Title:
Global Partnership for Education - Institutional Support 2018-2021
Agreement Number:
7429312 P002030002
Agreement Value:
$35,000,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 31, 2021 - Mar 31, 2021
Description:
This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE). The GPE uses these funds, along with other donors’ funding, to achieve its mandate.
The GPE is the main multilateral funding mechanism focused on basic education in developing countries. It aims to mobilize global and national efforts to contribute to the achievement of equitable, quality education and learning for all, through inclusive partnership, with a focus on effective and efficient education systems and increased financing. The GPE’s strategic goals include: improved and more equitable learning outcomes; increased equity, gender equality and inclusion; and effective and efficient education systems. It provides a platform for coordination among bilateral donors, developing countries, multilateral institutions and civil society organizations. The GPE also fosters mutual accountability, shares knowledge about best practices and encourages transparency at all levels.
Some program activities include: (1) providing country-level funding to increase children’s access to education; (2) supporting education sector plans that focus on increasing the quality of teaching and the number of qualified teachers; (3) providing appropriate reading materials to children; and (4) assessing the volume of financing to education at the global and country levels.
Organization:
Global Affairs Canada
Expected Results:
The expected outcomes as stated by the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) project include: (1) strengthen education sector planning and policy implementation at the country level; (2) support mutual accountability through effective and inclusive sector policy dialogue and monitoring at the country level; (3) GPE financing efficiently and effectively supports the implementation of sector plans focused on improved equity, efficiency and learning at the country level; (4) mobilize more and better financing at the global level; and (5) build a stronger partnership at the global level.
Reference Number:
064-2020-2021-Q4-00429
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Not-for-profit organization or charity
Recipient's Legal Name:
IBRD Trust Funds - World Bank
Program:
International Development Assistance Program
Program Purpose:
The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.