The Global Partnership for Education: role and interaction with the EU and Belgium
The Board of Directors of the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) is meeting in Brussels, Belgium on 12-14 June 2018.
As the Belgian platform for education and development, Educaid.be considered this an opportune moment to organize a briefing session on the activities and functioning of the GPE, and the priorities and role of the European Union and Belgium with regard to this multilateral agency.
The meeting will be chaired by Roméo Matsas, Advocacy Expert at Plan International Belgium and chair of the Educaid.be working group on education in the Belgian bilateral and multilateral cooperation and Guest speakers will include:
- Karen Schroh, Senior Donor Relations Officer, Global Partnership for Education Brussels.
- Donatella Di Vozzo, Education Advisor, International Aid & Cooperation, Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development, People and Peace (Unit B4 – Culture, Education, Health), European Commission.
- Valérie Carlier, Education Advisor, Social Development Unit (D2.3), DGD.
The seminar will be conducted in English, but questions can also be addressed in French.