Since its inception, CIGI has partnered with other think tanks and organizations from around the world. Current partnerships include the BSIA which is a unique three-way partnership among CIGI,
Wilfrid Laurier University and the
University of Waterloo; the Council of Councils, a network of leading institutions from twenty-four countries, facilitating dialogue and consensus-building among influential leaders from established and emerging nations; the Datasphere Initiative to responsibly unlocking the value of data for all; IDRC has partnered with CIGI and
Ipsos on a project to study
online gender-based violence (OGBV) and its effects on women and members of the
LGBTQ+ community, with a focus on
Asia,
Latin America and
Sub-Saharan Africa; the Forum on Information and Democracy, an international entity led by
Reporters Without Borders to implement the International Partnership on Information and Democracy; the International Economics Association, an organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding among economists worldwide;
Institute for New Economic Thinking, an organization founded by
George Soros in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis; and
Omidyar Network to help put theory into practice on how to measure the value and contribution of societal and private data. ==Facilities==