-South collaboration. The dot org will be an international organization deeply rooted in the Global South, headquartered in the South and led by experts from the South. The new entity will take over the coordination of the Flying Labs network from WeRobotics. As for WeRobotics, we will press forward by offering “Shift-the-Power as a Service” to international organizations, donors and companies that seek to become more effective by adopting a genuine local-first approach. In sum, we will enable the adoption at scale of the true, tried and tested Flying Labs Model to drive systems change across multiple sectors and emerging technologies. If we can cede majority market share to local experts, then others can too, along with entire sectors and industries. This is the systems change we seek, nothing less. Follow our progress below!