To drive sustainable economic growth in emerging economies, leaders must find new ways to enhance their capacity to achieve expanded responsibilities. Challenges abound including recruiting the best and brightest young professionals, working collaboratively within their organizations and partner institutions across the world in cross-servicing arrangements to meet the changing needs of the local population and address the demands imposed by the need to improve economic outlooks. By acting as agents of change, UASG facilitates collaboration and partnerships between institutions to affect their competencies in a way that they themselves cannot