As the KLIC Movement enters its next phase, the establishment of the Advisory Committee of the KLIC Movement (2025–2026) signals a renewed commitment to one core idea: innovation in health should be led by countries and grounded in the realities of the people it serves. This Advisory Committee (AC) brings together national leaders and global experts from across Africa, Asia, and the Middle East, each with deep experience in Primary Health Care (PHC), Immunization Equity, digital health, supply chains, data and geo-intelligence, and community-based programmes. Their role is to ensure that KLIC remains anchored in practice while keeping a clear strategic focus on equity.
Over the past years, the KLIC Movement has evolved from a single convening into a multi-layered ecosystem. It now includes the KLIC Global Innovation Lab 2025 (KLIC2025) in Hanoi, follow-up Country Clinics, and continuing exchanges through Innovation Agoras (KIA). The Advisory Committee sits at the centre of this ecosystem. It provides coherence across these different components so that what starts as an idea in an Innovation Lab can move through testing in Country Clinics and be shared, adapted, and scaled through the broader KLIC network.
The Committee’s mandate is both strategic and operational. At the strategic level, AC members help define the overall direction of the KLIC Movement, keeping PHC and Immunization Equity at the heart of the agenda. They advise on the focus of the eight Innovation Labs, shaping how themes such as AI, geo-intelligence, digital platforms, supply chains, workforce, and community systems are framed in ways that are relevant to ministries of health. At a more operational level, they review and provide feedback on candidate innovations, use cases, and prototypes, helping to identify those with the greatest potential for country-led adoption and scale.
Their contribution becomes particularly visible during KLIC2025 in Hanoi. Over the three days of the Global Innovation Lab, Advisory Committee members participate in high-level reflections on leadership and health justice, support the design and facilitation of the thematic Innovation Labs, and accompany country teams as they work through real implementation challenges. They also help assess the solutions emerging from the Labs and the Hackathon, bringing a system perspective that looks beyond novelty to feasibility, ownership, and long-term impact.
The AC’s role does not end when KLIC2025 closes. From December 2025 to December 2026, members remain engaged across the full KLIC Roadmap 2025–2026. They contribute to the drafting and follow-up of the Hanoi Declaration on Smart Systems for Health Equity, support the organisation of Country Clinics that deepen work on specific use cases, and advise on the development of the KLIC innovation portfolio for 2026. Through this continued involvement, they help transform KLIC from an event into a sustained process of learning and implementation, and they strengthen South–South collaboration by linking country experiences across regions.
At its core, the Advisory Committee embodies what the KLIC Movement stands for. It unites the perspectives of national programmes, technical partners, and innovators in a way that affirms country leadership and shared accountability. It keeps equity at the center—not as an aspiration, but as a criterion for choosing which innovations matter and how they should be supported. And it reinforces the idea that smart systems for health are built over time, through trust, governance and collective learning.
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