Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is the supreme governing body of the Global Partnership for Education and sets its policies and strategies.

The Board includes 19 different constituencies, each represented by a Board Member and an Alternate Board Member from different countries/organizations. Board members serve for 2 years. The constituency categories consist of the following partners: (i) developing country partners, (ii) donors, (iii) civil society organizations, (iv) private sector/foundations, and (iv) multilateral agencies/regional banks.

Here is a breakdown of the 19 constituencies represented on the Board:

• 6 developing country partner constituencies (3 representing Africa and 3 representing non-African countries)
• 6 donor country constituencies
• 3 civil society constituencies (1 representing international/northern CSOs, 1 representing developing country CSOs, and 1 representing members of the teaching profession)
• 1 private sector and private foundations constituency
• 3 multilateral agency/regional bank constituencies (1 representing UNESCO, 1 representing UNICEF and 1 representing multilateral and regional banks)

Board Roles and Responsibilities

• Sets policies and strategies for the Global Partnership for Education, reviews and approves the annual objectives, and strengthens channels of communication and collaboration among the various partners;
• Gives direction to the Chair, and approves his/her annual objectives, outcomes, staffing, budget and work plan;
• Makes funding decisions for the Global Partnership for Education trust funds and monitors their utilization;
• Advocates for the Partnership, mobilizes resources and frames responses to important global and country specific policy or resource issues that are preventing progress toward the goal of universal primary completion;
• Gives direction to the Secretariat and reviews and approves its annual objectives, outcomes, staffing, budget, and work plan.