Board Meeting / Retreat – Senegal, December 2015

The GPE Board of Directors met in Dakar, Senegal, on December 8, 9 and 10, 2015. The first day was a retreat aimed at finalizing some of the questions around the new Strategic Plan for 2016-2020 and its results framework. During the meeting, the Board discussed and made decisions on the following items:

- New Strategic Plan 2016-2020, with theory of change and results and implementation framework

- Report from the Chief Executive Officer

- Independent assessments of education sector plans

- Financial forecast

- Risk management report

- Governance review

- Grant request from the Republic of Congo

- Transparency Policy

- Corporate engagement guidelines

- Progress report on developing country partner constituency meetings

- Board Chair term

- Update on Uzbekistan

- Financial procedures agreement with the Asian Development Bank

Documents and Presentations

Report of the May 2015 meeting of the Board. December 2015
Report of the October 2015 meeting of the Board. December 2015
Board Meeting Agenda. December 2015
Policy on education sector program implementation grants. For decision
Report from the CEO. December 2015
For decision: Strategic Plan for 2016-2020
Revision of the document for decision on the 2016-2020 Strategic Plan
For decision: Results framework
Revision of the results framework presented for Board decision
Report from the Country Grants and Performance Committee: 2015 Portfolio Review
Consent agenda. December 2015
Implementation roadmap for the 2016-2020 strategic plan. December 2015
Independent assessment of education sector plans. December 2015
Strategic financing paper. December 2015
Financial forecast. December 2015
Risk management report. December 2015
Governance review. December 2015
Grant proposal from the Republic of Congo. December 2015
Engagement with civil society. December 2015
For decision: transparency policy
Corporate engagement principles and conflict of interest. December 2015
Partner countries constituency meeting progress report and proposal. December 2015
Provisions for the financial procedures agreement with the Asian Development Bank
Report from the Govervance Committee: Governance review
Report from the Governance Committee: Results of survey on governance
Report from the Governance Committee: Financial Forecast. December 2015
Report from the Governance Committee: Risk management report
Report from the Governance Committee: Risk management dashboard
Approved decisions and Secretariat actions. December 2015