About the Global Partnership

67 million children are currently out of school in developing countries. The Global Partnership for Education is the only multilateral partnership devoted to getting all these children into school for a quality education.

Established in 2002, the Global Partnership for Education is comprised of 46 developing countries, and over 30 bilateral, regional, and international agencies, development banks, the private sector, teachers, and local and global civil society groups.

Our partnership has fundamentally transformed international cooperation in education.

Through the Global Partnership for Education, we provide our developing country partners the incentives, resources, and technical support to build and implement sound education plans. Members of the Partnership mobilize and coordinate resources to support the achievement of these plans' targets to help more children enrol in school and for a better education.

By promoting dialogue among its partners around shared objectives, our unique partnership model fosters mutual accountability and encourages transparency at all levels. Our support strengthens the growth of entire education system in developing countries while ensuring that external education financing flows are tracked and coordinated to reduce aid dependency.

Our Objectives
Support We Offer
Our Key Benefits

Expanding early childhood education;
Providing free and compulsory basic education for all;
Promoting learning and life skills for young people and adults;
Increasing adult literacy, achieving gender parity and gender equality;
Improving the quality of education.

Technical support on the development and implementation of education plans;
Support to strengthen sector coordination and dialogue among the Government, donor partners and the civil society;
Strategic information on global good practices, and opportunities to exchange with other countries on education policy and practice.
Financial support for activities to develop an education plan and to support its implementation.

The Global Partnership for Education is not only about financing: it helps donors and developing country partners work together to ensure that education aid is better coordinated and more effective, based on countries’ own education strategies.
The Global Partnership endorsement signals to current and new donors that a country’s education sector plan is a good investment.
Donor partners can leverage additional funding including the Global Partnership for Education fund for those countries lacking sufficient donor support.