The partner countries constituency pre-Board meetings began in December 2014 as an initiative to provide the partner countries constituencies of the Global Partnership for Education with the necessary tools to promote effective communication, decision-making and consensus-building, to allow them to effectively engage with the GPE Board and Board committees.

This independent evaluation aimed to analyze the extent to which the partner countries pre-Board meetings are meeting their objectives, and to provide actionable recommendations as to how the meetings can be improved, taking into account the perspectives of representatives from both partner countries constituencies and non-partner countries constituencies, such as CSOs and donor partners.