Who We Are · Our Network
Expertise, organized around the work.
Councils and working groups bring focused expertise to specific sectors, regions, and initiatives — standing where a field needs continuity, temporary where a single question needs an answer.
How they work
Standing expertise, applied where it is needed.
A council forms around a sector or region — critical minerals, say, or a development corridor — and brings together the people who understand it best. Working groups form around specific initiatives or questions and dissolve when the work is done.
Their role is practical: to sharpen how projects are defined, to pressure-test feasibility and assumptions, and to hold the development work to a credible standard.
Expert bodies
How the network’s bodies nest.
Standing and temporary bodies nest from broad to project-specific.
- CouncilStanding, per sector or region.
- Working groupTime-boxed, per initiative.
- Review panelPer project.
- Fellows & advisorsIndividual expertise feeding in.
The remit
What a council does.
Four functions, held to a credible standard.
- 01
Set the standard
The bar a project must clear.
- 02
Test feasibility
Pressure-test assumptions.
- 03
Guide sequencing
What comes first.
- 04
Hold the bar
Keep the work credible.
Common questions
About councils & working groups.
Yes. Express interest through the contribute-expertise pathway and indicate the sectors, regions, or initiatives where your expertise applies.
A council is a standing body formed around a sector or region that needs continuity, while a working group is time-boxed around a single initiative or question and dissolves once the work is done. Councils hold a field; working groups answer a question.
A council sets the standard a project must clear, tests feasibility by pressure-testing assumptions, guides what should be sequenced first, and holds the work to a credible bar. Its remit is practical rather than ceremonial.
A council forms around a sector or region where the work needs standing expertise — critical minerals, say, or a development corridor. It brings together the people who understand that field best and stays in place while the field needs it.
A working group forms around a specific initiative or question and dissolves when that work is complete. It exists to answer something concrete, not to persist beyond its purpose.
They nest from broad to project-specific: a standing council per sector or region, a time-boxed working group per initiative, a review panel per project, and individual fellows and advisors feeding expertise into each. The structure narrows as the work gets more specific.
No. A council sharpens how projects are defined, pressure-tests their feasibility, and holds a credible standard — it does not authorize or finance the work. Those decisions sit with the parties accountable for delivery.
It means defining the bar a project must clear before it advances, and holding the work to it. The standard is what keeps development credible rather than optimistic.
The people who understand the sector or region best — fellows, senior advisors, and technical specialists matched to the field. Membership follows expertise, not title.
A standing council asks for continuity over time, while a working group asks for focused effort on one question. Either way, the contribution is expertise brought to the sectors and regions you know, not a fee.
Lend your expertise to a council.
Join a council or working group focused on the sectors, regions, or initiatives you know.