Funding the Vision
INVESTING IN COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR SYSTEMIC IMPACT
The world doesn’t lack solutions. It lacks ways to connect them across sectors, countries, and institutions fast enough to meet the scale of the crises we face.
That’s what the C3 Space is designed to change. It is a global platform to surface what’s working, where and why faster.
It’s built to connect real-world insights from practitioners, policymakers, researchers and Fellows working on complex challenges such as:
- Food systems transformation
- Climate and biodiversity collapse
- Governance, equity, and institutional reform
A Centralised Place for Collaboration
The C3 Space helps the right people find the right insights, at the right time. Through a blend of human and artificial intelligence, C3 Space creates a living ecosystem of shared learning, enabling changemakers to:
Upload effective outcomes from real-world challenges
Match with others facing similar problems
Access and rate tested methods
Break silos between projects, sectors and funding streamsWhy Fund the C3 Space?
Funders have long called for more collaboration, better learning loops and scaled impact.
C3 Space will deliver the infrastructure to make that happen.What your investment enables:
Faster Pathways to Scale
Identifying what’s already working.
Reduced Duplication
Surfacing tools and approaches with proven traction.
Stronger Networks of Practice
Supporting systemic leadership globally.
Deeper Accountability
Through transparent peer review and ratings.
Smarter Funding Decisions
Grounded in evidence from the field.
The Creation of a Public Good
Not just another product.
A PLATFORM THAT GROWS WITH THE MOVEMENT
The C3 Space will launch in phases, beginning with early access for C3 Labs Fellows and expanding to global practitioners across sectors and geographies.
The AI engine will be trained on lived experience from previous C3 Labs, not just literature, making it uniquely capable of:
- Identifying patterns across context-specific experiments
- Suggesting solutions with high relevance to users’ actual environments
- Evolving over time as the community contributes insights and ratings
Built on a Proven Foundation
The C3 Space is the next stage of the C3 Labs ecosystem, a UNDP-hosted initiative co-led with UNEP, FAO, WCDI, and supported by the Global Environment Facility (GEF). It builds on:
Multiple Country & Global Labs
A Growing Network of Trained System Leaders
Institutional Partnerships Across Sectors and Regions
Let's Build it Together
We are currently seeking strategic funders and co-creators to support platform development and piloting, shape governance and ethical data practices, embed this infrastructure in your own impact portfolios and be recognised as founding contributors to a global shift in how knowledge flows.
The future is collaborative.
We are a multi-partner collective led by UNDP, FAO, UNEP and Wageningen Social and Economic Research Center. Seed funding is provided by the Global Environment Facility. The founding coalition of partners for C3 includes UNDP (led by the Global UNDP Food Systems Team of the UNDP Nature Hub), Wageningen Social & Economic Research, FAO and UNEP. This visual presentation is for learning and information purposes only.
C3 Labs Comms & Brand World created by C3 Creatives in Residence Sophie Rucker & Max Lilley (c) 2025. All Rights Reserved.